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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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Historic town swamped, 22 dead in North Carolina flooding

Flooded motor homes

By Jonathan Drake

TARBORO, N.C. (Reuters) – Floodwaters inundated the historic black town of Princeville, North Carolina, on Thursday, leaving (More…)

Category Four hurricane Nicole heading towards Bermuda

Hurricane Nicole is seen in the Atlantic Ocean in an image from NOAA's GOES-East satellite

Oct 12 (Reuters) – Extremely dangerous Category Four hurricane Nicole was heading for Bermuda, the National Hurricane Center said late Wednesday.

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Philippines to open giant drug rehab center soon, funded by China tycoon

People wait to be processed at a police station, after they were detained in a police "One Time Bigtime" operation against illegal drugs in metro Manila,

By Karen Lema

MANILA (Reuters) – The Philippines on Wednesday announced plans to open in November what it called a (More…)

Death toll climbs as floods swamp North Carolina after Hurricane Matthew

rescue workers during floods in North Carolina

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By Carlo Allegri and Gene Cherry

LUMBERTON, N.C./KINSTON, N.C., Oct 11 (Reuters) (More…)

Obama vows to send people to Mars by 2030

Dark, narrow, 100 meter-long streaks on Mars inferred to have been formed by contemporary flowing water are seen in a NASA handout image

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama on Tuesday vowed to help send people to Mars within the next 15 (More…)

St. Jude warns of heart device battery issue linked to two deaths

The ticker and trading information for St. Jude Medical is displayed where the stock is traded on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S

By Jim Finkle

(Reuters) – St. Jude Medical Inc warned on Tuesday that some of its implanted heart devices were (More…)

Hundreds stranded in North Carolina floods after Hurricane Matthew

Men carry belongings from a neighbours home as flood waters rise after Hurricane Matthew in Lumberton, North Carolina,

By Judy Royal

CAROLINA BEACH, N.C. (Reuters) – Floodwaters left hundreds of people stranded in their homes and on rooftops (More…)

Like a nuclear bomb; cholera and destruction after hurricane in Haiti

Relatives and patients treated for cholera after Hurricane Matthew in the Hospital of Port-a-Piment, Haiti,

By Gabriel Stargardter

PORT-A-PIMENT, Haiti (Reuters) – Patients arrived every 10 or 15 minutes, brought on motorcycles by relatives with (More…)

Focus shifts to recovery and flooding as Matthew heads out to sea

A Baptist church is surrounded by flood waters after Hurricane Matthew hit Lumberton, North Carolina

By Judy Royal

CAROLINA BEACH, N.C. (Reuters) – Residents of the southeastern United States ravaged by Hurricane Matthew turned their (More…)

U.S. farmers race to ready for Hurricane Matthew’s blast

Cars are seen along Deerfield beach near Coral Springs while Hurricane Matthew approaches in Florida,

By Chris Prentice

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Hurricane Matthew, the fiercest Caribbean storm in nearly a decade, roiled commodities markets (More…)