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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Thursday announced that she will not seek re-election to the leadership of the Democratic caucus, making way for a …

By Jackie Botts and Jose Cortes SAN PEDRO TAPANATEPEC, Mexico (Reuters) – Thousands of migrants are camping in squalid conditions in a remote southern Mexican town after U.S. and Mexican …

(Reuters) – Nearly half of the world’s population, or 3.5 billion people, suffer from oral diseases, the majority of them in low- and middle-income countries, the World Health Organization said …

By Ayenat Mersie NAIROBI (Reuters) – The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation said on Thursday it was committing $7 billion to Africa over the next four years, as Bill Gates …

By Shawana Alleyne-Morris (Reuters) – Screenings for a variety of common cancers have not returned to pre-pandemic levels, potentially leading to diagnoses later in the course of the disease when …

By Jarrett Renshaw and Trevor Hunnicutt WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Donald Trump’s decision to jump into the 2024 race could help give Joe Biden a second term in the White House, the …

By Hyonhee Shin SEOUL (Reuters) -North Korea fired a ballistic missile on Thursday as it warned of “fiercer military responses” to U.S. efforts to boost its security presence in the …

By Simon Lewis and Sakura Murakami BANGKOK (Reuters) – The Asia-Pacific is no one’s backyard and should not become an arena of big power rivalry, China’s President Xi Jinping said …

BEIJING (Reuters) -China’s foreign ministry on Thursday said Chinese President Xi Jinping was not criticising Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau after Xi was seen confronting him at the G20 summit …

By Olzhas Auyezov ALAMATY (Reuters) – There is little doubt that Kassym-Jomart Tokayev will extend his rule over Kazakhstan by seven years in presidential elections on Sunday. What is less …

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi plans to pass the leadership torch for House Democrats and throw her support behind congressman Hakeem Jeffries, news website Puck …

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – A Dutch court on Thursday handed down life long jail sentences to three suspects it convicted of murder for their role in shooting down Malaysia Airlines passenger …

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – The Dutch court handling the trial of four suspects in the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 on Thursday said Russia had overall control of the separatist …

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 was shot down in 2014 by a Russian-made missile fired from a field in eastern Ukraine, the Dutch court handling the trial of …

By Guy Faulconbridge LONDON (Reuters) -The Kremlin on Thursday refused to give any details about a cautionary message delivered by the director of the CIA to Moscow this week about …

(Reuters) -French President Emmanuel Macron said on Thursday that a potential deal to produce conventional submarines for Australia was still “on the table” as he visited the Asia Pacific Economic …

(Deletes mention of UAE briefing, after UAE officials confirm there is no briefing) SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt (Reuters) -Deep divisions among countries in the U.N. climate talks has delegates still far …

TOKYO (Reuters) – Toru Kubota, a Japanese film maker held by authorities in Myanmar since being arrested in July, has been freed, Kyodo news agency reported on Thursday, quoting sources. …

By Angus McDowall (Reuters) – As its political stalemate festers, Libya risks sliding back towards civil war with diplomacy at a standstill, politicians thwarting progress towards elections and military leaders …

By Joey Roulette and Steve Gorman CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (Reuters) -With a dash of launch-pad heroics and 8.8 million pounds (4 million kg) of thrust, NASA’s colossal new rocket soared …

By Eduardo Baptista and Martin Quin Pollard BEIJING (Reuters) – President Xi Jinping, conspicuously absent from the main stage of diplomacy during China’s COVID isolation, has been mostly smiles and …

(Reuters) -Australian Dairy Nutritionals Group said on Thursday its application for accelerated approval to vend the dairy firm’s branded infant formula in the United States has not been accepted by …