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By Marcela Ayres and Lisandra Paraguassu BRASILIA (Reuters) -There is growing investor pessimism that Brazilian President-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva will govern with fiscal discipline as the country’s central …

By Ted Hesson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A top U.S. border official said on Friday he had been asked to resign or be fired, a sign of tensions within U.S. President …

GENEVA (Reuters) – Germany and Iceland submitted a request on Friday to the top U.N. human rights body to hold a special session on the ongoing protests in Iran later …

By Rich McKay and Brendan O’Brien ATLANTA (Reuters) -The soaking remains of Hurricane Nicole brought heavy rains to Georgia and the Carolinas on Friday after it left a trail of …

By Saqib Iqbal Ahmed NEW YORK (Reuters) – The dollar fell across the board for a second straight day on Friday, as investors favoured riskier currencies following signs U.S. inflation …

By Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss and Elizabeth Howcroft NEW YORK/LONDON (Reuters) – A week of turmoil culminating in major crypto exchange FTX filing for bankruptcy has left investors questioning the viability of …

SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt (Reuters) – Israel will require several years before it can significantly increase its natural gas supplies to Europe, the country’s energy ministry said on Friday. Israel and …

By Timothy Gardner WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Senator Joe Manchin, a conservative Democrat from coal-rich West Virginia, indicated he would not hold a confirmation hearing to consider President Joe Biden’s re-nomination …

(Reuters) – Significant new damage to the major Nova Kakhovka dam in southern Ukraine can be seen following Russia’s withdrawal from nearby Kherson city, U.S. satellite imagery company Maxar said …

By Timothy Gardner WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. government and a unit of Centrus Energy Corp have a signed an agreement to start producing fuel expected to be used in …

By Stephanie Kelly and Jarrett Renshaw NEW YORK (Reuters) – A Republican U.S. senator plans to submit federal legislation with the support of a major oil industry trade group that …

By Tim McLaughlin and M.B. Pell (Reuters) – U.S. colleges like to stress their green credentials. Many also use some of the dirtiest fuels to power their campuses – and …

(Reuters) -The U.S. national public health agency said on Friday that Omicron subvariants BQ.1 and BQ.1.1 were estimated to account for about 44.2% of COVID-19 cases in the country for …

By Valerie Volcovici SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt – (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden’s administration plans to toughen a crackdown on oil and gas industry methane leaks as part of a “relentless …

MOSCOW (Reuters) – The Russian foreign ministry said on Friday it had banned 200 U.S. nationals from entering Russia, including a sister and two brothers of U.S. President Joe Biden, …

By Leigh Thomas and Giuseppe Fonte PARIS/ROME (Reuters) -A charity-run ship carrying around 230 migrants rescued at sea docked at a French port on Friday after being turned away by …

ROME (Reuters) – Venice is delaying plans to introduce an entry fee for visitors because the city council has not yet fully approved the new admissions process, a spokesman for …

By Francois Murphy VIENNA (Reuters) – The United States, Britain, France and Germany want the U.N. nuclear watchdog’s board to pass a resolution calling it “essential and urgent” for Iran …

By Nathan Layne (Reuters) – Even before the contest in Georgia between Democratic Senator Raphael Warnock and his Republican challenger Herschel Walker headed for a Dec. 6 runoff, a staggering …

SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt (Reuters) – Protesters stood up and held a sign during U.S. President Joe Biden’s speech at COP27 on Friday, a Reuters witness in the room where Biden …

(This Nov. 10 story has been refiled to correct pronoun from she to they in paragraph 7) By Katie Paul and Paresh Dave (Reuters) – Twitter Inc’s new owner Elon …

By Tommy Wilkes and Ayenat Mersie NAIROBI (Reuters) -Ethiopia’s government said on Friday that international aid was “allowed and ready” to move into Tigray, after humanitarian agencies said they were …

By Jacqueline Thomsen WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Supreme Court Justices Samuel Alito and Amy Coney Barrett received standing ovations from members of the conservative Federalist Society on Thursday at its …

PHNOM PENH (Reuters) -Southeast Asian heads of government on Friday issued a “warning” to Myanmar to make measurable progress on a peace plan or risk being barred from the bloc’s …

SHARM EL SHEIKH, Egypt (Reuters) – Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi told U.S. President Joe Biden on Friday that Egypt has launched a national strategy for human rights and is …