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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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No end in sight for South Africa’s historic drought

Lake St Lucia is almost completely dry due to drought conditions in the iSimangaliso Wetland Park, northeast of Durban, South Africa

CAPE TOWN (Reuters) – South Africa remains in the grip of a drought that is not expected to ease soon, (More…)

Syrians begin returning home, two weeks into Turkish offensive

A member of Turkish-backed Free Syrian Army (FSA) is seen with local people in the border town of Jarablus, Syria,

By Humeyra Pamuk and Daren Butler

ISTANBUL (Reuters) – A group of 292 Syrians went back to the Syrian town (More…)

Nigerian army faces new dangers in Boko Haram campaign

* Extent of Boko Haram destruction becoming clear

* Ambush threat remains on roads to liberated towns

* Civilians continue (More…)

World Stocks hit one year high as Fed hike prospects fade

Traders work at their desks in front of the German share price index, DAX board, at the stock exchange in Frankfurt, Germany,

By Nigel Stephenson

LONDON (Reuters) – World stocks hit their highest in more than a year and the dollar fell (More…)

Tiny fitbits to keep tabs on the body from within

A dust-sized wireless sensor that makes it possible to wirelessly monitor neural activity in real time when implanted inside the body, is shown on a finger in this handout photo

By Ben Gruber

BERKELEY, Calif. (Reuters) – Scientists are developing dust-sized wireless sensors implanted inside the body to track neural (More…)

Suspected Aleppo chlorine attack chokes dozens, rescue workers

A still image taken on September 7, 2016 from a video posted on social media said to be shot in Aleppo's Al Sukari on September 6, 2016, shows a boy breathing with an oxygen mask inside a hospital, after a suspected chlorine gas attack

BEIRUT (Reuters) – A suspected chlorine gas attack on an opposition-held neighborhood in the Syrian city of Aleppo caused dozens (More…)

Struggling to feed families, Venezuelans abandon pets

Sonrisa is pictured at the Famproa dogs shelter in Los Teques, Venezuela

By Carlos Garcia Rawlins and Girish Gupta

LOS TEQUES, Venezuela (Reuters) – Venezuelans struggling to feed their families, let alone (More…)

U.S. seeks action to enforce resolutions after North Korea missile launch

North Korean leader Kim provides field guidance during a fire drill of ballistic rockets by Hwasong artillery units of the KPA Strategic Force, in this undated photo

By Rodrigo Campos

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The United States on Tuesday called for action to enforce United Nations Security (More…)

Suspected Aleppo chlorine attack chokes dozens, rescue workers

Children play along a street in the rebel-held al-Sheikh Said neighbourhood of Aleppo, Syria

BEIRUT (Reuters) – A suspected chlorine gas attack on an opposition-held neighborhood in the Syrian city of Aleppo caused dozens (More…)

Zika virus found in tears of mice – U.S. study

CHICAGO (Reuters) – A new study has found genetic fragments of Zika in the eyes and the tears of laboratory (More…)