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By Luis Jaime Acosta BOGOTA (Reuters) – Colombia’s national police force will launch a training program with the help of the United States and United Nations meant to prevent abuses …

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States has raised “significant concerns” with Saudi Arabia over a 34-year prison sentence imposed on women’s rights activist Salma al-Shehab, the State Department said on Monday. …

By Katharine Houreld and George Obulutsa NAIROBI (Reuters) -Veteran opposition leader Raila Odinga on Monday challenged Kenya’s presidential election results in the Supreme Court and alleged the tally had involved …

By Parisa Hafezi DUBAI (Reuters) -Iran accused the United States on Monday of procrastinating in efforts to revive Tehran’s 2015 nuclear deal – a charge denied by Washington, which said …

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States on Monday rebuffed Ukraine’s demand for a blanket visa ban on Russians, saying Washington would not want to close off pathways to refuge for …

By Harold Isaac PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) – Thousands of Haitians on Monday joined rallies around the Caribbean country to protest rampant crime and soaring consumer prices as its central bank reported …

By Andreas Rinke and Steve Scherer MONTREAL (Reuters) -Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is bringing Canada and Germany closer together, with Canada seeking to boost energy and critical mineral exports to …

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The State Department’s spokesperson on Monday said the United States unequivocally condemns the intentional targeting of civilians anywhere, when asked about the killing of Darya Dugina, the …

By Lisandra Paraguassu SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Brazil’s presidential frontrunner Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said on Monday his country did not need to cut a single tree to plant …

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Monday deflected calls to investigate his predecessor over the 2014 disappearance of 43 student teachers, after officials arrested a top …

(Reuters) – The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Monday signed off on the use of Novavax Inc’s COVID-19 vaccine for adolescents aged 12 through 17. The …

By Sharon Bernstein (Reuters) – With West Virginia’s 1849 abortion ban tied up in court and its conservative legislature stymied over details of enacting a new one, the state’s only …

By Max Hunder KYIV (Reuters) – As soon as the air raid sirens had stopped, Shakhtar Donetsk’s players ran out onto the pitch for their final training session on Monday …

By Ahmed Aboulenein WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. government will soon begin hiring experts and collecting the data needed to launch direct negotiations over prescription drug prices for older and …

By Crispian Balmer ROME (Reuters) – Far-right leader Giorgia Meloni, leading the race to become Italy’s next prime minister, was accused on Monday of shameful electioneering by her rivals after …

JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel objects to a return to the Iran nuclear deal and if one is reached, will not be bound by it, Prime Minister Yair Lapid told French …

(Reuters) – Russia’s parliament said it will hold a special meeting on Thursday to discuss the situation around the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in eastern Ukraine. In an official statement …

By Sarah Wu and Ben Blanchard TAIPEI (Reuters) -Taiwan wants to ensure its partners have reliable supplies of semiconductors, or “democracy chips”, President Tsai Ing-wen told the governor of the …

HONG KONG (Reuters) – China on Monday lodged a “stern representation” over the visit of the governor of the U.S. state of Indiana to Taiwan, its foreign ministry said in …

KYIV (Reuters) – Nearly 9,000 Ukrainian military personnel have been killed in the war with Russia, the head of Ukraine’s armed forces said on Monday. The toll given by General …

By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Pope Francis has quashed rumours that he plans to resign anytime soon but his planned visit next weekend to the Italian city of …

By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) – An appeals court put on hold U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham’s scheduled testimony for Tuesday before a grand jury in Georgia probing efforts by Donald …

By Chen Lin SINGAPORE (Reuters) -Singapore will decriminalise sex between men but has no plans to change the legal definition of marriage as being between a man and a woman, …