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SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt (Reuters) -The United Nations climate agency on Friday published a draft negotiating text of the deal that delegates at the COP27 summit in Sharm el-Sheikh are hoping …

By Emma Farge GENEVA (Reuters) -Negotiations on new rules for dealing with pandemics are underway at the World Health Organization (WHO), with a target date of May 2024 for a …

BANGKOK (Reuters) – U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris said on Friday that North Korea’s missile launch was a “brazen violation” of multiple U.N. resolutions and destablising for security in the …

By Lisa Richwine and Diane Bartz LOS ANGELES/WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Ticketmaster canceled Friday’s planned ticket sales to the general public for Taylor Swift’s 2023 U.S. concert tour as 3.5 billion ticket …

BANGKOK (Reuters) – U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris will convene a meeting of world leaders in Bangkok on the sidelines of a regional summit to discuss North Korea’s missile launch, …

By Richard Cowan and Moira Warburton WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s decision to step down from her leadership role after her fellow Democrats lost their …

TOKYO (Reuters) – A missile fired on Friday by North Korea had sufficient range to reach the United States mainland, and was capable of flying as far as 15,000 km …

By Lindsay DeDario and Rich McKay BUFFALO, N.Y. (Reuters) -An early winter storm swept into western New York state on Thursday, prompting school closures and threatening to dump up to …

By Luc Cohen and Karen Freifeld NEW YORK (Reuters) – Former U.S. President Donald Trump signed checks for Christmas bonuses for executives at his namesake company as if they were …

SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt (Reuters) – The official events at the COP27 climate talks are winding down ahead of the scheduled end date on Friday, but the negotiations for a final …

By Ben Blanchard and Yimou Lee TAIPEI (Reuters) – China’s belligerence towards Taiwan and the future of the island’s democracy are taking centre stage in campaigns ahead of local elections …

By Tyler Clifford (Reuters) -The Uvalde school board in Texas has approved plans to replace Robb Elementary School months after the town decided to demolish the building where a teenaged …

By Stephanie van den Berg and Toby Sterling AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – Dutch judges convicted two Russian men and a Ukrainian man in absentia of murder for their role in the …

By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) – The writer accusing Donald Trump of raping her 27 years ago said the former U.S. president defamed her a second time last month …

By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Nancy Pelosi is wrapping up a long career of congressional leadership in which she became the only woman to serve in the powerful post of …

By Dan Peleschuk and Max Hunder KYIV (Reuters) – Missiles rained down on Ukrainian energy infrastructure on Thursday as Russian forces stepped up attacks in eastern Ukraine, reinforced by troops …

By Richard Cowan and Moira Warburton WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Nancy Pelosi, the trailblazing Democrat who as the first woman U.S. House of Representatives speaker shepherded landmark legislation and led two impeachments, …

By Jennifer Rigby and Emma Farge LONDON/GENEVA (Reuters) – Pharmaceutical companies could be made to disclose prices and deals agreed for any products they make to fight future global health …

By Daniel Trotta (Reuters) – A U.S. agency seeking to restore habitat for endangered fish gave final approval on Thursday to decommission four dams straddling the California-Oregon border, the largest …

By Simon Jessop and Fanny Brodersen SHARM EL-SHEIKH (Reuters) – The world’s multi-lateral banks have “demonstrably failed” low and middle income countries when climate disasters hit and need to better …

By Suleiman Al-Khalidi AMMAN (Reuters) – The global economic crisis has pushed UNRWA, the U.N. agency that delivers basic services to millions of Palestinian refugees, into a “danger zone” that …

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – The head of security of the central Mexican state of Aguascalientes has died in a helicopter crash that killed a total of five people, the state’s …

By Michael Martina and Ted Hesson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States is deeply concerned about the Chinese government setting up unauthorized ‘police stations’ in U.S. cities to possibly pursue …