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MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – An earthquake hit southwestern Mexico on Sunday causing tremors through parts of the capital, according to residents, but there were no immediate reports of damage. The …

By Erwin Seba and Nia Williams WASHINGTON, Kan. (Reuters) -Residents near the site of the worst U.S. oil pipeline leak in a decade took the commotion and smell in stride …

By Nick Starkov KYIV (Reuters) -All non-critical infrastructure in the Ukrainian port of Odesa was without power after Russia used Iranian-made drones to hit two energy facilities, leaving 1.5 million …

By Guy Faulconbridge MOSCOW (Reuters) – Some Russian officers fighting in Ukraine are unhappy with the military top brass and President Vladimir Putin because of the poor execution of the …

By Nick Starkov KYIV (Reuters) -Ukraine attacked occupied Melitopol in the country’s southeast on Saturday evening, the Russian-installed and exiled Ukrainian authorities of the strategically located city said. The pro-Moscow …

(Corrects spelling of ‘woman’ in paragraph 9) BEIJING (Reuters) – Beijing’s COVID-19 gloom deepened on Sunday with many shops and other businesses closed, and an expert warned of many thousands …

By William James LONDON (Reuters) -Three people were killed and around a dozen others remain missing after an explosion early on Saturday morning at a block of flats on the …

MITROVICA, Kosovo (Reuters) -Kosovo Serbs and country’s police exchanged gunfire on Saturday after a flareup of tensions in the volatile northern part of the country. Earlier in the day Serbs …

By Madeline Chambers and Sarah Marsh BERLIN (Reuters) -Until recently, Berlin judge Birgit Malsack-Winkemann was giving speeches in the German parliament. This week she was arrested in a raid as …

TAIPEI (Reuters) – Japan needs to increase its military spending in the face of the “grim reality” of the threat from China and North Korea, a senior member of Japan’s …

(This Dec. 10 story has been corrected to change first name of Olivier Giroud in paragraph 1) By Mitch Phillips AL KHOR, Qatar (Reuters) – Olivier Giroud sent France into …

(Reuters) -Viktor Bout, the arms dealer freed in a prisoner swap for U.S. basketball star Brittney Griner, said he wished her good luck on the tarmac in Abu Dhabi where …

(Reuters) – Lava and volcanic gas emissions at Hawaii’s Mauna Loa, the world’s largest active volcano, declined on Saturday, the U.S. Geological Survey’s (USGS) Hawaiian Volcano Observatory said. As a …

TAIPEI (Reuters) – Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen pledged on Saturday to deepen security cooperation with Japan to ensure freedom in the Indo-Pacific, during a meeting with a senior member of …

By Dan Peleschuk KYIV (Reuters) -The United States announced new military aid for Ukraine on Friday and vowed to disrupt Russian ties with Iran, which a British envoy said involved …

(Reuters) – More than 1.5 million people in Ukraine’s southern Odesa region are without power after Russian drone strikes on the electricity generating system, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said in a …

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A high-level U.S. delegation will travel to China next week to follow up on President Joe Biden’s recent talks with Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping and prepare for Secretary …

DUBAI (Reuters) -A prominent dissenting Sunni cleric on Friday said the death sentence of an Iranian protester involved in anti-government unrest violated sharia law, as President Ebrahim Raisi promised to …

By Humeyra Pamuk and Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Thursday’s release of U.S. basketball star Brittney Griner in exchange for a convicted Russian arms dealer has resurfaced an old question: …

By Jessie Pang and James Pomfret HONG KONG (Reuters) -Pro-democracy Hong Kong tycoon Jimmy Lai was sentenced on Saturday to five years and nine months in prison for fraud, convicted …

By Mark Gleeson DOHA (Reuters) -Morocco’s extraordinary run in Qatar continued on Saturday as they claimed another massive scalp in beating Portugal 1-0 to become the first African and Arab …

BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro broke his silence on Friday for the first time since his election defeat on Oct. 30 and spoke to supporters calling for a …

BERLIN (Reuters) -German authorities said they had ended a suspected hostage-taking in the eastern city of Dresden on Saturday by what appeared to be a psychologically confused man acting alone, …