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(Reuters) -Russia’s defence ministry said on Wednesday that 89 servicemen were killed in the Ukrainian attack on Makiivka in the Moscow-controlled parts of the Donetsk region, adding the main reason …

By Ahmed Aboulenein WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will allow retail pharmacies to offer abortion pills in the United States for the first time, the agency …

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Former Republican President Donald Trump threw his weight behind Representative Kevin McCarthy on Wednesday, telling U.S. House Republicans that they should back the California Republican’s bid for …

By Dan Williams JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Leading ultra-Orthodox Jewish figures supporting Israel’s coalition government on Wednesday criticised a visit by a far-right minister to a flashpoint holy site in Jerusalem, …

By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – The Vatican on Wednesday served up a surreal moment in which a living pope spoke to some of the faithful in one part …

By Timothy Gardner WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Ukraine wants the United Nations to send peacekeepers to the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant even without a deal with Russia to establish a safety …

By Gabriella Borter and Steve Gorman (Reuters) -The first major U.S. winter storm system of the year dumped a frosty mix of snow, freezing rain and sleet from the Northern …

By Hyonhee Shin SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol said on Wednesday he would consider suspending a 2018 inter-Korean military pact if the North violates its airspace again, …

By Danielle Broadway and Kanishka Singh LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Actor Jeremy Renner, who played Hawkeye in the Marvel “Avengers” movies and was hospitalized after a traumatic injury while plowing …

By David Morgan, Moira Warburton and Gram Slattery WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Republican Kevin McCarthy vowed on Tuesday to remain in the race to be the powerful U.S. House of Representatives speaker, …

By Joseph Ax (Reuters) -The doctoral student accused in the November stabbing deaths of four University of Idaho students will be transferred to Idaho to face murder charges there, after …

By Agustin Marcarian PAILON, Bolivia (Reuters) – Hundreds of trucks lined highways in Bolivia’s farming region of Santa Cruz on Tuesday, as protesters blockaded routes out of the region following …

By Hyonhee Shin, Trevor Hunnicutt and Soo-hyang Choi SEOUL/WASHINGTON (Reuters) -South Korea and the United States are discussing launching a tabletop exercise and engaging in joint planning to counter North …

By Yew Lun Tian, Farah Master and Emma Farge BEIJING/HONG KONG/GENEVA (Reuters) – State media in China played down the severity of a surge of COVID-19 infections on Tuesday, while …

By Lisandra Paraguassu BRASILIA (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken spoke with Brazil’s new Foreign Minister Mauro Vieira on Tuesday and discussed a trip to Washington by newly …

By Dan Williams JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Israel’s new far-right national security minister Itamar Ben-Gvir briefly visited Al Aqsa mosque compound in Jerusalem on Tuesday, a site also revered by Jews, angering …

(Reuters) – U.S. Soccer on Tuesday said it had launched an investigation into U.S. men’s national team head coach Gregg Berhalter over an incident in 1991 where he kicked his …

LIMA (Reuters) – Thousands of Peruvians took the streets calling for peace on Tuesday, a day before fresh protests are expected following clashes caused by the ouster of former President …

By Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) – For much of the last 16 years Republican Jim Jordan’s combative, in-your-face style of politics made the former college wrestler a constant source of …

By Trevor Hunnicutt and David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden on Tuesday renominated a number of stalled picks for a slate of federal posts including nominees to …

By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A New York man was sentenced on Tuesday to two years in prison for conspiring to steal General Electric Co’s trade secrets to benefit China, …

By Kanishka Singh (Reuters) – The teenager accused of attacking three policemen with a machete on New Year’s Eve near Times Square and charged with attempted murder was linked to …

By Jonathan Allen and Brendan O’Brien NEW YORK (Reuters) -The man who set off smoke bombs on a crowded New York subway train before shooting 10 people last April in …

LAREDO, Texas – U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers at eight South Texas ports of entry seized a significant amount of narcotics, unreported currency, weapons and uncovered numerous immigration …

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico— Oficiales de Aduanas y Protección Fronteriza (CBP, por sus siglas en inglés) incautó 877 libras (398 kilos) de cocaína escondida a bordo del Ferry San Juan-Santo …