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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...)

Monsoon floods kill more than 200 people across South Asia

By Gopal Sharma and Ruma Paul

KATHMANDU/DHAKA (Reuters) – Heavy monsoon rains in Nepal, Bangladesh and India have killed more (More…)

Tech companies urge U.S. Supreme Court to boost cellphone privacy

By Andrew Chung

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – More than a dozen high technology companies and the biggest wireless operator in the (More…)

270 bodies recovered from Sierra Leone mudslide: mayor

By Christo Johnson and Umaru Fofana

FREETOWN (Reuters) – Rescue workers have recovered 270 bodies so far from a mudslide (More…)

Oregon coastal city at ‘double ground zero’ braced for eclipse

By Jane Ross

DEPOE BAY, Ore. (Reuters) – Oregon’s Depoe Bay is preparing for the first total eclipse to traverse (More…)

Storms disrupt Beijing flights, authorities warn of flash floods, landslides

By Josephine Mason and Shu Zhang

BEIJING (Reuters) – Thunderstorms lashed Beijing on Saturday, disrupting hundreds of flights at one (More…)

Anthem to exit Obamacare market in Virginia next year

(Reuters) – U.S. health insurer Anthem Inc <ANTM.N> said on Friday it will exit Obamacare markets in Virginia and reduce (More…)

Magnitude 6.2 quake hits Philippine island of Luzon, jolts buildings

MANILA (Reuters) – An earthquake of magnitude 6.2 hit the Philippines’ northern island of Luzon on Friday and was felt (More…)

Two girl scouts, three other people die in storms in Poland

WARSAW (Reuters) – Five people, including two teenage girl scouts, died and more than 30 were injured as a result (More…)

America’s total eclipse floods market with fake sunglasses

By Steve Gorman

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – When millions of Americans turn their faces skyward to witness the nation’s first (More…)

Trump vows to ‘win’ against opioid epidemic

By James Oliphant

BRIDGEWATER, N.J. (Reuters) – President Donald Trump promised to win the fight against a U.S. epidemic of (More…)