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Anti-Israel protesters on Monday blocked traffic on the Golden Gate Bridge in California. The protesters want to put a stop to American taxpayer money going to Israel, as well as …

In 1992, Democratic presidential nominee Bill Clinton famously told the American voters hurting from a lousy economy: “I feel your pain.” Whether Bill was for once being sincere or not, …

By Hyunsu Yim PANMUNJOM, South Korea (Reuters) – The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations urged Russia and China on Tuesday to reverse course, and stop rewarding North Korea’s bad …

JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel’s foreign minister said on Tuesday he was urging countries to place sanctions on Iran’s missile programme and proscribe its Revolutionary Guard Corps as a terrorist organisation …

(Reuters) – China’s economy grew 5.3% in the first quarter year-on-year, official data showed on Tuesday, comfortably beating analysts’ expectations, a welcome sign for policymakers as they try to shore …

By Ankur Banerjee SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Asian stocks fell and the dollar climbed to more than five-month highs on Tuesday as stronger-than-expected U.S. retail sales for March further reinforced expectations …

By Idrees Ali and Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin held calls on Monday with counterparts in the Middle East and Europe, expressing support for Israel …

By Mike Stone (Reuters) -Lockheed Martin has won a $17 billion contract to develop the next generation of interceptors to defend the United States against an intercontinental ballistic missile attack, …

By Trevor Hunnicutt and Simon Lewis WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani called for restraint in the Middle East on Monday during talks in Washington as tensions soar …

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – The favorite to win Mexico’s presidential election in June, Claudia Sheinbaum, on Monday outlined a plan to invest $13.57 billion in new energy generation projects through …

By Daphne Psaledakis, Marianna Parraga and Matt Spetalnick WASHINGTON/HOUSTON (Reuters) -The U.S. will not renew a temporary license that widely eased sanctions on Venezuela’s oil and gas sector unless progress …

BEIJING (Reuters) – China said it believed Iran could “handle the situation well and spare the region further turmoil” while safeguarding its sovereignty and dignity, referring to an attack on …

By Susan Heavey, Brendan O’Brien and Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The FBI said on Monday it opened a criminal probe into the collapse of a Baltimore bridge in March when …

By Patricia Zengerle, Richard Cowan and David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. House of Representatives will consider aid to Israel and Ukraine as separate legislation this week, Republican Speaker …

By Steve Gorman LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – NASA is seeking a cheaper, simpler approach to one of its top science priorities in the midst of a budget crunch – retrieving …

GAZA CITY (Reuters) – A bakery in Gaza City has started operating for the first time in six months with aid from the World Food Programme (WFP), providing desperately needed …

By Andrew Hay SANTA FE, New Mexico (Reuters) -Hannah Gutierrez, the chief weapons handler for the Western movie “Rust,” was sentenced to 18 months in prison on Monday in the …

By Brendan Pierson (Reuters) – The Arizona Supreme Court’s decision reviving a near-total abortion ban dating back to the 19th century is at odds with a pledge from the state’s …

By Daniel Wiessner (Reuters) – U.S. employers’ obligation to accommodate workers’ pregnancies also extends to abortions and the use of contraception, the U.S. agency that enforces workplace discrimination laws said …

By Saqib Iqbal Ahmed and Laura Matthews (Reuters) – A rally in the U.S. dollar is accelerating, as stubborn inflation sows doubts over how aggressively the Federal Reserve will be …

By Trevor Hunnicutt WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden and his wife Jill on Monday released tax returns showing that their income rose 7% to $619,976 in 2023 and that …

By Victoria Waldersee BERLIN (Reuters) -Tesla is laying off more than 10% of its global workforce, an internal memo seen by Reuters on Monday shows, as it grapples with falling …

By Luc Cohen and Jack Queen NEW YORK (Reuters) -The judge in Donald Trump’s trial dismissed dozens of potential New York City jurors on Monday who said they could not …