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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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Shallow earthquake shakes southern California

(Reuters) – A shallow earthquake measuring 5.2 magnitude struck early on Friday in Southern California, the U.S. Geological Survey said.

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U.S. researcher contracts Zika during experiement

Aedes aegypti mosquitoes are seen at the Laboratory of Entomology and Ecology of the Dengue Branch of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in San Juan

(Reuters) – A United States laboratory researcher was back at work after contracting the Zika virus by pricking herself with (More…)

Private company wants U.S. clearance to fly to the moon

The waxing crescent moon is seen over a city center

By Irene Klotz

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. government agencies are working on temporary rules to allow a private company to (More…)

Six innovations scientists hope will end Malaria

An Anopheles stephensi mosquito obtains a blood meal from a human host through its pointed proboscis in this handout photo

By Katy Migiro

ARUSHA, Tanzania (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – After being abandoned as too ambitious in 1969, global plans to (More…)

Astronauts get first look inside space station’s inflatable module

The Bigelow Expandable Activity Module shown at Bigelow Aerospace in Las Vegas Nevada

By Irene Klotz

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (Reuters) – Astronauts aboard the International Space Station on Monday floated inside an experimental (More…)

Astronomers say universe expanding faster than predicted

The 'Milky Way' is seen in the night sky over rocks in the natural reserve area of Wadi Al-Hitan, or the Valley of the Whales, at the desert of Al Fayoum Governorate, southwest of Cairo

By Irene Klotz

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (Reuters) – The universe is expanding faster than previously believed, a surprising discovery that (More…)

Skywatchers can see close, bright Mars looming large this month

The planet Mars taken by the NASA Hubble Space Telescope when the planet was 50 million miles from Earth

By Irene Klotz

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (Reuters) – Mars makes its closest approach to Earth in a decade this month, (More…)

Bangladeshi probe panel’s chief says SWIFT responsible for cyber theft

Bangladesh central bank

DHAKA (Reuters) – A Bangladesh government-appointed panel investigating the theft of $81 million from the country’s central bank has found (More…)

Senate negotiators zero in on Zika virus funding

An anti Zika virus kit, including a bug net, mosquito repellent, condoms, literature and anti mosquito dunks,

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Senate negotiators on Wednesday tried to reach a deal to provide more than $1 billion to (More…)

U.S., China cyber group holds first talks since September pact

Hands on Keyboard

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A group of senior U.S. and China cyber officials on Wednesday held its first meeting since the (More…)