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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A bill ensuring federal recognition of same-sex marriages received enough votes to clear the first procedural hurdle in the U.S. Senate on Wednesday, after months of bipartisan …

By Leah Douglas WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the first time cleared a meat product grown from animal cells for human consumption, the agency …

(Reuters) – The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints said on Tuesday it supports proposed federal legislation intended to protect gay-marriage rights, as long as it also protects the …

(Reuters) – Multiple Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department recruits were injured when a car crashed into them on Wednesday morning while they were out for a run in Whittier, California, …

By Steven Grattan SAO PAULO (Reuters) -The cholera situation in Haiti continues to worsen while COVID-19 cases rose over the past week, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) said on …

By Jake Spring and William James SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt (Reuters) – Brazil’s Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva received a superstar welcome at the COP27 summit in Egypt on Wednesday as …

By Dominic Evans, Aidan Lewis and Jake Spring SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt (Reuters) -Countries were far from agreeing the contours of a climate deal at the COP27 summit in Egypt on …

By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – United Airlines said Wednesday it expects to carry 5.5 million passengers during the Thanksgiving travel period, up about 12% over 2021. The U.S. carrier …

By Daphne Psaledakis WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States on Wednesday sanctioned senior employees of an Iranian state-run media corporation it accused of being a “critical tool” in Iran’s suppression and …

By Matt Spetalnick WASHINGTON (Reuters) – NATO ambassadors held an emergency meeting on Wednesday after a missile strike killed two people in Poland and raised global alarm that Russia’s war …

By James Oliphant WASHINGTON (Reuters) – As he mounts another run for president, Donald Trump by all accounts is still the same Donald Trump – aggrieved, petulant and tunnel-focused on …

By David Randall NEW YORK (Reuters) -Former President Donald Trump’s entry on Tuesday into the 2024 presidential race confirmed the world’s “worst kept secret” and created another variable for markets …

By Katharine Jackson (Reuters) – Former U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to runfor the White House again in 2024 has potential rivals gearing up to take on a divisive Republican …

LONDON (Reuters) -Britain’s Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has authorised seven additional charges against Oscar-winning actor Kevin Spacey for a number of sexual assaults against one man between 2001 and 2004, …

By Katharine Jackson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The vote counting from the U.S. midterm elections is not yet done but leading Democrats and Republicans are already preparing for the 2024 presidential …

By Ananda Teresia and Stanley Widianto NUSA DUA, Indonesia (Reuters) – The Group of 20 nations unanimously adopted a declaration on Wednesday saying most members condemned the war in Ukraine, …

By David Lawder NUSA DUA, Indonesia (Reuters) – U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen met China’s central bank Governor Yi Gang on Wednesday for talks on issues ranging from high energy …

(Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden and British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak affirmed their strong support for Ukraine on Wednesday as they met for talks that included the blast that took …

By Jacob Gronholt-Pedersen and Gwladys Fouche (Reuters) – The world’s largest satellite ground station, on the Svalbard archipelago off Norway, is used by Western space agencies to gather vital signals …

By Jason Lange WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Donald Trump sucked up political donations at an unprecedented scale for a former U.S. president, pulling in at least $170 million ahead of this …

By Joey Roulette and Steve Gorman CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (Reuters) -Ground teams at Kennedy Space Center on Tuesday filled the main fuel tanks of NASA’s towering, next-generation moon rocket for …

NUSA DUA, Indonesia (Reuters) – Leaders of the Group of 20 (G20) nations deplored Russia’s aggression in Ukraine “in the strongest terms” and demanded its unconditional withdrawal in a declaration …