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WASHINGTON – Milwaukee Bucks executive Alex Lasry will end his run for the Democratic U.S. Senate nomination in Wisconsin, party officials said on Wednesday, as Democrats lined up behind Lieutenant …

ATHENS -An Iranian-flagged tanker anchored off the Greek port of Piraeus is expected this week to retrieve part of its cargo of oil confiscated by the United States and sail …

By Phil Stewart BRASILIA – U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said on Wednesday he had spoken with U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and given her a security assessment but any …

By Philip Pullella and Tim Johnson LAC STE. ANNE, Alberta -Pope Francis on Tuesday said the Roman Catholic Church should accept institutional blame for the harm done to indigenous Canadians …

By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON -A federal judge on Wednesday declined a request to acquit Donald Trump’s former presidential adviser Steve Bannon on two contempt charges for defying a subpoena …

WASHINGTON – U.S. President Joe Biden said on Wednesday he will now be able to return to work in person after testing negative for COVID-19, adding that he was “feeling …

KHIMKI, Russia – Here are some quotes from Wednesday’s testimony by U.S. basketball star Brittney Griner to a Russian court trying her for possession of drugs, after she was detained …

SAO PAULO -The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) said on Wednesday that nearly 5,300 monkeypox cases have so far been reported across 18 countries and territories in the Americas, with …

By Ece Toksabay and Ali Kucukgocmen ISTANBUL – Deck cadet Burak Kinayer, 19, is waiting to hear when he will set sail home to Turkey after five months of being …

(Reuters) -Drugmaker Bavarian Nordic said U.S. and European regulators have approved the use of Jynneos vaccine doses made at the company’s plant in Denmark as global efforts to tackle the …

LONDON -There have been more than 18,000 cases of monkeypox reported globally from 78 countries, with the majority in Europe, the World Health Organization said on Wednesday. The WHO declared …

By Jack Queen (Reuters) -U.S. conspiracy theorist Alex Jones led a “vile campaign of defamation” when he falsely claimed the 2012 Sandy Hook massacre was a hoax, a Texas jury …

KHERSON, Ukraine – As the Soviet-era melody of the Russian national anthem filled the room, a small group of Ukrainians in this city seized by Russian troops nearly five months …

‘I’m Disgusted’: Dems Turn On Their Own Party For Interfering In GOP Primaries Harold Hutchison on July 27, 2022 Many Democrats are criticizing their own party for meddling in Republican …

By Katharine Houreld NAIROBI – A member of parliament fined $7 million for corruption and handed a 67-year jail term; a top civil servant with an asset seizure order against …

BRUSSELS – The European Commission urged the 27 EU members on Wednesday to take a more forceful and coordinated approach towards monkeypox now that the World Health Organization has declared …

(Reuters) – Pfizer Inc and its German partner BioNTech SE said on Wednesday they had started a mid-stage study of a modified COVID-19 vaccine which targets both the original as …

(Reuters) – Apollo 11 astronaut Buzz Aldrin’s flight jacket, which he wore on the historic mission to the moon in 1969, was sold for about $2.8 million in New York, …

By Max Hunder KYIV – A tongue-in-cheek petition to give outgoing British Prime Minister Boris Johnson Ukrainian citizenship and make him the country’s prime minister has garnered over 2,500 signatures …

By Steve Scherer and Anna Mehler Paperny OTTAWA/TORONTO – A Texas man bought dozens of guns from licensed dealers in the state before illegally reselling at least 16, U.S. officials …

By Liliana Salgado PHOENIX – Homeless for 27 years, Michael Robinson knows he is unwelcome at businesses around Phoenix where he might catch a few minutes of air conditioning. That …

By Michael Martina, Steve Holland and Trevor Hunnicutt WASHINGTON -U.S. President Joe Biden and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping are expected to talk on Thursday, a source familiar with the …

By Idrees Ali, David Brunnstrom and Michael Martina WASHINGTON -The United States on Tuesday accused China of increased “provocations” against rival claimants in the South China Sea and said its …

(Reuters) – U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi plans to visit Japan in August, Kyodo reported on Wednesday, citing sources. (Reporting by Akriti Sharma in Bengaluru)