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U.S. President Donald Trump gestures during his State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., February 5, 2019. REUTERS/Jim Young

Trump asks U.S. Congress to prohibit late-term abortion

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump called for curbs on late-term abortion in his State of the Union address (More...)

Yemen cholera cases could hit 1 million by year-end: Red Cross

By Stephanie Nebehay

GENEVA (Reuters) – The humanitarian situation in Yemen is a “catastrophe”, and cholera cases could reach a (More…)

Venezuela doctors in protest urge stronger WHO stance on health crisis

By Alexandra Ulmer

CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuela’s doctors, fed up with what they called the World Health Organization’s passive attitude (More…)

Bali’s rumbling volcano spurs travel warnings from Australia, Singapore

By Nyimas Laula

Karangasem, INDONESIA (Reuters) – Fears that a volcano could erupt imminently on the holiday island of Bali (More…)

6.2 Earthquake shakes Mexico, rescue efforts suspended

By Noe Torres

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – A magnitude 6.2 earthquake shook southern Mexico on Saturday and spread alarm in (More…)

Storm Maria pitches Puerto Rico barrio into sunken ‘Venice’

By Dave Graham and Robin Respaut

CATANO, Puerto Rico (Reuters) – Wading through highways swamped by turbid waters that sloshed (More…)

Rescuers in desperate search for girl as Mexico quake toll hits 225

By Michael O’Boyle and Ana Isabel Martinez

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Rescuers frantically worked to dig a young girl out (More…)

Hiscox estimates $150 million net claims from Harvey

By Noor Zainab Hussain

(Reuters) – Lloyd’s of London underwriter Hiscox Ltd <HSX.L> estimated it would face net claims of (More…)

Desperate night search in Mexico school, other ruins as quake deaths pass 200

By David Alire Garcia and Adriana Barrera

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Desperate rescue workers scrabbled through rubble in a floodlit (More…)

Powerful Hurricane Maria makes landfall on Puerto Rico

By Alvin Baez and Robin Respaut

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (Reuters) – Hurricane Maria roared ashore in Puerto Rico on (More…)

‘Avalanche of roofs’ in Dominica as Hurricane Maria lashes Caribbean

By Alvin Baez

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (Reuters) – Hurricane Maria caused “mind boggling damage,” ripping off roofs across the (More…)