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OUAGADOUGOU (Reuters) -Burkina Faso’s military officials, political parties and civil society leaders on Friday officially designated army captain Ibrahim Traore as the country’s transitional president, two weeks after he seized …

CHICAGO — The former president of Illinois Bell Telephone Company, which does business as AT&T Illinois, has been charged in federal court with participating in a conspiracy to unlawfully influence …

(This Oct.13 story has been corrected to say that the KDP backed Rashid rather than nominated him in paragraph 16) By Ahmed Rasheed and Amina Ismail BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Iraq’s …

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. House of Representatives committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol said on Thursday it planned to vote on whether to subpoena Donald …

JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesian President Joko Widodo said he will order his administration to run a stress test to determine whether Southeast Asia’s largest economy could withstand significant economic shocks …

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The National Archives, the federal agency responsible for preserving U.S. government records, on Tuesday rejected former President Donald Trump’s claim that his predecessors had retained “millions” of …

By Alexander Tanas CHISINAU (Reuters) – Moldovan President Maia Sandu on Tuesday backed giving more powers to law enforcement to crack down on street protests, which she said were destabilising …

(Reuters) -A Los Angeles city councilwoman resigned as president of the council on Monday after the release of an audio recording in which she makes racist and other disparaging comments, …

JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesia’s inflation is still under control even after a rise in fuel prices, President Joko Widodo said on Tuesday, noting September’s inflation rate of 5.95%. Speaking at …

By Francois Murphy VIENNA (Reuters) -Austrian President Alexander Van der Bellen secured a second six-year term in office on Sunday by winning a clear majority of votes in an election …

By Yimou Lee and Ben Blanchard TAIPEI (Reuters) – Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen will pledge to bolster the island’s combat power and determination to improve its defences in a major …

DUBAI (Reuters) -Female students in Tehran chanted “get lost” as Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi visited their university campus on Saturday and condemned protesters enraged by the death of a young …

NAIROBI (Reuters) – Seven Djiboutian troops have been killed in clashes between the army and an armed opposition group, a presidential adviser told Reuters on Saturday. Djibouti, home to one …

KYIV (Reuters) – A Ukrainian presidential advisor posted a message on Twitter after conflicting reports of an explosion or fire on Saturday that damaged the bridge connecting the Russian mainland …

U.S. President Joe Biden visited Florida this week in the aftermath of Hurricane Ian, pledging his support to Florida residents trying to recover after the storm. During that trip, Biden …

COLOMBO (Reuters) – Sri Lanka’s top court has granted permission for proceedings against former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, the rights group which filed the case against him said in a statement …

By Gabriel Burin BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Brazil’s real is set for a bumpy ride ahead of the country’s election runoff later this month, as political tensions simmer following a …

By Thiam Ndiaga and Anne Mimault OUAGADOUGOU (Reuters) -Burkina Faso’s self-declared military leader Captain Ibrahim Traore has accepted a conditional resignation offered by President Paul-Henri Damiba to avoid further violence …

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador congratulated Brazilian leftist presidential candidate Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva after he came first in an initial round of voting …

MIDDLETOWN, NJ – President Joe Biden will be appearing at a fundraiser at the Monmouth County mansion of New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy on Thursday. The private fundraiser will raise …

OUAGADOUGOU (Reuters) – Burkina Faso’s self-declared new leader Ibrahim Traore said gunfire in the capital Ouagadougou on Saturday was part of a counter-offensive staged by ousted President Paul-Henri Damiba. Speaking …

By Abdiqani Hassani BOSASO, Somalia (Reuters) – Lawmakers in Somalia’s breakaway region of Somaliland have extended President Muse Bihi Abdi’s current term of office by two years ahead of its …

By Gram Slattery RIO DE JANEIRO(Reuters) – Brazilians go to the polls on Sunday to vote in one of the world’s most closely watched elections this year. Right-wing incumbent Jair …

By Sarah Morland MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -The Mexican government said on Friday it had suffered a major cyber hack of data held by the armed forces, including details about President …

CLEVELAND – Thomas G. O’Lear, 58, of North Canton, Ohio, was sentenced on Thursday, September 29, 2022, by U.S. District Judge Dan Polster to 15 years in prison and was …