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BEIJING (Reuters) – Floods, droughts, an earthquake and freezing conditions in China caused direct economic losses of 23.76 billion yuan ($3.28 billion) in the first quarter, the government said on …

WASHINGTON/MANILA (Reuters) – A cooperation agreement by the Philippines, the United States and Japan will change the dynamic in the South China Sea and the region, Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos …

By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden on Friday said he expected Iran to attack Israel “sooner, rather than later” and warned Tehran not to proceed. Asked by …

PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) -Haiti’s government formalized the creation of a nine-member transitional presidential council on Friday, a long-delayed move intended as the first step in restoring security to the gang-ravaged Caribbean …

By Aatreyee Dasgupta (Reuters) -U.S. Steel shareholders on Friday approved its proposed $14.9 billion acquisition by Japan’s Nippon Steel, as expected, taking the merger one step closer to completion even …

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Republican U.S. lawmakers on Friday criticized the Biden administration after sanctioned Chinese telecoms equipment giant Huawei unveiled a laptop this week powered by an Intel AI chip. The …

(Reuters) -The Biden administration will cancel $7.4 billion in student debt for 277,000 borrowers, the White House said on Friday, the latest in a series of debt cancellations. President Joe …

(Reuters) – The United States on Friday announced an entry ban on former Surinamese President Desi Bouterse and six former military officials, citing alleged involvement in the extrajudicial killings of political …

ORENBURG, Russia (Reuters) -Authorities in the Russian city of Orenburg called on thousands of residents to evacuate immediately on Friday due to rapidly rising flood waters after major rivers burst …

By David Morgan and Nathan Layne WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Donald Trump threw his support behind embattled U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Mike Johnson on Friday, seeking to demonstrate unity as Johnson …

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A federal judge in Delaware on Friday declined to dismiss gun charges against Hunter Biden, one of the two criminal cases against Joe Biden’s son as the …

By James Mackenzie JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Israel on Friday braced for an attack by Iran or its proxies as warnings grew of retaliation for the killing last week of a senior …

By Lucien Libert, Michaela Cabrera and Tassilo Hummel PARIS (Reuters) – Five years after a devastating fire, the restoration of Notre-Dame cathedral is nearing completion as the world’s eyes turn …

MOSCOW (Reuters) -An aborted 2022 peace deal between Russia and Ukraine could be the basis for new negotiations but there is no sign that Kyiv is ready for talks, Kremlin …

(Reuters) – Hollywood performers and media professionals have reached a tentative deal with major record labels such as Warner Music Group and Sony Music Entertainment that includes increases in minimum …

By Andrew Goudsward WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A former U.S. diplomat was sentenced to 15 years in prison on Friday after admitting to acting as an agent of Cuba in what …

SEOUL (Reuters) – China’s top legislator, Zhao Leji, said it is Beijing’s consistent strategic policy to defend and develop friendly relations between China and North Korea, North Korean state media …

(Reuters) – The chief executive of a U.S. biotechnology company that falsely promised investors it could produce a quick and accurate COVID-19 test was sentenced to seven years’ in jail …

By Daphne Psaledakis, Polina Devitt and Paul Sandle WASHINGTON/LONDON (Reuters) -Washington and London on Friday prohibited metal-trading exchanges from accepting new aluminum, copper and nickel produced by Russia and barred …

By Stephen Culp NEW YORK (Reuters) -U.S. stocks sold off on Friday after major U.S. banks’ results failed to impress, capping a week marked by market-moving inflation data, evolving expectations …

GAZA STRIP (Reuters) – Girls played on a makeshift seesaw in a Gaza bomb site this week while boys chased across rubble with plastic guns, their games reflecting an Eid …

By Promit Mukherjee OTTAWA (Reuters) -Canada plans to ease a housing shortage by leasing public land to developers for construction of affordable houses under a plan unveiled by Prime Minister …

By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden hailed his administration’s efforts to close the racial wealth gap, one of the country’s most persistent inequalities, in a speech to …

By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) – The gag order imposed on Donald Trump by a judge in next week’s New York criminal trial bars the former U.S. president from …