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MOSCOW (Reuters) – The Christmas markets are in full swing and gleaming ice sculptures greet visitors to Gorky Park, but some Muscovites admit they are struggling to feel festive ahead …

By Kanishka Singh and Steve Gorman (Reuters) -The leader of a foiled plot by members of right-wing militia groups to kidnap Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer was sentenced to 16 years …

By Joey Roulette WASHINGTON (Reuters) – NASA is exploring whether SpaceX’s Crew Dragon spacecraft can potentially offer an alternative ride home for some crew members of the International Space Station …

By Gabriel Stargardter RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – Nearly two weeks after Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva defeated far-right President Jair Bolsonaro in Brazil’s most fraught election in a generation, …

By Maayan Lubell JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israeli Prime Minister-designate Benjamin Netanyahu finalised coalition deals on Wednesday as his prospective far-right partners offered reassurances that they would serve all Israelis and …

By Alexander Marrow and Vladimir Soldatkin MOSCOW (Reuters) -President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday delivered Russia’s long-awaited response to a Western price cap, signing a decree that bans the supply of …

MOSCOW (Reuters) – The Kremlin on Wednesday dismissed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s 10-point peace plan, saying that proposals to end the conflict in Ukraine must take into account what it …

LAREDO, Texas—U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), Office of Field Operations (OFO) officers assigned to the World Trade Bridge seized methamphetamine that totaled over $900,000 in street value.  “Officers at …

BRASILIA (Reuters) -Police in Brazil’s capital, Brasilia, said on Tuesday that a backpack found near where President-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva was staying that had prompted a bomb scare …

(This Dec. 27 story has been corrected to clarify that ‘prevention of ecocide’ is being advocated in point 8) (Reuters) – Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has been vigorously promoting his …

By Nate Raymond and Lizbeth Diaz (Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday left in place for now a pandemic-era policy allowing U.S. officials to rapidly expel migrants caught at …

By Uditha Jayasinghe and Devjyot Ghoshal COLOMBO/NEW DELHI (Reuters) -When Sri Lanka slid into its worst economic crisis in seven decades leading to deadly riots and alarming shortages of fuel, …

By Dan Peleschuk and Herbert Villarraga KYIV/BAKHMUT, Ukraine (Reuters) – Russia retaliated on Tuesday against a price cap on its oil imposed by Western countries, while its forces were involved …

TOKYO (Reuters) – The United States and Japan have begun making arrangements for a summit meeting between President Joe Biden and Prime Minister Fumio Kishida in Washington on Jan. 13, …

By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) -The U.N. Security Council on Tuesday called for the full, equal and meaningful participation of women and girls in Afghanistan, denouncing a ban by …

By Jody Godoy and Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) -A divided federal appeals court on Tuesday threw out the insider trading convictions of four defendants, including two former hedge fund …

By David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Representative-elect George Santos, a New York Republican who this week acknowledged lying about his education and employment history while running for Congress, faced fresh …

WASHINGTON — U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) began detaining merchandise produced or manufactured by Jingde Trading Ltd., Rixin Foods. Ltd., and Zhejiang Sunrise Garment Group Co. Ltd. at all …

By Ismail Shakil (Reuters) – An Arizona judge on Tuesday rejected Democratic Governor-elect Katie Hobbs’s request to sanction defeated Republican gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake over her failed effort to overturn …

By Moira Warburton (Reuters) -Former Republican President Donald Trump’s redacted tax returns will be made public on Friday, a spokesperson for the U.S. House of Representatives Ways and Means Committee …

By Alexander Villegas AYACUCHO, Peru (Reuters) – Edgar Prado, 51, a mechanic and driver from the city of Ayacucho in southern Peru, spent most of the day on Dec. 15 …

By Tom Hals and Jonathan Stempel (Reuters) -Sam Bankman-Fried’s criminal case over the collapse of his FTX cryptocurrency exchange has been reassigned to a judge recently known for handling defamation …

(Reuters) -The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is planning to make recommendations on how to regulate the use of popular cannabis compound CBD in food and supplements, the Wall …

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