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By Gopal Sharma KATHMANDU (Reuters) -Millions of Nepalis went to the polls on Sunday to choose a new government to steer the Himalayan country through a time of economic peril. …

DAKAR (Reuters) -The world’s longest-ruling leader, President Teodoro Obiang of Equatorial Guinea, staged a vote on Sunday to extend his 43-year-rule of a tiny, authoritarian African state where once plentiful …

By Toby Davis DOHA (Reuters) – Welsh First Minister Mark Drakeford said that FIFA President Gianni Infantino was in a hole and should stop digging after he accused critics of …

By Trevor Hunnicutt WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris arrived in the Philippines on Sunday for talks aimed at reviving ties with the former U.S. colony, an Asian …

By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland on Friday named Jack Smith, a war crimes prosecutor, to serve as special counsel to oversee Justice Department investigations …

By Lisa Richwine LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Actor Michael J. Fox, who charmed audiences in 1980s TV comedy “Family Ties” and the “Back to the Future” movies, received an honorary …

BEIJING (Reuters) – China said on Sunday it is open to a meeting with the U.S. defence secretary on the sidelines of a regional security forum in Cambodia this week, …

By David Brunnstrom and Karen Lema WASHINGTON/MANILA (Reuters) – U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris visits the Philippines this week in the Biden administration’s latest high-level engagement with America’s oldest Asian …

By Poppy McPherson BANGKOK (Reuters) – U.S Vice President Kamala Harris announced $20 million in new funding for clean energy projects in the Mekong region, during the last day of …

By Martin Quin Pollard BEIJING (Reuters) – Michael Bloomberg apologised last week at a business forum hosted by the news agency he founded for remarks by British former Prime Minister …

SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt (Reuters) – A plenary session of the COP27 climate summit approved a deal on Sunday covering funding arrangements for loss and damage from climate change suffered by …

By Praveen Menon SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia is talking up its green credentials at the annual U.N. climate summit, but its policies do not match the portrayal as it continues …

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Brooklyn Nets guard Kyrie Irving said on Saturday that he was “deeply” apologetic after his team suspended him earlier this month for sharing anti-Semitic content on …

By Moira Warburton (Reuters) – Two men were arrested at New York’s Penn Station in connection with threats to the Jewish community, police said on Saturday. New York Metropolitan Transportation …

By Phil Stewart (Reuters) -Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has offered a preview of “a possible world of tyranny and turmoil,” U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said on Saturday in a …

By Kate Abnett, Shadia Nasralla and Gloria Dickie SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt (Reuters) -Negotiators at the COP27 climate summit in Egypt neared a breakthrough deal on Saturday for a fund to …

By Rozanna Latiff, Mei Mei Chu and A. Ananthalakshmi KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) -Malaysia was facing a hung parliament for the first time in its history as support for a conservative …

(Reuters) – Around 60 Russian soldiers were killed in a long-range Ukrainian artillery attack this week, Kyiv said on Saturday, the second time in four days that Ukraine claimed to …

By Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Naomi Biden, the granddaughter of U.S. President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden, was married on Saturday in what was the 19th time in …

DUBAI (Reuters) -Protests raged on at Iranian universities and in some cities on Saturday as Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei warned the country’s “enemies” may try to mobilise workers after …

KYIV (Reuters) -Britain’s new Prime Minister Rishi Sunak made his first visit to Kyiv on Saturday, pledging to continue the firm support for Ukraine that was a focus of his …

By Stefaniia Bern and Joseph Campbell KYIV/KHERSON (Reuters) – Jubilant Ukrainians rolled into Kherson by train on Saturday for the first time in more than eight months as residents of …

PORTACOMARO, Italy (Reuters) – Pope Francis went back to his roots on Saturday, visiting the northern area of Italy his ancestors left for Argentina and dropping in on an older …

By Tom Balmforth KHERSON, Ukraine (Reuters) – Under rainy skies, Ukrainian-controlled Kherson’s central square was a frenetic melee on Thursday afternoon of humanitarian aid queues and displays of patriotic celebration …