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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...)

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German cyber agency chides Yahoo for not helping hacking probe

A photo illustration shows a Yahoo logo on a smartphone in front of a displayed cyber code and keyboard on December 15, 2016. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration

By Andrea Shalal

BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany’s federal cyber agency said on Thursday that Yahoo Inc <YHOO.O> had not cooperated (More…)

U.S. suspends aid to Kenyan health ministry over corruption concerns

FILE PHOTO: A riot policeman stands guard as doctors chant slogans after their case to demand fulfilment of a 2013 agreement between their union and the government that would raise their pay and improve working conditions, was heard at the employment and labour relations courts in Nairobi, Kenya, February 13, 2017. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya/File Photo

By Katharine Houreld

NAIROBI (Reuters) – The U.S. government has suspended $21 million in direct aid to Kenya’s Ministry of (More…)

Tunnel collapses at Washington nuclear waste plant; no radiation released

A 20-foot wide hole over a decommissioned plutonium-handling rail tunnel is shown at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation in Hanford Site, Washington, U.S., May 9, 2017. Courtesy Department of Energy/Handout via REUTERS

By Tom James and Scott DiSavino

(Reuters) – A tunnel partly collapsed on Tuesday at a plutonium-handling facility at the (More…)

Infant mortality and malaria soar in Venezuela, according to government data

Pregnant women lay on beds without sheets during their labour at a maternity hospital in Maracaibo, Venezuela June 19, 2015. REUTERS/Isaac Urrutia

By Alexandra Ulmer

CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuela’s infant mortality rose 30 percent last year, maternal mortality shot up 65 percent (More…)

Unmanned U.S. Air Force space plane lands after secret, two-year mission

The U.S. Airforce's X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle mission 4 after landing at NASA's Kennedy Space Center Shuttle Landing Facility in Cape Canaveral, Florida, U.S.,

By Irene Klotz

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (Reuters) – The U.S. military’s experimental X-37B space plane landed on Sunday at NASA’s (More…)

Dos, don’ts and geo-fencing: Europe proposes rules for small drones

A drone flies as Belgian police officers showcase the use of drones deployed over traffic accidents occurring on highways, in Ranst near Antwerp, Belgium, January 18, 2017. REUTERS/Francois Lenoir

BERLIN (Reuters) – Europe’s aviation safety authorities have proposed rules for operating small drones that include requirements for geo-fencing technology (More…)

How one U.S. state is leading the charge to dismantle Obamacare

FILE PHOTO: U.S. Vice President Mike Pence, sitting with Kentucky Governor Matt Bevin (L), discusses the American Health Care Act during a meeting with local business leaders at the Harshaw-Trane Parts and Distribution Center in Louisville, Kentucky, U.S. on March 11, 2017. REUTERS/Bryan Woolston/File Photo

By Yasmeen Abutaleb and Robin Respaut

FRANKFORT, Ky./SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – For nearly three years, Democrats and former President Barack (More…)

Heavy rain, wind disrupts travel for New Yorkers

A motorcycle is seen in water on the West Side Highway after heavy rain in the Manhattan borough of New York, U.S., May 5, 2017.REUTERS/Carlo Allegri

By Peter Szekely

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Heavy, wind-driven rain soaked the New York City area on Friday afternoon, causing (More…)

FBI warns of surge in wire-transfer fraud via spoofed emails

A computer keyboard is seen in this picture illustration taken in Bordeaux, Southwestern France, August 22, 2016. REUTERS/Regis Duvignau

By Alastair Sharp

(Reuters) – Attempts at cyber wire fraud globally, via emails purporting to be from trusted business associates, (More…)

With Obamacare vote, House Republicans free to turn to tax reform

U.S. President Donald Trump (C) celebrates with Congressional Republicans in the Rose Garden of the White House after the House of Representatives approved the American Healthcare Act, to repeal major parts of Obamacare and replace it with the Republican healthcare plan, in Washington, U.S., May 4, 2017. REUTERS/Carlos Barria

By David Morgan

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives plans to turn to tax reform in earnest, (More…)