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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...)

Factbox: About 3.1 million still without power in U.S. Southeast after Irma

(Reuters) – Power was restored by Thursday morning to more than half the 7.8 million homes and businesses that Hurricane (More…)

China beefs up cyber defenses with centralized threat database

BEIJING (Reuters) – China said on Wednesday it will create a national data repository for information on cyber attacks and (More…)

Shocked residents return to Irma-ravaged Florida Keys

By Andy Sullivan

ISLAMORADA, Fla. (Reuters) – Evacuees from Hurricane Irma were early on Wednesday returning to the Florida Keys, (More…)

Quake pitches past into present in scarred Mexico City district

By Julia Love

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – The powerful earthquake that rocked Mexico City last week had terrifying echoes of (More…)

Battered by cyclone, Philippines suffers flooding, landslides

MANILA (Reuters) – A cyclone dumped heavy rains in the Philippine capital, Manila, and nearby provinces on Tuesday, causing widespread (More…)

Florida braces for Hurricane Irma as storm rips through Cuba

By Sarah Marsh

REMEDIOS, Cuba (Reuters) – Hurricane Irma pounded Cuba’s northern coast on Saturday and barreled toward Florida as (More…)

Hurricane Irma downgraded as it tears into Cuba’s northern coast

By Marc Frank

HAVANA (Reuters) – Hurricane Irma weakened slightly on Saturday as it battered Cuba’s northern coast while millions (More…)

Dissipating storm Katia kills two in mudslide in eastern Mexico

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Two people died in a mudslide in Mexico sparked by storm Katia, and thousands were left (More…)

Irma powers toward Florida, leaving behind path of death, destruction

By Delana Isles

PROVIDENCIALES, Turks and Caicos (Reuters) – Hurricane Irma, one of the most powerful Atlantic storms in a (More…)

At least 32 die after massive quake off southern Mexico

By Frank Jack Daniel

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – At least 32 people were killed after a massive 8.1 magnitude earthquake, (More…)