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By Jeff Mason and Trevor Hunnicutt SEATTLE -U.S. President Joe Biden marked Earth Day on Friday with a speech promoting a new effort to protect old-growth forests as he visits …

By Brenda Goh and Martin Quin Pollard SHANGHAI -Stiffening resolve after three weeks of strict lockdown, authorities warned Shanghai’s 25 million frazzled residents on Friday that their purgatory would go …

By Kirsty Needham, David Brunnstrom and Michael Martina SYDNEY/WASHINGTON -A senior-level U.S. delegation met the Solomon Islands’ leader on Friday and warned that Washington would have “significant concerns and respond …

WASHINGTON – Donald Trump’s former chief of staff Mark Meadows, who echoed the Republican former president’s false claims of widespread fraud in the 2020 election, was registered to vote in …

By James Oliphant CORTLAND, Ohio – Josh Mandel, a leading contender to win the nomination in the U.S. Senate Republican primary battle in Ohio, expressed confidence this week that victory …

By Roselle Chen NEW YORK – The famous “Washington Crossing the Delaware” painting, which hung in the White House from the 1970s to 2014, is coming up for auction next …

By Asif Shahzad ISLAMABAD – Pakistan’s National Security Council, a body of top civil and military leaders, on Friday rejected ousted Prime Minister Imran Khan’s accusations that United States had …

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump acknowledged “some responsibility” for what happened the day of the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy told Republican …

By Andriy Perun and Oleh Papushenko LVIV, Ukraine – Sofia Telehina’s grandmother called her in tears more than a month ago from the besieged port city of Mariupol in eastern …

MADRID – The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled in favour of a Jewish family that is trying to reclaim a Camille Pissarro painting seized by the Nazis in 1939 and …

By Andrew MacAskill and Krishna N. Das NEW DELHI -Britain and India agreed on Friday to step up defence and business cooperation during a visit to New Delhi by Boris …

By Duncan Miriri NAIROBI – Kenya’s former president Mwai Kibaki, who has died aged 90, ushered in economic reforms and a new constitution but failed to deliver on promises to …

By Gloria Dickie and Kate Abnett (Reuters) – Europeans endured the hottest summer on record last year, with wildfires, floods and intense heatwaves hitting the continent, according to a report …

MEXICO CITY – Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said he would meet with entrepreneurs from the United States and Canada on Friday. Speaking from the eastern state of Veracruz, …

By John Chalmers BRUSSELS – Far-right leader Marine Le Pen looks unlikely to win France’s presidential election, but many western allies fear an upset on Sunday that could jolt the …

By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON – Before Arian Taherzadeh was arrested for impersonating a U.S. law enforcement agent, he portrayed himself as a wealthy playboy who wore flashy watches, drove …

ZURICH – The United Nations human rights office said on Friday there was growing evidence of Russian war crimes in Ukraine, including signs of indiscriminate shelling and summary executions, while …

(Reuters) -Swimming’s world governing body FINA said on Friday it had suspended Russian Olympic gold medallist Evgeny Rylov for nine months after he attended a rally in support of Russia’s …

By Jennifer Rigby and Natalie Grover LONDON – Health authorities around the world are investigating a mysterious increase in severe cases of hepatitis – inflammation of the liver – in …

By Brian Ellsworth and Julio-Cesar Chavez (Reuters) -Scientists have successfully bred a threatened species of coral as part of a project that hopes to restore damaged reefs off the coast …

SYDNEY – The Australian government has imposed sanctions and travel bans on two daughters of Russian President Vladimir Putin and Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov’s daughter, it said in a statement …

By Hyonhee Shin SEOUL -North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has thanked South Korea’s outgoing president for trying to improve relations, a rare gesture of goodwill but one that analysts …

By Joseph Ax LAWRENCE, N.J. -Last year, Xavier Rodriguez got two convictions for marijuana possession expunged from his record, thanks to a new law legalizing the drug in New Jersey. …

By Khalid Abdelaziz and Nafisa Eltahir KHARTOUM – Since Sudan’s military staged a coup six months ago many former allies of toppled autocrat Omar al-Bashir have been allowed to rejoin …

By Jeff Mason and Nandita Bose PORTLAND, Ore. -President Joe Biden on Thursday predicted that his fellow Democrats could win two more U.S. Senate seats in November’s midterms, strengthening the …