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BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Ukrainian first lady Olena Zelenska will be the guest of honor at Wednesday’s EU State of the Union, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced on …

By George Obulutsa and Ayenat Mersie NAIROBI (Reuters) -William Ruto was sworn in as Kenya’s fifth president on Tuesday, a week after the Supreme Court rejected a challenge by his …

By Joey Roulette WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Thomas Zurbuchen, NASA’s science chief who oversaw some of the U.S. space agency’s ambitious endeavors including the successful deployment of the James Webb Space …

By Christian Kraemer and Christoph Steitz BERLIN/FRANKFURT (Reuters) -Germany will step up lending to energy firms at risk of being crushed by soaring gas prices, it said Tuesday, as Europe …

By Mark Trevelyan (Reuters) – A group of St Petersburg local politicians who called for President Vladimir Putin to be sacked over the war in Ukraine faces the likely dissolution …

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A bill aimed at updating federal permitting of energy pipelines and other facilities will be attached to a temporary spending bill that must be enacted before Sept. …

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz in a phone call on Tuesday discussed the situation around the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant in Ukraine, the Kremlin …

By Max Hunder KYIV (Reuters) – Any damage inflicted on Ukraine’s power and heating systems will seriously exacerbate living conditions this winter, especially for an estimated 6.9 million internally displaced …

By Sachin Ravikumar LONDON (Reuters) – Mourners in London are preparing for a long and arduous wait before they can pay their respects to the late Queen Elizabeth in person, …

BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Argentine authorities have arrested a woman suspected of participating in the organization of the failed assassination attempt on Vice President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner almost two …

By Stuart McDill LONDON (Reuters) – Elderly British army veterans known as the Chelsea Pensioners honoured Queen Elizabeth in London on Tuesday with a solemn historical rite, while in Northern …

By Christian Kraemer BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany’s economy minister said on Tuesday the government was working on a new trade policy with China to reduce dependence on Chinese raw materials, …

By Andrew Osborn LONDON (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin has yet to publicly comment on a lightning rout of his forces in north-eastern Ukraine, but is under pressure from …

By Gabrielle Tétrault-Farber TBILISI (Reuters) – Several dozen Armenian soldiers and an undisclosed number of Azeris were killed on Tuesday in the deadliest fighting between Azerbaijan and Armenia since a …

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Tuesday he was concerned that Russia could try to “stir the pot” in the conflict between Azerbaijan and Armenia. …

By Julie Steenhuysen CHICAGO (Reuters) – A U.S. panel tasked with weighing the pros and cons of regular diabetes screening for children and adolescents found a lack of evidence for …

(This content was produced in Russia, where the law restricts coverage of Russian military operations in Ukraine.) MOSCOW (Reuters) – A critical dependence on foreign technology, low investment attractiveness and …

By John Irish and Francois Murphy PARIS/VIENNA (Reuters) – Western powers are lobbying other states on the U.N. nuclear watchdog’s board to jointly pressure Iran to give the agency the …

BRUSSELS (Reuters) – European Union sanctions are severely hurting Moscow’s potential to sustain its weapons and military equipment in the war on Ukraine, the EU’s top diplomat said on Tuesday, …

THE HAGUE (Reuters) – War crimes prosecutors called on Monday for a former Kosovo Liberation Army guerrilla commander to be sentenced to 35 years in prison for allegedly running a …