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(Reuters) -The world narrowly avoided a radiation accident at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear station in Ukraine on Thursday after power was cut to the two remaining working reactors, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy …

By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Americans bearing heavy college debt loads welcomed U.S. President Joe Biden’s announcement on Wednesday that he would forgive $10,000 in student loans, and some …

By Julie Steenhuysen CHICAGO (Reuters) – Monkeypox cases in some large U.S. cities appear to be declining, matching trends seen in Europe, and experts are cautiously optimistic the outbreak may …

By Gabriella Borter (Reuters) – New abortion bans are taking effect in four U.S. states this week, adding to the raft of restrictions states have enforced since the U.S. Supreme …

By Sheila Dang (Reuters) -Twitter founder and former chief executive Jack Dorsey tweeted Thursday that he regrets the social media platform became a company. “The biggest issue and my biggest …

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A Georgia prosecutor investigating former President Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 U.S. presidential election is seeking to compel testimony from his former chief of staff, Mark …

NEW YORK (Reuters) -Former world number one Novak Djokovic will miss the U.S. Open after he said on Thursday that he will not be able to travel to New York …

By Tom Balmforth and Natalia Zinets KYIV (Reuters) – President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said the world narrowly avoided a radiation disaster on Thursday as the last regular line supplying electricity to …

By Rich McKay (Reuters) – Spanking is staging a comeback this school year in the classrooms of one small town in southwestern Missouri, where the district will now allow corporal …

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden will travel to New York Sept. 18-20 to participate in a session of the United Nations General Assembly, the White House said on …

By Richard Cowan and Joseph Ax WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden’s move to waive college loan payments for millions of Americans drew criticism from some of his fellow …

By Luc Cohen and Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) – Two Florida residents pleaded guilty on Thursday to charges stemming from the theft and sale to conservative activist group Project …

By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A federal judge in Florida on Thursday ordered the U.S. Justice Department to make public a redacted version of an affidavit underpinning the Aug. …

NAIROBI (Reuters) – Fighting flared for a second day in northern Ethiopia, residents said on Thursday, an outbreak of violence that has shattered hopes for fledgling peace talks between the …

By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A federal judge in Florida on Thursday ordered the U.S. Justice Department to file a redacted version of its affidavit in support of …

By Max Hunder and Natalia Zinets KYIV (Reuters) -Ukraine said its Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant was disconnected from the Ukrainian grid for the first time ever on Thursday, fueling fears …

By Francois Murphy VIENNA (Reuters) – The last of four regular power lines supplying the Russian-held nuclear power plant at Zaporizhzhia in Ukraine was briefly cut on Thursday, meaning the …

(Reuters) – Two women who accused the American former heavyweight boxing champion George Foreman of sexually abusing them in the 1970s have filed lawsuits in a Los Angeles court. Foreman, …

KYIV (Reuters) – Ukraine’s capital renamed 95 streets on Thursday as part of a drive to purge Russian and Soviet place names, Kyiv’s mayor announced a day after Ukraine marked …

By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Core samples drilled by NASA’s Perseverance rover on the Martian surface are revealing the geology of a gaping crater scientists suspect may have harbored …

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, in a phone call honouring Ukraine’s independence day, called on Moscow on Thursday to hand over control of the …

By Simon Lewis and Daphne Psaledakis WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Russia and its proxy forces in Ukraine are operating 21 locations used to detain, interrogate and process prisoners of war and civilians, …

By Peter Henderson (Reuters) – The U.S. government will spend more than $500 billion on climate technology and clean energy over the next decade under three recently enacted laws, an …