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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 …

KYIV (Reuters) – Ukrainian troops were greeted by joyous residents in the centre of Kherson on Friday after Russia abandoned the only regional capital it had captured since its invasion …

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States, the European Union and other governments said they were committed to taking action to address climate and energy crises and affirmed the need to …

By David Lawder NOIDA, India (Reuters) -India’s membership in the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF) will make supply chains resilient between the Asian country and the United States and help the …

By Natalie Grover and Pushkala Aripaka (Reuters) -Britain’s GSK said on Friday it would limit the use of its ovarian cancer drug Zejula in the United States as a second …

By Mark Trevelyan LONDON (Reuters) -Russia said on Friday it did not expect a quick breakthrough in talks with the United States on resuming nuclear arms inspections that it said …

By Max Hunder and Tom Balmforth KYIV (Reuters) -Ukraine’s defence minister said on Thursday it would take Russia at least a week to withdraw its troops from the southern city …

BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The suspect in the fatal stabbing of a Belgian police officer was on a security agency list of radicalised Muslims and had been taken to a psychiatric …

By Martin Quin Pollard and Eduardo Baptista BEIJING (Reuters) -China on Friday condemned a White House plan to brief Taiwan on the results of a much-anticipated meeting between President Joe …

By Kate Abnett SHARM EL SHEIKH, Egypt (Reuters) – Global carbon dioxide emissions from burning fossil fuels are on track to rise around 1% this year, scientists said on Friday, …

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Control of the U.S. Senate may once again be decided in Georgia, weeks after Election Day as a tight race between Democratic incumbent Raphael Warnock and Republican …

(Reuters) – The Kremlin said on Friday that it always takes prisoner swap proposals with the United States seriously after Washington said it expected President Vladimir Putin to express a …

By Brian Ellsworth and Rich McKay MIAMI (Reuters) -Tropical Storm Nicole swept across Florida on Thursday, weakening but still carrying a powerful punch with a mix of heavy rains and …

(Reuters) – Drugmaker AstraZeneca said on Friday its lung cancer drugs Imfinzi and Imjudo have been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) when used along with chemotherapy …