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AL-HOL, Syria (Reuters) – U.S.-backed Syrian Kurdish security forces have launched a new operation targeting Islamic State sleeper cells in a large northeastern detention camp where violence has reached record …

By Philip Pullella L’AQUILA, Italy (Reuters) – Pope Francis, who has often said he may step down in the future if bad health impedes him from leading the Catholic Church, …

BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany’s Bayer said on Sunday it was starting a Phase III study program to investigate the efficacy and safety of asundexian, an oral Factor XIa (FXIa) inhibitor. …

SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia’s defence minister on Sunday said he aims to deepen defence ties with France, Germany and Britain during visits to the European partners this week, saying war …

By Ben Blanchard TAOYUAN, Taiwan (Reuters) – The head of Taiwan’s main opposition party the Kuomintang (KMT) defended its “brave” outreach to Beijing on Sunday after a senior official visited …

SHEFFIELD: Democrat-Run Cities Have A Big Crime Problem And They Can’t Seem To Fix It Carrie Sheffield on August 27, 2022 Violent crime and shoplifting spikes across urban America are …

Biden Admin Handed California The Power To Mandate EVs Nationwide Jack McEvoy on August 27, 2022 California instituted a new regulation on Thursday that will ban the sale of gas-powered …

ANTONI: One Economic Indicator Could Be Dems’ Achilles Heel Heading Into November. Here’s What It Is E.J. Antoni on August 27, 2022 When it comes to gauging the country’s economic …

SCHOEN: Congress Can Save The Press From Big Tech’s Iron Grip. Here’s How Douglas Schoen on August 27, 2022 Big Tech controls more and more of the news and information …

MCDANIEL: Biden’s Student Loan Bailout Abandons Hardworking Americans Ronna McDaniel on August 27, 2022 On Wednesday, Biden turned his back on working Americans, insulted their hard work, and told them …

By Nathan Frandino and Matt McKnight (Reuters) – A young mountain lion shot by police died in surgery at a California zoo on Friday, a zoo spokesperson said, after the …

By Max Hunder KYIV (Reuters) -Moscow and Kyiv traded fresh accusations on Saturday of shelling around the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in Ukraine, which has been a focus of …

(This Aug 26 story refiles to restore dropped word in final paragraph) By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S. appeals court on Friday upheld the decision of the Federal …

By Phil Stewart and Jarrett Renshaw PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) -Three years before retiring from the U.S. Army in 2017, Donald Trump-backed Pennsylvania gubernatorial candidate Doug Mastriano posed in Confederate uniform for …

By Phil Stewart and Jarrett Renshaw WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Some Republicans in Pennsylvania defended Donald Trump-backed gubernatorial candidate Doug Mastriano on Saturday after Reuters published a 2014 photo of him …

By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. intelligence community will assess the potential risk to national security of disclosure of materials recovered during the Aug. 8 search of former …

By Steve Gorman and Joey Roulette (Reuters) – A half century after the end of NASA’s Apollo era, the U.S. space agency’s long-anticipated bid to return astronauts to the moon’s …

TRIPOLI (Reuters) -Rival factions battled across Libya’s capital on Saturday in the worst fighting there in two years as a months-long political standoff burst into urban warfare that threatens to …

By Juan Medina ABOARD THE OPEN ARMS UNO, off Sicily (Reuters) – Migrants aboard the Open Arms Uno rescue boat cheered, hugged crew members, and danced with joy on Friday …

(Reuters) – The United States plans to name an ambassador at large for the Arctic, reflecting the region’s growing strategic and commercial importance as its shrinking opens up new sea …

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday signed a decree introducing financial benefits for people who left Ukrainian territory to come to Russia, including pensioners, pregnant women and …

By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Pope Francis on Saturday inducted 20 cardinals from around the world, choosing men who mostly agree with his vision of a more progressive …

LONDON – Britain’s Prince Harry said he wished his children could have met his mother Princess Diana and hoped the 25th anniversary of her death next week would be a …