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By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – National Transportation Safety Board chair Jennifer Homendy will tell lawmakers she is committed to winning approval of safety recommendations and scrutinizing federal agencies. The …

By Kirsty Needham SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia’s foreign minister Penny Wong said Canberra would consider recognition of a Palestinian state, a shift in policy as the international community looks for …

By Jason Lange WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The New York criminal charges against Donald Trump for allegedly covering up hush-money payments to a [censored] star are serious in the eyes of …

By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) -Former Trump Organization Chief Financial Officer Allen Weisselberg was sentenced on Wednesday to five months in jail after pleading guilty last month to perjury …

(This April 8 story has been corrected to remove reference to rapid testing, in the headline) (Reuters) – The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said on Monday …

By Howard Schneider WASHINGTON (Reuters) -As Federal Reserve officials last year started steering the world towards possible interest rate cuts in 2024, they took heart in data showing inflation over …

NICOSIA (Reuters) – Aid shipments to Gaza are expected to resume soon from Cyprus, officials said on Wednesday, after the project was brought to a halt last week following Israel’s …

BEIJING (Reuters) -Chinese President Xi Jinping told former Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou on Wednesday that outside inference could not stop the “family reunion” between the two sides of the Taiwan …

By Hyonhee Shin and Sebin Choi SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korea’s main opposition party and its allies were projected to win a majority in Wednesday’s elections for the country’s legislature, exit …

JERUSALEM/GENEVA (Reuters) – Israel has accused the United Nations of undercounting aid entering Gaza, saying on Wednesday the U.N. was using a flawed approach meant to conceal its own distribution …

BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The 2023 wildfire season in the Europe was among the worst this century, according to a European Commission report published on Wednesday. Last year, more than half …

By James Mackenzie JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel has agreed in Gaza war ceasefire talks in Egypt to concessions about the return of Palestinians to the north of the enclave, but …

By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s approach to the war in Gaza is a “mistake,” U.S. President Joe Biden said in an interview published on …

BEIJING (Reuters) -Fitch cut its outlook on China’s sovereign credit rating to negative on Wednesday, citing risks to public finances as the economy faces increasing uncertainty in its shift to …

By Gloria Dickie and Emma Farge LONDON (Reuters) – Does government inaction on climate change violate human rights?  That is the question the European Court of Human Rights addressed in Strasbourg, France, …

By Casey Hall SHANGHAI (Reuters) -Alibaba co-founder Jack Ma has penned a lengthy memo to employees that expresses support for the internet giant’s restructuring efforts, a rare move from the …

By Karolina Tagaris ORMENIO, Greece (Reuters) – Army sergeant Christos Giannakidis was planning to have a second child when Greece’s debt crisis exploded last decade, straining his finances and erasing …

SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea’s main opposition Democratic Party and its allies were projected to retain a majority by winning up to 197 seats in Wednesday’s elections for the single-chamber, …

By Supantha Mukherjee and Foo Yun Chee STOCKHOLM/BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Independent browser companies in the European Union are seeing a spike in users in the first month after EU legislation …

The Biden administration is increasing demands for a halt to Israeli military operations in Gaza, but Hamas keeps rejecting ceasefire proposals. President Joe Biden relayed to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin …

Three crucial battleground states have experienced a drop in Democratic voter registration since late 2020 and ahead of a November rematch with former President Donald Trump and President Joe Biden, …

President Joe Biden is spending more than $1 trillion on his climate agenda, but it does not seem to be resonating at all with voters in battleground states, according to …

Several Democratic senators admitted to the Daily Caller News Foundation Tuesday that the U.S.-Mexico border isn’t secure, but defended Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas’ previous claim to the contrary. Mayorkas …

Democratic Attorney General Kristin Mayes of Arizona announced on Tuesday that she would not enforce a ruling from her state’s supreme court upholding an 1864 law that bans most abortions, …

Residents of a rural Michigan community are not satisfied with a Monday virtual town hall meeting hosted by Chinese Communist Party (CCP)-linked battery company, saying that the meeting did not …