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By Omar Younis LAS VEGAS (Reuters) -An “incredibly nervous” Adele kicked off her Las Vegas concerts on Friday, 10 months after she angered fans by postponing the shows at the …

KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) -Malaysia’s veteran leader Mahathir Mohamad suffered his first election defeat in 53 years on Saturday in a blow that could mark the end of a seven-decade political …

By Kate Abnett and Shadia Nasralla SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt (Reuters) -The United Nations climate agency on Saturday published a draft proposal for a deal to tackle the issue of “loss …

By Nick Mulvenney AL RAYYAN, Qatar (Reuters) -FIFA president Gianni Infantino accused critics of World Cup host Qatar’s treatment of migrant workers of hypocrisy on Saturday, adding that engagement was …

By Brendan O’Boyle MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – At an upscale Mexico City hotel on Friday, several hundred right-wing activists and international allies gathered to carve an identity for Mexico’s fledgling …

By Hyonhee Shin SEOUL (Reuters) -North Korean leader Kim Jong Un pledged to counter U.S. nuclear threats with nuclear weapons as he inspected a test of the country’s new intercontinental …

By Josh Smith SEOUL (Reuters) -North Korean leader Kim Jong Un revealed his daughter to the world for the first time on Saturday in striking photos showing the pair hand-in-hand …

By Kuba Stezycki PRZEWODOW, Poland (Reuters) -One of the men killed by a missile that hit a southeastern Polish village this week was buried on Saturday, the first of two …

By Phil Stewart and Idrees Ali WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Russia’s surge in missile strikes in Ukraine is partly designed to exhaust Kyiv’s supplies of air defenses and finally achieve dominance of …

By Nick Mulvenney AL RAYYAN, Qatar (Reuters) -FIFA President Gianni Infantino raised eyebrows on Saturday when he attempted to show empathy with marginalised groups by telling reporters in Qatar ‘I …

By Poppy McPherson, Juarawee Kittisilpa and Panu Wongcha-um BANGKOK (Reuters) -Leaders of the 21-member APEC bloc pledged on Saturday to boost trade and do more to tackle other economic challenges, …

BANGKOK (Reuters) – The U.S. city of San Francisco will host the leaders’ meeting of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum next year, Vice President Kamala Harris said, as the …

By Lisa Richwine and Diane Bartz LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Pop superstar Taylor Swift said on Friday it was “excruciating” for her to watch fans struggle to secure tickets for …

By Lindsay DeDario BUFFALO, N.Y. (Reuters) -An early winter “lake effect” storm dumped heavy snows on parts of western New York state on Friday, with at least two deaths reported, …

(Reuters) – Leaders and heads of governments from the 21 member economies of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) are in the Thai capital Bangkok for a two-day meeting that concludes …

By Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. congressman Hakeem Jeffries on Friday formally launched a bid to become the Democratic leader in the House of Representatives, a day after Speaker Nancy …

By Poppy McPherson and Panu Wongcha-um BANGKOK (Reuters) – U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris called an emergency gathering of several allies on the sidelines of an Asia-Pacific economic summit on …

By Mei Mei Chu (Reuters) – Malaysians vote on Saturday in a closely fought election, with polls predicting a hung parliament as no party or coalition can get the lower …

KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Malaysians were voting in a general election on Saturday expected to be a close race between coalitions led by Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob, long-time opposition …

By A. Ananthalakshmi and Rozanna Latiff KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Malaysians were voting on Saturday in a closely fought election pitting Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob against longtime opposition leader …

By Catarina Demony LISBON (Reuters) -Brazil’s Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva travelled from the COP27 summit in Egypt to Portugal on Friday to tell officials that his country is back …

By Andrew Chung (Reuters) -President Joe Biden’s administration on Friday asked the Supreme Court to lift a lower court’s order blocking his plan to cancel billions of dollars in student …

By Max Hunder and Jonathan Landay KYIV/KHERSON, Ukraine (Reuters) -Russian missile strikes have crippled almost half of Ukraine’s energy system, the government said on Friday, and authorities in the capital …