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By Peter Nicholls DOVER, England (Reuters) – A small boat loaded with migrants heading for British shores from France capsized in the freezing waters of the English Channel early on …

By Philip Blenkinsop BRUSSELS (Reuters) -The European Union and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) agreed at their first summit on Wednesday a need for deeper economic ties and …

By Emma Farge GENEVA (Reuters) – The head of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said on Wednesday that a major prisoner of war swap deal was a …

GENEVA (Reuters) – The head of the World Health Organization said on Wednesday that Eritrean troops “murdered” his uncle in the Tigray region of Ethiopia. Eritrean Information Minister Yemane Gebremeskel …

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S. citizen has been released as part of a prisoner exchange between Russia and Ukraine, where the war is not likely to wind down before year’s …

(Corrects to reflect Huahai deal was in August not April in paragraph 12) BEIJING (Reuters) – A Chinese healthcare platform has started selling Pfizer’s oral COVID-19 treatment Paxlovid in what …

By Joseph Ax (Reuters) – Georgia’s top election official on Wednesday called on lawmakers to eliminate the state’s unusual runoff election system, a week after Democrats again prevailed in a …

By Philip Blenkinsop and Charlotte Van Campenhout BRUSSELS (Reuters) -Belgium’s intelligence service worked closely with other European countries for more than a year to uncover the graft scandal now rocking …

By Dan Peleschuk KYIV (Reuters) – Ukrainian atomic energy agency Energoatom said on Wednesday it would offer higher bonuses to staff at the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear power station who remain …

KYIV (Reuters) -A U.S. citizen has been released by Russia as part of a prisoner exchange with Ukraine that involved dozens of detainees, the head of Ukraine’s presidential administration said …

By Lisa Baertlein and Rod Nickel (Reuters) -Rail operator CSX Corp is changing its workforce attendance policy for unexpected, short-term medical absences next year after U.S. railroads’ sick-time policies became …

LONDON (Reuters) – China has removed six officials from Britain who police wanted to question over the treatment of a man who said he was kicked and punched while protesting …

By Olivier Sorgho and Diana Mandia (Reuters) – Mexican cartels and criminal groups in the European Union work together to traffic methamphetamine and cocaine from Latin America to Europe, according …

By Brendan O’Brien (Reuters) – Oregon Governor Kate Brown, who leaves office at the beginning of the year, has commuted the death sentences of all 17 inmates facing capital punishment …

EDINBURG, Texas – Rio Grande Valley Sector Border Patrol agents interdicted a narcotics smuggling event leading to the third largest methamphetamine seizure, to date, in U.S. Border Patrol history. On December …

EDINBURG, Texas – Rio Grande Valley Sector (RGV) Border Patrol agents arrested 19 migrants, two drivers and a passenger at the Falfurrias Checkpoint. On December 9, Falfurrias Border Patrol Station (FLF) …

(Reuters) – LIV Golf added three new stops in the United States to its 2023 calendar on Wednesday announcing events in Tucson, Tulsa and West Virginia. The three events set …

By Julie Zhu and Liz Lee HONG KONG/BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese President Xi Jinping, his ruling Politburo and senior government officials will meet over the next two days to plot …

By Brenda Goh and Farah Master SHANGHAI/HONG KONG (Reuters) -Chinese leaders have reportedly delayed a key economic policy meeting amid growing signs that COVID-19 infections are surging in Beijing nearly …

By Dan Williams JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Legal advisers to Israel’s parliament and outgoing government on Wednesday criticised a bid by a far-right politician to give himself expanded powers as next …

By Dan Peleschuk KYIV (Reuters) – Ukraine’s parliament has passed all the legislation sought by the European Union before Kyiv starts talks on joining the 27-member bloc, the assembly’s speaker …

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Special Counsel Jack Smith has issued a subpoena to Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger and authorities in Clark County, Nevada, according to The Washington Post, …

By Nidal al-Mughrabi GAZA (Reuters) – Leaders of the Islamist movement Hamas swore defiance in a choreographed display of force on Wednesday as one of the most hardline right-wing governments …

BOROVSK, Russia (Reuters) – Over 20 years, Russian pensioner Vladimir Ovchinnikov gained a following for his street murals in the small town of Borovsk, some 70 miles (115 km) southwest …