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Floods in Indonesia's South Sulawesi kill 14
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Floods and landslides triggered by heavy rain have killed 14 people in South Sulawesi, while 115 people w...
3h ago
New Zealand signs MOU with German institute on Antarctica cooperation
(Reuters) - New Zealand said on Saturday that its Antarctic agency signed a memorandum of understanding with Germany's Alfred...
4h ago
Environmental journalism is increasingly dangerous profession, UN chief says
(Removes duplicate words in paragraph 3) By Juana Casas SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Journalists covering environmental issues have b...
10h ago
Haitians brace for more rain after downpours kill 13
PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - Heavy rains are expected to continue across Haiti on Friday, the national weather service said, af...
10h ago
Explainer-What is behind the pro-Palestinian protests at US universities?
(Reuters) - Student protests over the war in Gaza have swept the U.S. in past weeks, with police clearing a number of encampm...
11h ago
Rains in southern Brazil kill at least 31, more than 70 still missing
(Reuters) - Heavy rains battering Brazil's southernmost state of Rio Grande do Sul have killed 31 people, local authorities s...
12h ago
Exiled Chinese businessman's chief-of-staff pleads guilty in US to fraud
By Nate Raymond (Reuters) - The chief of staff to exiled Chinese businessman Guo Wengui pleaded guilty on Friday to conspirin...
12h ago
Kenya's weather outlook 'dire' as cyclone nears, president says
NAIROBI (Reuters) - Torrential rains that caused widespread flooding and landslides across Kenya in recent weeks, killing at ...
13h ago
Trump trial hears Michael Cohen was 'despondent' he was denied a government post
By Jack Queen, Brendan Pierson and Andy Sullivan NEW YORK (Reuters) - Donald Trump's longtime fixer Michael Cohen was upset n...
14h ago
Brazil rejects Vale, BHP settlement offer for Mariana disaster
SAO PAULO (Reuters) -Brazil and the state of Espirito Santo have rejected a proposal by miners Vale and BHP regarding reparat...
14h ago
US Rep. Cuellar says he is innocent following indictment reports
By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Representative Henry Cuellar said on Friday that he and his wife Imelda were inn...
14h ago
US health officials warn dairy workers are at risk from bird flu
By Julie Steenhuysen CHICAGO (Reuters) - U.S. health officials on Friday warned that dairy workers remain at risk from the H5...
15h ago
Brazil soy output at top farm state may drop 15% amid torrential rains
By Ana Mano and Roberto Samora SAO PAULO (Reuters) - The outlook for soy production in one of Brazil's biggest farm states is...
16h ago
Inspired by 'The Crown', new series explores Gandhi's early life
By Hanna Rantala LONDON (Reuters) - The years of Mahatma Gandhi when he was a shy young man who had yet to become the revered...
18h ago
Magnitude 6.0 quake strikes Philippines, aftershocks and damage expected
MANILA (Reuters) - A magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck off the island province of Leyte in central Philippines on Friday, with ...
20h ago
Top US Treasury official to travel to Singapore, Malaysia to discuss sanctions
By Daphne Psaledakis WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Treasury Department's top sanctions official will travel to Singapore an...
20h ago
Houthis offer education to students suspended in US protest crackdown
DUBAI (Reuters) - Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthi militia, which has disrupted global shipping to display its support for Palesti...
21h ago
Biden expands health insurance access for DACA immigrants
By Ted Hesson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden's administration will allow certain immigrants illegally brough...
22h ago
Biden to honor Olympian Katie Ledecky, actor Michelle Yeoh with Medal of Freedom
By Trevor Hunnicutt WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A winner of seven Olympic gold medals, a leader of the Mississippi civil rights st...
22h ago
Heatwaves and outages test support for juntas in Chad and Mali
By Mahamat Ramadane and Idrissa Sangare N'DJAMENA/BAMAKO (Reuters) - In Chad's scorching capital N'Djamena, housewife Sylvie ...
23h ago