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By Lisa Richwine LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Marvel Studios adventure “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” brought crowds to movie theaters around the globe over the weekend, selling an estimated $330 million …

By Guy Faulconbridge LONDON (Reuters) -Russia’s Yevgeny Prigozhin, a close ally of President Vladimir Putin, said on Sunday that a former mercenary who was filmed being executed by a sledgehammer …

By Ned Parker and Joseph Ax RENO, Nev. (Reuters) -A slate of conspiracy theorists seeking to take over key U.S. election posts lost races in battleground states, after months of …

(Reuters) – The U.S. Senate will need to address the nation’s debt ceiling in coming weeks, Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said on Sunday, vowing to tackle it and other major …

By Rich McKay (Reuters) – Country music star and philanthropist Dolly Parton received a $100 million prize from the “Bezos Courage & Civility Award” given by Amazon.com founder, billionaire Jeff …

By Jonathan Landay KLAPAYA, Ukraine (Reuters) – Villagers holding flowers waited on the road to the southern city of Kherson to greet and kiss Ukrainian soldiers on Saturday as they …

By Nandita Bose, Simon Lewis and David Brunnstrom (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden will meet Chinese leader Xi Jinping in person on Monday for the first time since taking office, …

By Nandita Bose and Fransiska Nangoy NUSA DUA, Indonesia (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden said on Sunday his country will maintain open communication lines and seek no conflict with China, …

By William James, Kate Abnett and Valerie Volcovici SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt (Reuters) – One week into this year’s U.N. climate summit in Egypt, frustrations were starting to flare as negotiators …

By Dan Williams JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu received an official mandate on Sunday to form a new government and pledged that he would seek national consensus …

By Tim Reid and Jason Lange PHOENIX (Reuters) – Democrats will hold onto control of the U.S. Senate after Senator Catherine Cortez Masto won re-election in Nevada, Edison Research projected …

(Reuters) – Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Sunday said the West was “militarising” southeast Asia in a bid to contain Russian and Chinese interests, setting the stage for a …

By Kanishka Singh (Reuters) – The head of the International Monetary Fund warned of risks to the global economy from the rivalry between China and the United States, while describing …

By David Lawder NUSA DUA, Indonesia (Reuters) – U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen will seek clarity on China’s plans to ease its COVID-19 restrictions and deal with problems in its …

By Nandita Bose PHNOM PENH (Reuters) -Joe Biden said on Sunday he was “incredibly pleased” with the turnout in the U.S. election after Democrats clinched control of the Senate, a …

By Tim Reid (Reuters) – Republicans who back former President Donald Trump’s false claim the 2020 election was stolen were their party’s nominees for secretary of state in battleground states …

(Reuters) – Jim Marchant, a former Nevada state assemblyman who opposed the certification of President Joe Biden’s election win in the state in 2020, was defeated in his race to …

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Democratic U.S. Senator Catherine Cortez Masto has won re-election in Nevada, Edison Research projected on Saturday in a victory that guarantees the Senate will be controlled by …

By Moira Warburton (Reuters) – Control of the U.S. Senate still had not been determined as of Friday evening, three days after the Nov. 8 midterm elections. Heading into the …

DUBAI (Reuters) -Iran’s hardline judiciary has indicted 11 people over the killing of a Basij security force member during unrest, state media reported on Saturday, as authorities sought to quell …

By Daniel Trotta (Reuters) -Actor Alec Baldwin filed a lawsuit on Friday against the armorer and three other crew members over the deadly shooting on the set of the Western …

PHNOM PENH (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden on Saturday referred to Cambodia, which is hosting an international summit led by Southeast Asian leaders, as Colombia. “Now that we’re back …