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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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Wildfires kill 4 people on Portugal’s Madeira, 1000 evacuated

A general view of Sitio de Curral dos Romeiros during the wildfires at Funchal, Madeira island, Portugal,

LISBON (Reuters) – At least four people died and more than a thousand were evacuated on the Portuguese island of (More…)

Twelve premature babies killed in Bagdad hospital fire

An Iraqi woman stands in front of a maternity ward after a fire broke out at Yarmouk hospital in Baghdad

By Maher Nazeh

BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Twelve prematurely born babies were killed in a fire that broke out in the (More…)

Venezuelans flood Brazil border in 36 hour grocery run

Men load boxes of food onto the back of a pick-up truck, after arriving from Brazil, in front of the bus terminal in Santa Elena de Uairen

By Brian Ellsworth

PACARAIMA, Brazil (Reuters) – Government employee Jose Lara this month used some vacation days to take a (More…)

U.S. says 300 Islamic State fighters killed in Afghan operation

U.S. troops arrive at the site of an explosion in Kabul

By Sanjeev Miglani

NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Afghan forces, backed by the United States, have killed an estimated 300 Islamic (More…)

Parents who insist vegan diet for children may risk jail in Italy

Italy's member of parliament and PDL party Savino and Prime Minister Berlusconi attend debate in the upper house of Parliament in Rome

By Philip Pullella

ROME (Reuters) – If parliamentarian Elvira Savino has her way, Italian parents who insist on a vegan (More…)

Out of sight, out of mind? Europe’s migrant crisis still simmers

A woman sits and looks on outside a building covered up with sheets to protect the dwellers from the strong summer sun outside of the disused Hellenikon airport, where stranded refugees and migrants are temporarily accommodated in Athens, Greece,

By Michele Kambas and Antonio Bronic

ATHENS/ZAGREB (Reuters) – A year after hundreds of thousands of refugees snaked their way (More…)

Dollar drops as Fed rate rise prospects reassessed

A bank employee counts U.S. dollar notes at a Kasikornbank in Bangkok, Thailand

By Anirban Nag

LONDON (Reuters) – The dollar fell against a basket of currencies on Wednesday as investors re-evaluated whether (More…)

Turkey warns EU it is making ‘serious mistakes’ over failed coup

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu

By Ece Toksabay and Tuvan Gumrukcu

ANKARA/ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkey said on Wednesday the European Union was fueled by anti-Turkish (More…)

Toxic chemicals in drinking water for six million Americans

By Lisa Rapaport

(Reuters Health) – Drinking water supplies for more than six million Americans contain unsafe levels of industrial (More…)

Spiders, snakes and scorpions join fight against superbugs

By Matthew Stock

(Reuters) – A British lab is searching for new medicines in the poisonous secretions of some of (More…)