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LONDON (Reuters) – Russian opposition politician Yevgeny Roizman was banned by a court on Thursday from attending public events or using the internet for five weeks after he was charged …

(Reuters) – Teachers in the largest school system in Ohio and district officials reached an agreement early on Thursday, potentially ending a strike that began this week over appropriate class …

By Brendan Pierson (Reuters) -A federal appeals court on Thursday refused to revive Arkansas’s first-of-its-kind law prohibiting doctors from providing puberty blockers, hormones and surgery as part of gender transition …

By Luis Jaime Acosta BOGOTA (Reuters) – Colombia will suspend aerial bombings targeting illegal armed groups in a bid to avoid collateral damage to civilians and deaths of minors who …

(Reuters) – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said he had “a great conversation” with U.S. President Joe Biden on Thursday and thanked him for his support in the war against Russia. …

BRASILIA (Reuters) – A new poll using data collected from the internet predicted on Thursday a narrowing presidential race in Brazil, with leftist front-runner Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva just …

TAIPEI (Reuters) – U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn arrived in Taiwan’s capital Taipei on Thursday on board a U.S. military aircraft, live television footage from the downtown Songshan airport showed. Blackburn …

By Ruma Paul DHAKA (Reuters) -Myanmar Rohingya Muslims protested across refugee camps in neighbouring Bangladesh on Thursday, the fifth anniversary of clashes between Rohingya insurgents and Myanmar security forces that …

Jewish Groups Lambast CNN For ‘Whitewashing’ Left-Wing Antisemitism Justine Brooke Murray on August 25, 2022 The Jewish Leadership Project and the Coalition for Jewish Values are criticizing CNN for “whitewashing” …

Vanessa Bryant Wins Crash Photos Lawsuit, Awarded $16 Million Harold Hutchison on August 25, 2022 A federal jury awarded the widow of NBA legend Kobe Bryant $16 million in damages …

It’s Official: Revised GDP Numbers Show The Economy Is Definitely Shrinking John Hugh DeMastri on August 25, 2022 The Department Of Commerce revised the estimate of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) …

KYIV (Reuters) -The top United Nations official in Ukraine said on Thursday she was shocked by military strikes that killed children and other civilians in Chaplyne in central Ukraine on …

BUDAPEST (Reuters) – The firing of Hungary’s two top weather forecasters after a big storm predicted by the National Meteorological Service did not materialise has drawn protests at home and …

(Reuters) -Authorities in Myanmar have detained Britain’s former ambassador to the Southeast Asian nation, where a military junta seized power last year, three people with knowledge of the situation said …

GENEVA (Reuters) – The United Nation’s Human Rights High Commissioner Michelle Bachelet on Thursday condemned Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro’s upcoming rally against judicial institutions, and said the country’s human rights …

LONDON (Reuters) – The Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in southern Ukraine has been shelled in recent days, raising the possibility of a grave accident just 500 km (around 300 miles) …

By Nathan Frandino HICKMAN, Calif. (Reuters) – California is about to launch an experiment to cover aqueducts with solar panels, a plan that if scaled up might save billions of …

(This Aug 24 story corrects paragraphs 1 and 3 to make clear Russian Patriarch will not attend Kazakhstan congress) (Reuters) – Pope Francis and the head of the Russian Orthodox …

By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Roman Catholic cardinals from around the world gather for events at the Vatican starting this weekend that could amount to a dress rehearsal …

By Yimou Lee and Ben Blanchard TAIPEI (Reuters) -Taiwan proposed on Thursday $19 billion in defence spending for next year, a double-digit increase on 2022 that includes funds for new …

(Reuters) -Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree on Thursday to increase the size of Russia’s armed forces from 1.9 million to 2.04 million as the war in Ukraine enters …

(Reuters) – A federal judge on Wednesday blocked the state of Idaho from enforcing a near-total ban on abortions when women endangered by pregnancy complications require emergency care at hospitals, …

By Emma Farge GENEVA (Reuters) -The UN human rights chief said on Thursday that she is still aiming to release a long-anticipated report on China’s treatment of its Uyghur minority …

BEIJING (Reuters) – A U.S. citizen sentenced to death by a Chinese court for “intentional homicide” of his former girlfriend lost his appeal on Thursday, state broadcaster CCTV reported. Following …