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ROCHESTER, N.Y. – Air and Marine Operations (AMO) Marine Unit while on maritime patrol on Lake Ontario, rescued a recreational boater as his boat was sinking. Today, AMO agents operating …

EL PASO, Texas – U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers working at El Paso area ports of entry seized methamphetamine, ecstasy, and marijuana over the last four days. “As we …

‘Step In And Protect Life’: Blake Masters Says Rolling Back Roe v. Wade Isn’t Good Enough Laurel Duggan on May 22, 2022 Republican Arizona Senate candidate Blake Masters said overturning …

Biden Might Not Have To Beg Venezuela’s Dictator For Oil If He Kept Keystone XL Thomas Catenacci on May 22, 2022 President Joe Biden may not have had to loosen …

By Maria Starkova (Reuters) – Ukraine and Poland agreed on Sunday to establish a joint border customs control and work on a shared railway company to ease the movement of …

TORONTO -The death toll from powerful thunderstorms in Canada’s two most populous provinces this weekend rose to at least eight, authorities said on Sunday, as emergency crews continued a massive …

By Dan Whitcomb (Reuters) -A 48-year-old man was fatally shot in the chest while riding on a New York City subway car on Sunday in the latest in a series …

GENEVA – More than 100 million people have been driven from their homes around the world, the U.N. refugee agency (UNHCR) said on Monday, citing new data about those escaping …

By Jennifer Rigby and Emma Farge LONDON/GENEVA – Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the director general of the World Health Organization (WHO), will have history on his mind when he hosts almost …

WASHINGTON – Democratic U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen said on Sunday that he had returned home after a minor stroke a week ago landed him in the George Washington University …

By Conor Humphries and Max Hunder KYIV – Ukraine ruled out a ceasefire or any territorial concessions to Moscow as Russia stepped up its attack in the eastern and southern …

DUBAI -Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said on Sunday that one of its officers, Colonel Sayad Khodai, was killed in a rare assassination in Tehran. Khodai was “one of the defenders of …

(Reuters) – New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern will visit the United States this week in a bid to boost exports and lure more tourists as the Pacific nation looks …

By Trevor Hunnicutt and Yoshifumi Takemoto TOKYO -President Joe Biden arrived in Japan on Sunday to launch a plan for greater U.S. economic engagement with the Indo-Pacific, facing criticism even …

By Brenda Goh and Martin Quin Pollard SHANGHAI/BEIJING – Shanghai reopened a small part of the world’s longest subway system on Sunday after some lines had been closed for almost …

JOHANNESBURG – Hundreds of people have been evacuated to safety after heavy rains once again hammered South Africa’s coastal province of KwaZulu-Natal, flooding roads and houses and damaging properties, a …

PARIS – Damien Abad, France’s newly appointed minister for Solidarity and the Disabled, on Sunday strongly denied he had raped two women, following accusations published by the Mediapart website in …

By Trevor Hunnicutt ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE -The United States is looking to deepen its economic partnership with Taiwan even if though it is excluded from President Joe Biden’s new …

WASHINGTON -White House COVID-19 response coordinator Dr. Ashish Jha said on Sunday he expects a U.S. Food and Drug Administration decision on authorizing Moderna’s vaccine for children under age five …

By Renju Jose SYDNEY -Australia’s Labor Party will form the country’s next government on Monday, as unprecedented support for the Greens and climate-focussed independents ended nearly a decade of rule …

By Kirsty Needham SYDNEY – Professional women and voters concerned about climate change unleashed a third force in Australia’s election, taking a swath of seats that ended nine years of …

SEOUL – The monkeypox outbreak is something “everybody should be concerned about,” U.S. President Joe Biden said on Sunday, adding that U.S. health officials are looking into possible treatments and …

(Reuters) – Russia heads into the fourth month of its invasion of Ukraine on Tuesday with no end in sight to the fighting that has killed thousands, uprooted millions and …

By Trevor Hunnicutt and Josh Smith SEOUL -U.S. President Joe Biden, in Seoul before heading to Japan as part of his first Asia trip as president, had a simple message …