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A Ukrainian serviceman stands guard at his position in a trench at a front line on the border with Russia, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Sumy region, Ukraine January 20, 2024.

Thirty men have died trying to leave Ukraine to avoid fighting since war started

By Oleksandr Kozhukhar KYIV (Reuters) - About 30 Ukrainian men have died trying to illegally cross Ukraine's borders and avoid fighting in the war against Russia which started in 2022, the spokesman for Ukraine's border service told Ukrinform ...

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Pro-China Sogavare out of the race as Solomon Islands votes for next leader

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Visiting Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare speaks during a bilateral meeting with his Chinese counterpart Li Qiang at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, Monday, July 10, 2023. Andy Wong/Pool via

China's coast guard expels Philippine vessels from Scarborough Shoal, state media says

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US blasts Cuban gov't sentencing of protesters as 'unconscionable' and 'outrageous'

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Houthis attack four ships in Indian Ocean, Red Sea

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China's anti-graft watchdog probes former vice justice minister

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Mount Ruang volcano spews volcanic ash as seen from Tagulandang in Sitaro Islands Regency, North Sulawesi province, Indonesia, April 19, 2024.

Indonesia's Ruang volcano erupts again, alert status at highest

Reuters |Updated 3 hours ago |1 min read

JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia's Ruang volcano off the island of Sulawesi erupted on Tuesday, spewing ash and lava, after an eruption earlier this month led to hundreds of evacuations and an airport closure. The country's Center for Volcanology ...

A view of cars on the road during rush hour traffic jam in San Francisco, California, U.S. August 24, 2022.

US to require new cars to have emergency braking systems by 2029

David Shepardson |Updated 4 hours ago |2 min read

By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Nearly all new passenger cars and trucks sold in the United States will be required to have automatic emergency braking systems by September 2029, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration ...

U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks on how the CHIPS and Science Act and his investing in America agenda are growing the economy and creating jobs in Central New York and communities across the country, during a visit to the Milton J. Rubenstein Museum of Science and Technology in Syracuse, New York, U.S., April 25, 2024.

Biden to deliver Morehouse commencement address over student, faculty concerns

Andrea Shalal, Jeff Mason |Updated 5 hours ago |2 min read

By Andrea Shalal and Jeff Mason WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden has no plans to abandon giving the commencement address at Morehouse College, a historically Black men's college in Georgia on May 19, White House officials said on ...

Former US NSA employee gets nearly 22 years in prison for attempted espionage

Reuters |Updated 6 hours ago |1 min read

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A former employee of the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) was sentenced on Monday to nearly 22 years in prison for attempting to transmit classified information to someone he thought to be a Russian agent but turned out ...

Pharmaceutical tablets and capsules are arranged in the shape of a U.S. dollar sign on a table in this picture illustration taken in Ljubljana August 20, 2014.

J&J, Bristol Myers lose challenges to US drug price negotiation program

Brendan Pierson |Updated 6 hours ago |2 min read

By Brendan Pierson (Reuters) - A U.S. judge on Monday rejected a challenge by Bristol Myers Squibb and Johnson & Johnson to a law requiring them to negotiate the prices of their blockbuster blood clot prevention drugs with the U.S ...

Mali forces kill senior figure in Islamic State affiliate

Reuters |Updated 7 hours ago |1 min read

BAMAKO (Reuters) - Malian forces killed Abu Huzeifa, a commander for a West African affiliate of Islamic State, during a large-scale operation in the northern region of Menaka, the Malian authorities said in a statement read on state television ...

A woman searches for valuables through a pile of garbage in Cap-Haitien, Haiti April 29, 2024.

As new Haiti leadership takes power, gangs demand a seat at the table

Reuters |Updated 7 hours ago |2 min read

PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - Haiti's new transition council is set to choose the country's next president on Tuesday, but leaders of the gangs who have exerted increasing control are clamoring for political influence and amnesties and threatening ...

UnitedHealth hackers took advantage of Citrix vulnerabilty to break in, CEO says

Zeba Siddiqui |Updated 7 hours ago |2 min read

By Zeba Siddiqui SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Hackers broke into UnitedHealth's tech unit on Feb. 12 by exploiting a security vulnerability in software from private IT company Citrix that allows employees remote access to their desktop computers, ...

US appeals to UAE, others to stop support for Sudan's warring parties

Michelle Nichols |Updated 7 hours ago |3 min read

By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The U.S. is appealing to all countries - including the United Arab Emirates - to stop support for Sudan's warring parties, the U.S. envoy to the United Nations said on Monday, warning that a "crisis ...

Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva looks on as he speaks during the inauguration of the International Book Fair (FilBo) in Bogota, Colombia April 17, 2024.

Brazil's government to launch commission to unlock South American integration projects

Reuters |Updated 8 hours ago |2 min read

BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil's government will soon create an interministerial commission chaired by the Planning Ministry to unlock projects for integration in South America, a top official said on Monday. According to Renata Amaral, secretary of ...