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House panel plans action on gun background check bill next week

By David Morgan

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. House of Representatives Judiciary Committee will take up legislation next week that (More...)

Russian lawmakers back law jailing anyone urging teenagers to protest

By Tom Balmforth

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian lawmakers approved draft legislation that would make it a jailable offense to call (More…)

Fire engulfs 600 stilt homes in Brazil city Manaus; thousands flee

SAO PAULO (Reuters) – A fire raced through a neighborhood in the Brazilian jungle city of Manaus early on Tuesday, (More…)

North Korea condemns U.S. sanctions, warns denuclearization at risk

By Hyunjoo Jin and Josh Smith

SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea on Sunday condemned the U.S. administration for stepping up (More…)

Explainer: Is Yemen finally on the road to peace?

By Aziz El Yaakoubi and Mohammed Ghobari

DUBAI/ADEN (Reuters) – Weeks of U.N. shuttle diplomacy and Western pressure delivered a (More…)

Burnout, stress lead more companies to try a four-day work week

By Emma Thomasson

BERLIN (Reuters) – Work four days a week, but get paid for five?

It sounds too good (More…)

As smoke clears, capturing the Israeli-Palestinian conflict

By Stephen Farrell

GAZA (Reuters) – The Israeli-Palestinian conflict is often framed in black and white, an outlook captured by (More…)

Standoff over Trump border wall puts U.S. Congress in budget ‘pickle’

By Richard Cowan and Amanda Becker

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump and Congress, embroiled in a feud over his (More…)

Russia to move troops into new barracks on disputed islands near Japan

By Andrew Osborn

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia said on Monday it had built new barracks for troops on a disputed (More…)

Two of a kind: China’s first pet cloning service duplicates star canine

By Joseph Campbell

BEIJING (Reuters) – Juice is a one-foot tall canine wonder who has starred in dozens of Chinese (More…)

Health insurers, hospital operators fall as Obamacare ruled unconstitutional

(Reuters) – Shares of health insurers, hospitals, and healthcare companies fell in early trading on Monday, after a federal judge (More…)