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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

Italy avalanche death toll rises to 14

FARINDOLA, Italy (Reuters) – Rescuers working through the night pulled five more bodies from the wreck of a hotel in (More…)

Bomb classes and gun counts: trauma of Mosul children under Islamic State

By Girish Gupta

MOSUL, Iraq (Reuters) – Schools in the east of the Iraqi city of Mosul are seeking to (More…)

China says will protect South China Sea sovereignty

By Ben Blanchard and David Brunnstrom

BEIJING/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – China said on Tuesday it had “irrefutable” sovereignty over disputed islands (More…)

Dollar steadies after stumble, Brexit ruling saps sterling

By Marc Jones

LONDON (Reuters) – The dollar and world stocks tip-toed higher on Tuesday, as signs of a revival (More…)

Iraqi forces claim recapture of eastern Mosul after 100 days of fighting

By Maher Chmaytelli and Saif Hameed

BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Iraqi officials said on Monday government forces had taken complete control (More…)

Trump pulls U.S. out of Pacific trade deal, loosening Asia ties

By Roberta Rampton and Steve Holland

(Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump formally withdrew the United States from the Trans-Pacific (More…)

Syrian child refugees struggle to get an education: U.N.

BEIRUT (Reuters) – Syrian refugee children in Lebanon are struggling to get an education and many are being pushed into (More…)

As attacks grow, EU mulls banking stress tests for cyber risks

By Francesco Guarascio

BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union is considering testing banks’ defenses against cyber attacks, EU officials and (More…)

Expectations low as Syria’s warring sides meet

By Olzhas Auyezov and Suleiman Al-Khalidi

ASTANA (Reuters) – Syria’s warring sides met for talks for the first time in (More…)

Powerful quake strikes off Papua New Guinea, tsunami alert wound back

By Harry Pearl

SYDNEY (Reuters) – A 7.9 magnitude earthquake struck off Papua New Guinea (PNG) on Sunday, but there (More…)