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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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Easy resolution unlikely for contentious Dakota pipeline

Protesters demonstrate against the Energy Transfer Partners' Dakota Access oil pipeline near the Standing Rock Sioux reservation, in Los Angeles, California,

By Catherine Ngai and Ernest Scheyder

NEW YORK/CANNON BALL, NORTH DAKOTA (Reuters) – A potential rerouting of a long-anticipated pipeline (More…)

China threatens countermeasures after Dalai Lama speaks at EU Parliment

Tibet's exiled spiritual leader the Dalai Lama (L), is welcomed by European Parliament president Martin Schulz at his arrival at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France,

BEIJING (Reuters) – China expressed anger on Monday and threatened countermeasures after exiled Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama spoke (More…)

Drug resistance in people and animals may push millions into poverty

The mcr-1 plasmid-borne colistin resistance gene has been found primarily in Escherichia coli, pictured.

By Alex Whiting

ROME (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – If drug-resistant infections in people and animals are allowed to spread unchecked, (More…)

Pro Putin party wins landslide victory in Russian Election

Russian President Vladimir Putin greets Prime Minister and Chairman of the United Russia party Dmitry Medvedev during a visit to the party's campaign headquarters following a parliamentary election in Russia.

By Andrew Osborn and Dmitry Solovyov

MOSCOW, Russia, Sept 19 (Reuters) – Vladimir Putin won even greater supremacy over Russia’s (More…)

Japan to boost South China Sea role with training patrols with U.S.

Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Mustin (DDG 89) transits in formation with Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force ship JS Kirisame (DD 104) during bilateral training in South China Sea

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Japan will step up its activity in the contested South China Sea through joint training patrols with (More…)

Libya says 1,425 migrants turned back over two days

Migrants are rescued during a MOAS operation off the coast of Libya August 18, 2016 in this handout picture courtesy of the Italian Red Cross released on August 19, 2016.

TRIPOLI (Reuters) – Libyan patrols intercepted some 1,425 migrants trying to cross the Mediterranean to Europe over the past two (More…)

Australia’s wheat crop threatened as La Nina climate indicator rises

A dirt road cuts through a wheat crop in a farm near Condobolin, 285 miles (489 km) west of Sydney in this file photo

By Colin Packham and Naveen Thukral

SYDNEY (Reuters) – The quality of Australia’s near-record wheat crop will likely be hit, (More…)

Aid for Syria stuck with rising violence undermining truce

Civil Defence members with blood on their shirts stand after double airstrikes on the rebel held Bab al-Nairab neighborhood of Aleppo.

By Lisa Barrington and Osman Orsal

BEIRUT/CILVEGOZU, Turkey (Reuters) – Aid for the divided Syrian city of Aleppo was stuck (More…)

Study confirms ZIKA causes brain birth defects, questions remain

Physiotherapist Leal does exercises with Lucas, 4-months old, who is Miriam Araujo's second child and born with microcephaly in Pedro I hospital in Campina

By Kate Kelland

LONDON, Sept 15 (Reuters) – Early results from a crucial case-control study in Brazil have confirmed a direct (More…)

Between reckless ally and old rival, China in a bind over North Korea

A general view shows the unfinished New Yalu River bridge that was designed to connect China's Dandong New Zone, Liaoning province, and North Korea's Sinuiju.

By Benjamin Kang Lim and Michelle Nichols

BEIJING/UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – China is in a bind over what to do (More…)