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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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Putin tells Erdogan he hopes Ankara can restore order after failed coup

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan attend their meeting in St. Petersburg, Russia,

ST PETERSBURG, Russia (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin told his visiting Turkish counterpart Tayyip Erdogan he hoped Ankara could (More…)

Future of health, drug pricing: paying for benefits not per pill

A customer waits at the counter of a CVS Pharmacy store in Pasadena, U.S

By Ben Hirschler

LONDON (Reuters) – Global pressure on health spending is forcing the $1 trillion-a-year pharmaceutical industry to look (More…)

New images suggest China has built reinforced hangars on disputed islands

Chinese dredging vessels are purportedly seen in the waters around Mischief Reef in the disputed Spratly Islands in the South China Sea in this still image from video taken by a P-8A Poseidon surveillance aircraft provided by the United States Navy

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Recent satellite photographs show China appears to have built reinforced aircraft hangars on its holdings in the (More…)

Germany has curbed open-door policy for migrants

German Chancellor Angela Merkel addresses a news conference in Berlin, Germany

BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany appears to have drastically curtailed its open-door policy for migrants in 2016, turning away 13,000 people (More…)

Death of infant in Texas linked to Zika

A mosquito is seen under a microscope at the Greater Los Angeles County Vector Control District in Santa Fe Springs, California

 

AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – The death of an infant born with the birth defect microcephaly in the Houston area (More…)

U.S. urges Russia to halt Syria sieges and allow humanitarian aid

People inspect a site hit by airstrikes in the rebel held town of Atareb

By Michelle Nichols

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The United Nations Security Council must not allow civilians on both sides of (More…)

Turkey says rising anti-Americanism can be calmed by Gulen extradition

People pose with policemen after troops involved in the coup surrendered on the Bosphorus Bridge in Istanbul, Turkey

By Seda Sezer and Tuvan Gumrukcu

ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Anti-American sentiment among Turks is on the rise and can only (More…)

Delta Air Lines to cancel nearly 300 flights on Tuesday

Members of the mission group Adventures In Missions wait to find out if their flight to Guatemala is on time or cancelled after Delta Air Lines' computer systems crashed on Monday, grounding flights around the globe, at Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.

(Reuters) – Delta Air Lines  said it was canceling some 300 flights on Tuesday morning, higher than an earlier estimate (More…)

Iraq’s Mosul residents feel relief, anxiety as liberation nears

Iraqi Defence Minister Khaled al-Obeidi (C) walks during his visit to the Nineveh Liberation Operations Command at Makhmour base, south of Mosul, Iraq,

By Ahmed Rasheed

BAGHDAD (Reuters) – As Iraqi forces prepare to attack Islamic State in its de facto capital of (More…)

New hacking group detected targeting firms in Russia, China

A padlock is displayed at the Alert Logic booth during the 2016 Black Hat cyber-

By Eric Auchard

FRANKFURT (Reuters) – A previously unknown hacking group variously dubbed “Strider” or “ProjectSauron” has carried out cyber-espionage (More…)