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By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Danske Bank pleaded guilty to bank fraud conspiracy on Tuesday and agreed to forfeit $2 billion as part of an agreement with the United …

By Timothy Gardner WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. scientists on Tuesday revealed a breakthrough on fusion energy that could one day help curb climate change if companies can scale up the technology …

By Krishna N. Das and Sudipto Ganguly NEW DELHI (Reuters) -Indian troops prevented Chinese soldiers from entering Indian territory last week during a border scuffle that led to injuries on …

(Reuters) – Louisville will pay $2 million to settle two lawsuits filed by the boyfriend of Breonna Taylor, a Black woman killed by police during a no-knock raid at her …

By Ted Hesson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Pandemic-era border restrictions that have blocked hundreds of thousands of migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border are set to end on Dec. 21 following a U.S. …

INDIANAPOLIS—In a 24-hour timeframe, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers at the Express Consignment Operations hub in Indianapolis, seized 10 shipments containing a total of 56 types of gun …

By Idrees Ali and Phil Stewart WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States is finalizing plans to send the Patriot missile defense system to Ukraine, a decision that could be announced as …

By Jake Spring SAO PAULO (Reuters) -Deforestation in the world’s most biologically diverse savanna, the Brazilian Cerrado, rose by around 25% in the 12 months through July from the previous …

By Nate Raymond BOSTON (Reuters) – A former employee of a Massachusetts compounding pharmacy whose mold-tainted drugs sparked a deadly nationwide fungal meningitis outbreak in 2012 was sentenced on Tuesday …

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. House of Representatives committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol will hold a public meeting on Dec. 19 to vote on …

By Andreas Buerger and Charlotte Van Campenhout STRASBOURG (Reuters) -The European Parliament removed Greek MEP Eva Kaili as a vice president of the assembly on Tuesday after she was accused …

By Wendell Roelf CAPE TOWN (Reuters) -South Africa’s ruling African National Congress (ANC) on Tuesday stopped an impeachment process from being launched against President Cyril Ramaphosa, as most of its …

By Gloria Dickie LONDON (Reuters) – The United Nations on Tuesday announced its top priorities for restoring ecosystems from South America’s Atlantic Forest to the Ganges River in India. With …

By John Irish and Michel Rose PARIS (Reuters) – Some 70 countries and institutions worldwide pledged more than 1 billion euros ($1.05 billion) in immediate aid to help Ukraine get …

By Caroline Pailliez PARIS (Reuters) – A French court on Tuesday convicted seven men and one woman for their roles in a 2016 truck rampage in the Riviera city of …

By Julie Steenhuysen and Michael Erman CHICAGO (Reuters) – An experimental cancer vaccine from Moderna Inc based on the messenger RNA (MRNA) technology used in successful COVID-19 vaccines has been …

BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Belgian authorities have charged four people linked to the European Parliament over allegations World Cup host Qatar lavished them with cash and gifts to influence decision-making. RAIDS …

By Humeyra Pamuk and Michelle Nichols WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Nearly ten months into the war in Ukraine, the Biden administration is intensifying diplomatic efforts to ensure that the transatlantic alliance …

MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said on Tuesday that he knew of no new scheduled contacts with the United States regarding further prisoner swaps in the wake …

(Reuters) – Social media platform Twitter Inc will see an exodus of users due to changes being made by new owner and Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk and flat revenue …

(Reuters) – The National Basketball Association has renamed the trophy given to its regular season MVP after Michael Jordan, who is widely regarded as one of the greatest players of …

By Dan Williams JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Prime Minister-designate Benjamin Netanyahu pledged on Tuesday to govern in the interests of all Israelis, as religious-nationalist parties slated to join his new coalition …

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. military on Tuesday called on Nigeria to conduct an independent investigation of allegations in a Reuters report that the Nigerian army killed children in its …