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DUBAI (Reuters) -Thousands of Iranians protested in the restive southeast on Friday to mark a Sept. 30 crackdown by security forces known as “Bloody Friday” as the country’s clerical rulers …

By Ted Hesson and Matt Spetalnick WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Cuba has agreed for the first time since the pandemic to accept U.S. deportation flights carrying Cubans caught at the U.S.-Mexico …

(Reuters) -Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Friday said special units of the armed forces were already in the southern city of Kherson following Russia’s withdrawal and described the moment as …

By Steve Holland and Jason Lange WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The 2024 race for the White House could be uncharted territory in the United States, which celebrates youth, but where millions …

By Jonathan Landay BLAHODATNE, Ukraine (Reuters) – Jubilant residents welcomed Ukrainian troops arriving in the centre of Kherson on Friday after Russia abandoned the only regional capital it had captured …

(Reuters) -Three Australian telecom companies have been ordered by a court to pay a collective A$33.5 million ($22.08 million) in penalties for making misleading claims about speed of some NBN …

(This Oct. 25 story has been corrected to say 11,000 deaths in February from 11 million in January in paragraph 4) (Reuters) – Daily global COVID-19 infections are projected to …

By James Oliphant and Gram Slattery WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Days before he is expected to launch another White House run, Donald Trump is again at war with his own party, angrily …

By William James and Nandita Bose SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden told the COP27 climate conference in Egypt on Friday that global warming posed an existential …

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 …