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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

U.S. fights Zika mosquitoes with limited arsenal

By Julie Steenhuysen

(Reuters) – Over Wynwood, the Miami neighborhood where Zika gained a foothold in the continental United States, (More…)

Cluster bombs kill more than 400 people over a third of them children

By Magdalena Mis

LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – More than 400 people were killed by cluster bombs in 2015, most (More…)

Philippine minister says senator investigating drug killings linked to drugs

MANILA (Reuters) – The Philippine government made another attack on Thursday on a senator who is leading an inquiry into (More…)

After lifetime with the poor, Mother Teresa speeds to sainthood

By Crispian Balmer

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Affectionately called the “saint of the gutters” during her lifetime, Mother Teresa of (More…)

China steps up arrival checks from Singapore amid ZIKA outreach

By Aradhana Aravindan and Ben Blanchard

SINGAPORE/BEIJING (Reuters) – China intensified its checks on people and goods arriving from Singapore (More…)

Pakistan says it foiled Islamic State expansion into country

By Kay Johnson and Asad Hashim

RAWALPINDI, Pakistan (Reuters) – Pakistan’s military on Thursday said it has crushed Islamic State’s (More…)

German official calls for U.N. sanctions against Syria

BERLIN (Reuters) – Gernot Erler, the German government’s point man on Russia, urged the United Nations on Thursday to seek (More…)

White nationalists use Twitter with ‘relative impunity’

By Dustin Volz

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – White nationalists and self-identified Nazi sympathizers located mostly in the United States use Twitter (More…)

Indonesian priest attack inspired by murder of French Catholic cleric

By Tom Heneghan

JAKARTA (Reuters) – An Indonesian teenager who attacked a Catholic priest in his church was inspired by (More…)

Nigerian army commander: only weeks left for Boko Haram

By Ulf Laessing and Lanre Ola

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) – Nigeria’s army expects to seize Boko Haram’s last few strongholds (More…)