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EL PASO, Texas – U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers working at El Paso and Santa Teresa, New Mexico area ports of entry intercepted methamphetamine, cocaine, fentanyl and heroin in …

By Jake Spring and Gloria Dickie SAO PAULO/MONTREAL (Reuters) -Deforestation in Brazil’s Cerrado savanna rose to a seven-year high, government data showed on Wednesday, destroying a vital habitat for threatened …

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States is prepared to help China deal with a surge of COVID-19 infections if Beijing requests assistance, the White House said on Wednesday. John Kirby, …

By Emma Farge GENEVA (Reuters) -World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Wednesday he is “hopeful” that the COVID-19 pandemic will no longer be considered a global emergency …

By Ali Kucukgocmen ISTANBUL (Reuters) -A Turkish court sentenced Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu to jail on Wednesday and imposed a political ban on the opposition politician who is seen as …

RIGA (Reuters) – A majority in Latvia’s parliament on Wednesday voted to confirm the country’s proposed coalition government, allowing Prime Minister Krisjanis Karins to stay in power following his win …

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Senate could give final approval by Thursday to a one-week extension of federal government funding before the midnight Friday deadline, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said …

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States plans to commit $55 billion to Africa over the next three years, White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan told reporters on Monday. The …

By Peter Nicholls DOVER, England (Reuters) – A small boat loaded with migrants heading for British shores from France capsized in the freezing waters of the English Channel early on …

By Philip Blenkinsop BRUSSELS (Reuters) -The European Union and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) agreed at their first summit on Wednesday a need for deeper economic ties and …

By Emma Farge GENEVA (Reuters) – The head of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said on Wednesday that a major prisoner of war swap deal was a …

GENEVA (Reuters) – The head of the World Health Organization said on Wednesday that Eritrean troops “murdered” his uncle in the Tigray region of Ethiopia. Eritrean Information Minister Yemane Gebremeskel …

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S. citizen has been released as part of a prisoner exchange between Russia and Ukraine, where the war is not likely to wind down before year’s …

(Corrects to reflect Huahai deal was in August not April in paragraph 12) BEIJING (Reuters) – A Chinese healthcare platform has started selling Pfizer’s oral COVID-19 treatment Paxlovid in what …

By Joseph Ax (Reuters) – Georgia’s top election official on Wednesday called on lawmakers to eliminate the state’s unusual runoff election system, a week after Democrats again prevailed in a …

By Philip Blenkinsop and Charlotte Van Campenhout BRUSSELS (Reuters) -Belgium’s intelligence service worked closely with other European countries for more than a year to uncover the graft scandal now rocking …

By Dan Peleschuk KYIV (Reuters) – Ukrainian atomic energy agency Energoatom said on Wednesday it would offer higher bonuses to staff at the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear power station who remain …

KYIV (Reuters) -A U.S. citizen has been released by Russia as part of a prisoner exchange with Ukraine that involved dozens of detainees, the head of Ukraine’s presidential administration said …

By Lisa Baertlein and Rod Nickel (Reuters) -Rail operator CSX Corp is changing its workforce attendance policy for unexpected, short-term medical absences next year after U.S. railroads’ sick-time policies became …

LONDON (Reuters) – China has removed six officials from Britain who police wanted to question over the treatment of a man who said he was kicked and punched while protesting …

By Olivier Sorgho and Diana Mandia (Reuters) – Mexican cartels and criminal groups in the European Union work together to traffic methamphetamine and cocaine from Latin America to Europe, according …

By Brendan O’Brien (Reuters) – Oregon Governor Kate Brown, who leaves office at the beginning of the year, has commuted the death sentences of all 17 inmates facing capital punishment …

EDINBURG, Texas – Rio Grande Valley Sector Border Patrol agents interdicted a narcotics smuggling event leading to the third largest methamphetamine seizure, to date, in U.S. Border Patrol history. On December …