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PARIS (Reuters) -World food prices rebounded in March from a three-year low, boosted by increases in vegetable oils, meat and dairy products, according to the United Nations food agency’s latest …

By Anne Kauranen HELSINKI (Reuters) – Finland already has quite “strict” firearms legislation and now is not the right time to discuss tightening it, Interior Minister Mari Rantanen said, following …

The 2024 race for the White House between President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump appears to be tightening just weeks after the two became their respective parties’ presumptive …

The U.S. Congress finally finished the spending bills for 2024. For those keeping score, that’s nearly six months past the use-by date to produce a budget deficit of about $1.5 …

A federal judge denied a motion Thursday from Nassau County to avoid a state lawsuit against its policy to prevent men from participating in women’s sporting events at county-run facilities. …

A Washington, D.C., bar disciplinary panel made a preliminary finding Thursday that former Department of Justice (DOJ) official Jeffrey Clark’s conduct during the 2020 election violated at least one ethics …

President Joe Biden’s Federal Trade Commission is helmed by a radical activist that wants to remake the economy in service of progressive political goals. In recent weeks, beltway media outlets …

In an interview published Wednesday in the City Journal, journalist Christopher Rufo talked to a Boeing insider who blamed the company’s diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) policies as well as …

By Andrew Goudsward WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Donald Trump suffered a pair of legal setbacks on Thursday as judges spurned his calls to dismiss criminal charges over the former U.S. president’s efforts …

The judge overseeing the classified docs case against former President Donald Trump declined on Thursday his motion to dismiss based on the Presidential Records Act (PRA). Trump asked in February …

The centrist group No Labels announced on Thursday it is ditching its proposed third-party presidential run for 2024. No Labels decided on March 8 that it would be running a …

Republican Gov. Greg Abbott of Texas ripped a national guardsman accused of smuggling an illegal immigrant during a Thursday Fox News appearance. Savion Johnson was arrested Sunday for allegedly trying …

U.S. State Department officials dispatched at the eleventh hour to assist in the Afghanistan evacuation updated tactics in real time as chaotic conditions on the ground rendered any prior planning …

The judge overseeing former President Donald Trump’s Georgia racketeering case declined Thursday to dismiss charges based on the First Amendment. Trump’s attorneys argued in a December motion that the indictment …

An environmentalist nonprofit that seeks to cut carbon emissions and promote clean energy is suing to stop the Biden administration from funding a zero-emission power plant. The Department of Energy …

By Arshad Mohammed, Matt Spetalnick and Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden effectively gave Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu an ultimatum on Thursday: protect Palestinian civilians and …

By John Revill ZURICH (Reuters) – Artificial intelligence will lead to many companies employing fewer people in the next five years, staffing provider Adecco Group said on Friday, in a …

By David Lawder GUANGZHOU, China (Reuters) – U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said on Friday that China is too large to try to export its way to rapid growth and …

By Josh Ye HONG KONG (Reuters) – (This March 21 story has been corrected to rectify the time period from ‘last month’ to ‘in January’ and Undawn’s revenue data from …

By Joyce Lee and Heekyong Yang SEOUL (Reuters) -Samsung Electronics estimated on Friday its first-quarter operating profit would rise more than 10-fold, topping market expectations, as chip prices have started …

By Hyonhee Shin SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol cast his ballot as two days of early voting for next week’s parliamentary elections kicked off on Friday, in …

By John Geddie, Katya Golubkova and Anton Bridge TOKYO (Reuters) – Days after President Joe Biden joined his election rival Donald Trump in voicing concern about a Japanese purchase of …

By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg on Thursday urged the nation’s largest passenger airlines to improve travel benefits for active-duty military personnel and their families. The …