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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...)

Trump nominates critic of global institutions to lead World Bank

By David Lawder

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that the World Bank Group should be (More…)

Eli Lilly backs U.S. proposal on drug rebates to lower costs

By Tamara Mathias

(Reuters) – Eli Lilly and Co on Wednesday embraced a U.S. government proposal to end a decades-old (More…)

Pope says he is committed to stopping sexual abuse of nuns

By Philip Pullella

ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE (Reuters) – Pope Francis, whose papacy has been marked by efforts to quell (More…)

As opium poppies bloom, Mexico seeks to halt heroin trade

By Lizbeth Diaz

JUQUILA YUCUCANI (Reuters) – In the mountains of Mexico’s tropical Sierra, an ever-growing expanse of pink poppy (More…)

International Red Cross steps up aid operations in Venezuela

GENEVA (Reuters) – The International Committee of the Red Cross has doubled its budget in Venezuela to 18 million Swiss (More…)

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…)

‘Get out of Syria,’ Iran tells U.S.

By Babak Dehghanpisheh

GENEVA (Reuters) – Senior Iranian figures said on Wednesday that Syria was a top foreign policy priority (More…)

With eye on Afghanistan talks, Trump vows to stop ‘endless wars’

By Patricia Zengerle

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump told Americans on Tuesday his administration had accelerated talks for a (More…)

Russia jails Dane for six years in Jehovah’s Witnesses purge

By Andrew Osborn

MOSCOW (Reuters) – A Russian court on Wednesday found a Danish adherent of the Jehovah’s Witnesses guilty (More…)

A year after high school shooting, Florida town still struggling

By Zachary Fagenson

PARKLAND, Fla. (Reuters) – Signs that read “Parkland Strong” and “MSD Strong” still dot the well-manicured Florida (More…)