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By Marco Aquino LIMA (Reuters) – Members of former President Pedro Castillo’s Cabinet say he was planning his impeachment trial defense and appeared confident he would win – right up …

By Sakura Murakami TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is considering swapping out select members of his cabinet in January in a bid to reverse his low popularity, news …

By Soo-hyang Choi SEOUL (Reuters) -North Korea’s foreign ministry denied a media report it supplied munitions to Russia, calling it “groundless”, and denounced the United States for providing lethal weapons …

BEIJING (Reuters) -The United States must stop suppressing China’s development and should not continue the “old routine of unilateral bullying”, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi told U.S. Secretary of State …

PARIS (Reuters) – Vaccines company Valneva said on Friday that it had completed a regulatory submission step with the United States Food & Drug Administration (FDA) for its single-shot chikungunya …

By Tyler Clifford and Rich McKay DETROIT (Reuters) -A dangerously frigid arctic air mass gripped a vast expanse of the United States on Thursday as a looming winter storm of …

(Corrects typographical error in company name in first paragraph) SANTIAGO (Reuters) – A major fire broke out at Chile’s Ventanas port near a refinery and smelter belonging to state-run miner …

Bronson Winslow on December 22, 2022 TRENTON, NJ – According to a PBS affiliate, WHYY, black gun owners in New Jersey are pushing back against a recent concealed carry law. …

By Idrees Ali and Jonathan Landay WASHINGTON (Reuters) – For President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, his surprise visit to Washington this week was a clear success: he returns to Europe with new …

By Casey Hall SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Only a few weeks ago COVID-19 positive Chinese teacher Yang Zengdong and her husband would probably have ended up in a makeshift quarantine centre …

EAGLE PASS, Texas – U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), Office of Field Operations (OFO) officers working outbound operations seized multiple weapons in two unrelated enforcement actions. “Officers at the …

BEIJING (Reuters) -China has sanctioned two Americans in retaliation for U.S. sanctions against two Chinese officials over human rights in Tibet earlier this month, the Chinese foreign ministry said on …

(Reuters) – President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that Russia wants an end to the war in Ukraine and that this would inevitably involve a diplomatic solution. Putin made the …

By Farah Master and David Stanway HONG KONG/SHANGHAI (Reuters) – At the public hospital in Shanghai where Nora, a 30-year-old doctor, works, tension has spiraled since China relaxed its stringent …

By David Shepardson and Diane Bartz WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A $1.7 trillion government funding bill approved by the U.S. Senate Thursday will bolster U.S. regulators and make it easier for …

COLOMBO (Reuters) – Priyantha Kumarasinghe starts his day in the small Sri Lankan town of Maharagama with a breakfast of two biscuits and a small glass of tea, followed by …

By Joey Roulette WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Russia’s space agency said it is considering a “rescue” plan to send an empty spacecraft to the International Space Station (ISS) to bring home three …

By Natalia A. Ramos Miranda SANTIAGO (Reuters) -Chile plans to open an embassy in the Palestinian territories, President Gabriel Boric said late on Wednesday, which could make the Andean country …

By Steve Holland and Pavel Polityuk WASHINGTON/KYIV (Reuters) – Moscow said on Thursday that Ukraine acquiring Patriot missiles from the United States, announced during President Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s visit to Washington, …

By Nandita Bose WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden urged Americans on Thursday to cast aside the partisan politics that have divided the nation and embrace the caring spirit …

By Helen Coster (Reuters) -Google-owned YouTube has signed a multi-year deal to exclusively stream the National Football League’s Sunday Ticket package of games in the United States, the video service …

By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The population of the United States accelerated in 2022 from its slowest rate on record, driven by net international immigration, as growth began to …