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LIMA (Reuters) – Peruvian President Pedro Castillo reshuffled his Cabinet for the second time in less than three weeks on Wednesday, as prosecutors continue investigations into his close allies and …

By Mayu Sakoda and Yoshifumi Takemoto TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan will restart more idled nuclear plants and look at developing next-generation reactors, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said on Wednesday, setting the …

By Syed Raza Hassan KARACHI, Pakistan (Reuters) – Pakistan rejected India’s closure of the incident of the firing of a supersonic missile into Pakistani territory on March 9, and reiterated …

(Reuters) -Russian rockets struck a passenger train in a station in eastern Ukraine on Wednesday, killing at least 15 people and wounding 50 more, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said. In a …

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. first lady Jill Biden has tested positive in a rebound case of COVID-19 but is not experiencing any symptoms, while President Joe Biden continues to test negative …

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden will wear a mask for 10 days when indoors and near others after first lady Jill Biden tested positive on Wednesday in a …

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The White House said on Wednesday the decision by a federal judge in Texas to block President Joe Biden’s administration from enforcing emergency abortion guidance was “a …

By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and some media organizations filed a lawsuit over an Arizona law that would bar recording video of law …

By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Republican U.S. congressman Scott Perry of Pennsylvania, an ally of former President Donald Trump, on Wednesday asked a federal court to put on hold …

KYIV/KRAMATORSK, Ukraine (Reuters) – On the frontlines of Ukrainian resistance to Russia’s invading forces and in shattered cities, combatants and civilians marked Ukraine’s independence day with defiant words and the …

By Amina Ismail and Charlotte Bruneau BAGHDAD (Reuters) – The number of people facing acute food insecurity worldwide has more than doubled to 345 million since 2019 due to the …

By Michael Holden and Sarah Mills LONDON (Reuters) – A quarter of a century after her death at the age of just 36, Princess Diana remains a source of fascination …

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Wednesday rebuked Israel’s government for what he called its protection of a top former official wanted in Mexico on …

(Reuters) – Moderna Inc on Tuesday sought U.S. authorization for its COVID-19 booster shot tailored against the BA.4 and BA.5 subvariants of Omicron and said if cleared it would be …

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden said on Wednesday his administration would forgive student loan debt for many borrowers and would extend a pause on student loan repayments until …

(Reuters) – Jailed Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny said on Wednesday that prison authorities had transferred him to a punishment cell for the second time this month at the facility …

By Eric Beech and Moira Warburton WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A New York Democrat who campaigned on abortion rights and the future of U.S. democracy won a special congressional election in a …

(Reuters) – Russia has launched missiles at a railroad station in Ukraine’s central Dnipropetrovsk region, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy told a Ukraine-focused meeting of the United Nations Security Council on …

(Reuters) -Two employees of Ukraine’s Russian-controlled Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant have been detained for passing information to Ukrainian authorities, Russia’s National Guard said on Wednesday. The National Guard said it had …

By Panarat Thepgumpanat BANGKOK (Reuters) -Thailand’s Constitutional Court suspended Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha on Wednesday after accepting a petition from an opposition party seeking his ousting on the grounds that …

JERUSALEM (Reuters) – A new nuclear deal between world powers and Iran would allow other nations to avoid sanctions and give Teheran $100 billion a year to destabilise the Middle …

(Reuters) – Ukraine marked 31 years of independence on Wednesday, six months to the day after Russia invaded. Following are related comments from world leaders and other prominent figures. UKRAINIAN …

By Dominique Vidalon and Elizabeth Pineau PARIS (Reuters) -President Emmanuel Macron told the French on Wednesday there were tough months ahead as “freedom has a cost”, with his government warning …

KYIV (Reuters) – Ukraine rejected on Wednesday what it called a “cynical” Independence Day greeting from Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko, blasting Minsk for allowing Russia to stage attacks on Ukraine …