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(Reuters) – The United States is seeing initial signs of progress in tackling inflation, President Joe Biden said after U.S. consumer spending data released on Thursday showed spending accelerated while …

By Brendan O’Brien (Reuters) – The city of Minneapolis will pay $50,000 each to 12 people injured by police during demonstrations that erupted after a white officer killed George Floyd …

By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) – Closing arguments are set to begin on Thursday in the criminal tax fraud trial of Donald Trump’s real estate company on charges of …

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer vowed on Thursday to complete work quickly on legislation to avoid a national rail strike and mandate paid sick leave for …

By Andrew Osborn and Caleb Davis (Reuters) -Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov accused the United States and NATO of playing a direct and dangerous role in the Ukraine war and …

By Diego Oré MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – The Mexican president’s determination to carry out a contentious electoral overhaul has helped unite a fractured opposition ahead of the last major elections …

(Reuters) – Kenya’s marathon world record-holder Eliud Kipchoge will make his Boston Marathon debut on April 17 next year, the 38-year-old said on Thursday, as he seeks a fifth victory …

By Daniel Wiessner (Reuters) -A U.S. appeals court on Wednesday revived a sex discrimination claim against the University of Connecticut (UConn) by a former soccer player whose scholarship was revoked …

By Sumit Khanna AHMEDABAD, India (Reuters) – Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s home state of Gujarat began voting on Thursday with his Hindu nationalist party expected to win a seventh …

By Doina Chiacu WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States is “deeply concerned” about detained American Paul Whelan in Russia, and has not been able to get information from Moscow on …

(Reuters) -Hawaii’s Mauna Loa, the world’s largest active volcano, began erupting on Sunday for the first time since 1984, ending its longest quiet period in recorded history. The night sky …

(Reuters) – Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Thursday that Moscow was willing to play a responsible part in nuclear arms control but it was impossible to discuss nuclear …

By Poppy McPherson BANGKOK (Reuters) – At least 2,000 pro-democracy fighters have been killed in Myanmar battling a military junta that seized power last year, the head of a parallel …

By David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) – As Democrats transitioned smoothly to a new leader in the U.S. House of Representatives, Republicans girded themselves for a showdown over Kevin McCarthy’s bid …

BEIJING/SHANGHAI (Reuters) -Chinese newspapers turned their front pages black on Thursday and flags were put at half mast in mourning for the death of former president Jiang Zemin, while well-wishers …

By Nate Raymond (Reuters) -A federal appeals court on Wednesday declined to put on hold a Texas judge’s ruling that said President Joe Biden’s plan to cancel hundreds of billions …

By Julie Zhu HONG KONG (Reuters) – China will allow some people who test positive for COVID-19 to quarantine at home, among supplementary measures to be announced in coming days, …

KYIV (Reuters) – The recently liberated Ukrainian city of Kherson has lost its power supply after heavy shelling by Russian forces, the regional governor said on Thursday. Kherson, which had …

KYIV (Reuters) – Ukraine’s state emergency service said on Wednesday nine people had been killed in fires in the past 24 hours as people broke safety rules trying to heat …

By Isla Binnie NEW YORK (Reuters) – Investments into protecting and better managing the world’s ecosystems need to reach $384 billion a year by 2025, more than double their current …

By James Davey LONDON (Reuters) – At a vast warehouse in the southern Dutch city of Roosendaal, automated cranes and driverless vehicles silently stack clothes for the French and Italian …

(Reuters) – Russia said on Thursday the German parliament’s move to recognise the 1932-33 famine in Ukraine as a Soviet-imposed genocide was an anti-Russian provocation and an attempt by Germany …

By Gabriella Borter (Reuters) -New York City Mayor Eric Adams rolled out a plan on Tuesday to allow more mentally ill homeless people to be hospitalized against their will in …

(Reuters) -President Joe Biden’s administration is preparing an end to its public health emergency declaration for mpox, Politico reported on Wednesday, adding that a final decision had yet to be …