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LONDON – The United States decision to end the constitutional right to abortion domestically will have no impact on how the country funds family planning services overseas, according to its …

(Reuters) – The North American Electric Reliability Corp (NERC) on Wednesday said key entities of the U.S. power grid network were working to improve resilience of the power grid network …

By Gloria Dickie LONDON – Hungry polar bears are turning to garbage dumps to fill their stomachs as their icy habitat disappears. On Wednesday, a team of Canadian and U.S. …

By David Shepardson (Reuters) – The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) said Wednesday it plans to buy at least 25,000 electric delivery vehicles – more than twice its prior estimate – …

(Reuters) – Power use in Texas and other central states hit all-time highs Tuesday and could break that record again in Texas on Wednesday as homes and businesses crank up …

By Tim Reid LAS VEGAS – Susie Lee, one of the U.S. Congress’s most endangered Democrats, has spent this year fighting a tough re-election campaign in the face of soaring …

By Steve Holland WASHINGTON(Reuters) – President Joe Biden announced on Wednesday that the United States will bring together leaders from across the African continent for a major summit in December …

By Alasdair Pal COLOMBO – Sri Lanka’s imposing presidential secretariat which was stormed by a sea of protesters in early July, forcing out then incumbent Gotabaya Rajapaksa, was almost deserted …

MOSCOW – Russian gas flows via the Nord Stream 1 pipeline are likely to restart on time on Thursday after the completion of scheduled maintenance but at lower than its …

By Devjyot Ghoshal and Uditha Jayasinghe COLOMBO -Ranil Wickremesinghe, a lawyer who served as Sri Lanka’s prime minister a record six times, has finally made it to the top job, …

By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON -A federal prosecutor told jurors on Tuesday at Steve Bannon’s criminal trial that the prominent former presidential adviser to Donald Trump decided he was “above …

COLOMBO – Sri Lanka’s acting President Ranil Wickremesinghe will be the country’s next president until 2024, a parliament vote count showed on Wednesday.

By Nia Williams (Reuters) – Pope Francis arrives in Canada on Sunday to apologize for the wrongs done to indigenous people by Roman Catholic priests and nuns who ran abusive …

TOKYO – Japan plans a state funeral on Sept. 27 for former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe who was shot to death at a campaign rally this month, a government official …

By Jarrett Renshaw and Valerie Volcovici WASHINGTON -U.S. President Joe Biden plans to announce new federal measures aimed at the climate crisis on Wednesday during a trip to Massachusetts, but …

By Humeyra Pamuk and Alexandra Alper WASHINGTON -President Joe Biden signed an executive order on Tuesday aimed at deterring and punishing wrongful detention of U.S. citizens abroad by authorizing government …

BEIJING – The United States is a “maker of security risks” in the Taiwan Strait with its frequent provocations there, China’s military said on Wednesday after another U.S. warship sailed …

BEIJING – China’s southern technology hub of Shenzhen reported 19 new locally transmitted COVID-19 infections on Tuesday, up from eight a day earlier, official data showed on Wednesday. Of Tuesday’s …

BEIJING -China’s government warned on Tuesday that it would take “forceful measures” if U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi visited Taiwan, after the Financial Times said https://on.ft.com/3B0jKgc she would …

By Guy Faulconbridge and Parisa Hafezi LONDON/DUBAI -Russian President Vladimir Putin had talks with Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in Iran on Tuesday, the Kremlin leader’s first trip outside the …

(Reuters) – Georgia Republicans accused of playing a role in attempts by ex-President Donald Trump and his supporters to overturn his 2020 election defeat asked a judge to throw out …

By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON -The U.S. Senate on Tuesday voted to move ahead with a slimmed-down version of legislation to provide billions of dollars in subsidies and tax credits for …

(Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin said Moscow had not seen any desire from Kyiv to fulfil what he described as a preliminary peace deal agreed to in March to …

Putin Forges Deals In Iran After Biden Blows Through Middle East Micaela Burrow on July 19, 2022 Russian President Vladimir Putin traveled to Tehran on Tuesday for a summit with …

Putin Can Afford To Shut Off Europe’s Gas Thanks To Record Energy Profits Jack McEvoy on July 19, 2022 Russia profited massively off its oil and gas sales throughout the …