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Videos Show China’s ‘Hard’ Crackdown On Protesters Micaela Burrow on November 30, 2022 Riot police wearing hazmat suits clashed with demonstrators Tuesday night in the Chinese city of Guangzhou as …

Businesses Add Fewest Jobs In Two Years As Manufacturing Craters John Hugh DeMastri on November 30, 2022 Private companies added 127,000 jobs in November, missing investor expectations by more than …

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A majority of the U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday backed a bill to block a potentially crippling rail strike, but the fate of a separate proposal …

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden on Wednesday pledged to protect Nevada’s Spirit Mountain and the surrounding wilderness area. “I’m committed to protecting this sacred place that is central …

By Brenda Goh and Martin Quin Pollard SHANGHAI/BEIJING (Reuters) -The giant Chinese cities of Guangzhou and Chongqing announced an easing of COVID curbs on Wednesday, a day after demonstrators in …

By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Astronomers have detected an act of extreme violence more than halfway across the known universe as a black hole shreds a star that wandered …

By Ned Parker and Linda So -Republican officials who have embraced voter fraud theories resisted certifying the midterm election results in one Arizona county on Monday, defying a state deadline …

By Howard Schneider WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. job openings edged lower in October, moving one closely-watched measure of the labor market in the direction Federal Reserve officials hope to see …

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States is “deeply concerned” about American detainee Paul Whelan in Russia and has not been able to get information on his whereabouts or condition from …

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday elected Hakeem Jeffries to serve as their leader beginning in January, replacing Nancy Pelosi who has long been …

By Tony Munroe and Yew Lun Tian BEIJING (Reuters) – Former Chinese President Jiang Zemin, who led the country for a decade of rapid economic growth after the Tiananmen crackdown …

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Contracts to buy U.S. previously owned homes fell for a fifth straight month in October as the housing market continued to sag amid higher mortgage rates. The …

By Deena Beasley SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) -An experimental Alzheimer’s drug from Eisai and Biogen slowed cognitive decline in a closely watched trial but may carry a risk of serious side …

(Reuters) – Russia invaded Ukraine on Feb. 24 in what President Vladimir Putin described as a “special military operation”. The war is now in its 10th month. Here is a …

By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The brother of Paul Whelan, an American jailed in Russia, said on Wednesday his family was concerned about his whereabouts as they had not heard …

By John Irish, Luiza Ilie and Sabine Siebold BUCHAREST (Reuters) -NATO foreign ministers sought on Wednesday to reassure fragile countries in Russia’s neighbourhood that they fear could be destabilised by …

(Reuters) – Airbnb Inc said on Wednesday it is introducing a new listing service in the United States that will help renters find an apartment where they can host part-time. …

By Moira Warburton and Gram Slattery WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Senate passed a bill on Tuesday that would protect federal recognition of same-sex marriage, a measure taken up in …

By Gul Yousafzai QUETTA, Pakistan (Reuters) -A Pakistani Taliban suicide bomber rammed a police escort for a polio vaccination team in southwestern Pakistan on Wednesday, killing four people and wounding …

By Aziz El Yaakoubi and Julie Zhu RIYADH/HONG KONG (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia plans to host a Chinese-Arab summit on Dec. 9 attended by Chinese President Xi Jinping during his …

By Krishna N. Das NEW DELHI (Reuters) – China has warned the United States to not interfere in its relationship with India following deadly border skirmishes between the Asian giants …

By Elaine Lies TOKYO (Reuters) -A Tokyo court upheld a ban on same-sex marriage on Wednesday but said a lack of legal protection for same-sex families violated their human rights, …

BEIJING (Reuters) – Plucked from obscurity to head China’s ruling Communist Party after the Tiananmen crackdown in 1989, former Chinese President Jiang Zemin was expected to be just another transitional …