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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

Indian state battles ‘rat fever’ outbreak after worst floods in a century

By Malini Menon

NEW DELHI (Reuters) – The southern Indian state of Kerala is battling an outbreak of a bacterial (More…)

Catholic bishops in Australia reject compulsory abuse reporting, defying new laws

By Byron Kaye and Colin Packham

SYDNEY (Reuters) – The Catholic church in Australia said on Friday it would oppose (More…)

Situation at ‘boiling point’ at refugee center on Greek island: U.N.

GENEVA (Reuters) – The United Nations refugee agency urged Greece on Friday to speed up transfers of eligible asylum-seekers from (More…)

EU says clock is running out on summer-winter time change

BERLIN/BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union said on Friday it would propose a legal change that would end the ritual (More…)

Germany urges Russia to help prevent humanitarian crisis in Syria

BERLIN (Reuters) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel expects the Kremlin to use its influence with the Syrian government to prevent (More…)

Exclusive: Chief U.S. spy catcher says China using LinkedIn to recruit Americans

By Warren Strobel and Jonathan Landay

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States’ top spy catcher said Chinese espionage agencies are (More…)

Predicting Trump: Chinese turn to fortune tellers to divine trade war

SHANGHAI (Reuters) – As analysts crunch trade data and political commentators dissect official statements for signs of how the Sino-American (More…)

Abortion looms over Senate fight on Supreme Court nominee

By Lawrence Hurley and Andrew Chung

WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) – When a U.S. appeals court last week rejected an Alabama (More…)

Exclusive: Iran moves missiles to Iraq in warning to enemies

By John Irish and Ahmed Rasheed

PARIS/BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Iran has given ballistic missiles to Shi’ite proxies in Iraq and (More…)

Conservative media move to front line of battle to undermine Pope Francis

By Philip Pullella

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Last March, Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano dined on the outskirts of Rome at (More…)