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By Mark Trevelyan LONDON -Russia plans to hold strategic military exercises in the east of the country starting next month, the defence ministry said on Tuesday, thousands of miles from …

By Sharon Bernstein MARIPOSA, Calif. – Wildfire refugee Rod McGuire sat alone at the far end of the evacuation center, trying not to cry. One of thousands to flee California’s …

By Nancy Lapid (Reuters) – The following is a summary of some recent studies on COVID-19. They include research that warrants further study to corroborate the findings and that has …

By Mike Stone WASHINGTON – The U.S. Navy sees its future fleet comprised of more than 350 manned ships and about 150 unmanned ships hoping technology means lower operating costs …

WASHINGTON – U.S. President Joe Biden’s COVID-19 symptoms have now “almost completely resolved” and he now feels well enough to resume his physical exercise regimen, his physician said in a …

KHIMKI, Russia -The defence team of U.S. basketball player Brittney Griner, detained in Russia on drug charges, argued in court on Tuesday that she had used medical cannabis to assuage …

By Phil Stewart BRASILIA -U.S. President Joe Biden’s defense secretary, Lloyd Austin, on Tuesday stressed the need for militaries to be under firm civilian control at an Americas-wide defense gathering …

(Reuters) -Myanmar’s ruling military on Tuesday defended its execution of four democracy activists as “justice for the people”, brushing off a deluge of international condemnation including from its closest neighbours. …

(Reuters) -Biogen Inc’s treatment for a rare type of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) was accepted for review by the U.S. health regulator, weeks after follow-up analyses of data from a …

By Fabian Hamacher and Ann Wang SUAO, Taiwan -Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen boarded a naval warship on Tuesday for only the second time in her six years in office, where …

FBI Falsely Labeled Hunter Biden Criminal Activity ‘Disinformation,’ Senior Republican Alleges Gabe Kaminsky on July 26, 2022 There was a widespread push in the FBI to dismiss and label evidence …

Border State Officials And Residents Hammer Democrat Mayors Complaining About Migrant Busing Jennie Taer on July 26, 2022 Several local officials and residents in southern border counties sounded off on …

By Dan Williams JERUSALEM -Russia criticised Israel’s stance on the war in Ukraine but said on Tuesday that a dispute over a Jewish emigration agency was a legal matter that …

MOSCOW -The Kremlin said on Tuesday that a gas turbine for Nord Stream 1, Russia’s biggest gas pipeline to Europe, had not yet arrived after maintenance in Canada and that …

GENEVA -The rapidly spreading monkeypox outbreak can be stopped, an official from the World Health Organization said on Tuesday. “We do at this moment still believe that this outbreak of …

By Brendan O’Brien (Reuters) – The principal of the Texas elementary school where a gunman went on a rampage in May has been suspended with pay, her attorney said on …

RAMALLAH, West Bank – Israeli troops on Tuesday demolished the houses of two Palestinians accused of killing an Israeli security guard in an attack outside the West Bank settlement of …

(Reuters) – The BA.5 subvariant of Omicron was estimated to make up 81.9% of the circulating coronavirus variants in the United States for the week ended July 23, the U.S. …

By Charlotte Greenfield and Jonathan Landay KABUL/WASHINGTON – U.S. and Taliban officials have exchanged proposals for the release of billions of dollars from Afghan central bank reserves held abroad into …

LONDON -Britain said on Tuesday it had sanctioned Kremlin-imposed officials in the Luhansk and Donetsk provinces in eastern Ukraine as well as 29 regional governors across Russia in response to …

By Tom Polansek CHICAGO – Top U.S. cattle feeding companies sent 1,000-pound carcasses to a Kansas landfill, where they were flattened by loader machines and mixed with trash, after a …

TOKYO -Japan’s Emperor Emeritus Akihito, father of the current emperor, received a diagnosis of heart failure but his condition has improved under treatment, an official at the Imperial Household Agency …

BRUSSELS – European Union countries agreed on Tuesday to an emergency regulation to curb their gas use this winter, as Europe prepares for a winter of uncertain supplies from Russia. …

By Pavel Polityuk and Max Hunder KYIV – Russia said it will cut gas supplies to Europe from Wednesday in a blow to countries that have backed Ukraine, while missile …

(Reuters) – U.S. first lady Jill Biden’s press secretary Michael LaRosa is departing the White House, CNN reported on Tuesday citing a White House official. (Reporting by Mrinmay Dey in …