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By Ju-min Park and Daewoung Kim SEOUL (Reuters) -Air raid sirens and a mobile phone alert calling for evacuations rattled residents of South Korea’s capital, Seoul, early on Wednesday after …

By Guy Faulconbridge MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia’s most powerful mercenary, Yevgeny Prigozhin, said on Wednesday that he had asked prosecutors to investigate whether senior Russian defence officials had committed any …

By Soo-hyang Choi SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is believed to weigh over 140 kg (308 lb) according to an artificial intelligence (AI) estimate, a South …

By Lewis Jackson SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia will encourage businesses diversify their trade into new and emerging markets, Trade Minister Don Farrell will say in a speech on Thursday, even …

VILNIUS (Reuters) – Latvia’s parliament has elected long-serving Foreign Minister Edgars Rinkevics as the country’s next president, Prime Minister Krisjanis Karins said on Wednesday. Rinkevics will represent Latvia, a European …

By Janina Nuno Rios MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Usain Bolt said he is desperate to play a role in reviving the sport that made him a global superstar but has …

LULEA, Sweden (Reuters) – New anti-terrorism legislation which comes into force this week should pave the way for Sweden to join NATO in coming weeks and overcome a Turkish veto, …

By Burcu Karakas, Ece Toksabay, Huseyin Hayatsever and Maya Gebeily ANKARA (Reuters) – President Tayyip Erdogan played up his plans to repatriate a million Syrian refugees as he rode a …

By James Oliphant CLIVE, Iowa (Reuters) -Florida Governor Ron DeSantis stepped up his attacks on Republican rival Donald Trump on Tuesday as he kicked off his first campaign swing as …

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia supports Kosovo’s Serbian population and believes their legal rights and interests must be protected, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Wednesday. Peskov also said Moscow was …

By Daniel Trotta and Steve Gorman LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A California appeals court overruled Governor Gavin Newsom on Tuesday to find Leslie Van Houten, one of Charles Manson’s murderous …

By Josh Smith and Sakura Murakami SEOUL/TOKYO (Reuters) – North Korea is unlikely to be deterred from its quest to place cargoes in space, analysts said, even though a malfunction …

By Hyonhee Shin SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korean nuclear safety experts who visited Japan’s wrecked Fukushima nuclear power plant said on Wednesday that detailed analysis was needed to verify Japan’s …

ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkey’s broadcasting watchdog has launched an inquiry into six opposition TV channels for “insulting the public” with their coverage of Sunday’s presidential election runoff, it said on …

SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea made a failed attempt at launching its first spy satellite on Wednesday, with the booster and payload plunging into the sea, North Korean state media …

(Reuters) – Colombia and Venezuela have reached an agreement to search for remains of victims who were killed by paramilitaries during Colombia’s internal armed conflict and reportedly buried in Venezuela, …