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By David Ljunggren and Ismail Shakil OTTAWA (Reuters) -Canada launched its long-awaited Indo-Pacific strategy on Sunday, outlining spending of C$2.3 billion ($1.7 billion) to boost military and cyber security in …

By Sharon Bernstein SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Reuters) – Federal water managers on Monday urged numerous California cities and industrial users to prepare for a fourth dry year, warning of possible “conservation …

CARACAS (Reuters) – Talks between the Venezuelan government and the country’s opposition, which resumed over the weekend, are set to enter a crucial stage, the head of dialogue for Venezuela’s …

Agricultural Groups, Lawmakers Scramble To Pass Key Farm Bill Before GOP Takes Over House John Hugh DeMastri on November 25, 2022 Lawmakers and agricultural groups are racing to pass a …

KIRON SKINNER And MATEO HAYDAR: China Is Tightening Its Grip In America’s Backyard Kiron Skinner And Mateo Haydar on November 26, 2022 The latest sign that America’s influence in the …

JASON SNEAD: Early Voting Has Already Begun In Georgia’s Senate Runoff. Here’s How Dems Pulled It Off Jason Snead on November 26, 2022 Georgians have many reasons to be grateful …

By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States should end its prosecution of Julian Assange, leading media outlets from the United States and Europe that had collaborated with the …

By Tom Perry, Issam Abdallah and Timour Azhari BEIRUT (Reuters) -In the darkness of Beirut’s unlit streets, men wielding batons and torches are taking security into their own hands in …

By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Transportation Security Administration (TSA) said it screened 2.56 million air passengers on Sunday, the highest number since December 2019 and the busiest day …

BALTIMORE, MD – Businesses in Baltimore County are embracing the county’s Safe Space Initiative, with man businesses eager to take part in the program. The program identifies its location as …

By Tom Balmforth and Anthony Deutsch KYIV/KHERSON, Ukraine (Reuters) -President Volodymyr Zelenskiy warned Ukrainians to expect another brutal week of cold and darkness ahead, predicting more Russian attacks on infrastructure …

By Nate Raymond (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday will consider a pair of cases that could make it harder to pursue public corruption prosecutions – bids by …

By Casey Hall and Martin Quin Pollard SHANGHAI/BEIJING (Reuters) -Police on Monday stopped and searched people at the sites of weekend protests in Shanghai and Beijing, after crowds there and …

By Joyce Lee and Heekyong Yang SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korea failed to reach agreement with a striking truckers’ union in the first session of talks on Monday, the fifth day …

By Elwely Elwelly DUBAI (Reuters) -Iran will reject a newly-appointed independent U.N. investigation into the country’s repression of anti-government protests, the foreign ministry said on Monday, as demonstrations showed no …

By Tim Reid and Juby Babu (Reuters) -Two seriously injured people trapped inside a small plane that crashed into high-voltage power lines near Washington, D.C. and caused mass outages have …

BEIJING (Reuters) -China will launch the Shenzhou-15 spacecraft to its space station at 11:08 p.m. (1508 GMT) on Nov. 29, the China Manned Space Agency said on Monday, the final …

By Renju Jose SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia lowered its terrorism threat level on Monday to “possible” from “probable” for the first time in eight years, citing a reduced risk of …

By Alasdair Pal SYDNEY (Reuters) – Rapid advancements in China’s military capabilities pose increasing risks to American supremacy in outer space, the head of the United States military’s space wing …

By Martin Quin Pollard and Brenda Goh BEIJING/SHANGHAI (Reuters) -Chinese protesters have turned to blank sheets of paper to express their anger over COVID-19 restrictions in a rare, widespread outpouring …

By Lewis Jackson SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia’s Labor government said it will move a parliamentary censure motion against former Liberal prime minister Scott Morrison this week after an inquiry found …

MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Global miner Rio Tinto Ltd has reached a restitution agreement with an Aboriginal group whose rock shelters in Western Australia it destroyed two years ago for an …