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China starts construction on world's largest hydropower dam in Tibet
HONG KONG (Reuters) -China's Premier Li Qiang announced the start of construction on what will be the world's largest hydropo...
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Ex-Epstein lawyer calls for release of additional Epstein materials
By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) - One of Jeffrey Epstein's former attorneys on Sunday called on the U.S. Justice Depar...
10h ago
Basketball-'Pay them': As WNBA All-Star party wraps up, athlete pay comes into focus
By Amy Tennery INDIANAPOLIS (Reuters) -WNBA players wrested the spotlight of the All-Star weekend to get the fans on their si...
15h ago
Several earthquakes above 6.0 magnitude strike off Russia's Kamchatka region, trigger tsunami watch
(Reuters) -A magnitude 6.6 earthquake struck near the coast of the Kamchatka region in the far east of Russia on Sunday, the ...
18h ago
Hong Kong issues highest storm warning as typhoon Wipha approaches
BEIJING (Reuters) -Hong Kong issued its highest storm warning on Sunday as Typhoon Wipha, packing winds of more than 167 kilo...
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National Sports
MLB roundup: White Sox down Pirates for first series sweep this season
Miguel Vargas and Mike Tauchman hit back-to-back home runs to spark a four-run first inning, which propelled the Chicago Whit...
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Youth teams representing Texans, Jags capture NFL flag football titles
Youth football teams representing the Houston Texans and Jacksonville Jaguars won the High School Girls and 14-Under Boys div...
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Lions standout LT Taylor Decker dealing with shoulder issue
Detroit Lions Pro Bowl left tackle Taylor Decker is recovering from shoulder surgery, coach Dan Campbell told reporters on Su...
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Memphis' Sincere Parker arrested over assault charge- got from FLM
Guard Sincere Parker, expected to a major contributor for the Memphis Tigers as an offseason acquisition from McNeese State, ...
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ATP roundup: Alexander Bublik wins in Gstaad for first title on clay
Alexander Bublik of Kazakhstan won his first tournament on clay Sunday, topping Juan Manuel Cerundolo 6-4, 4-6, 6-2 at the EF...
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World
South Korea looking into various policy options to improve relations with Pyongyang, ministry says
SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korea's government is looking into various plans to improve relations with North Korea, a spokesperson...
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UK to hold inquiry into miners strike 'Battle of Orgreave' four decades on
LONDON (Reuters) -Britain said on Monday it would hold an inquiry into the "Battle of Orgreave", a violent confront...
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Ecuador gang leader 'Fito' taken from prison ahead of extradition
QUITO (Reuters) -Ecuadorean gang leader Jose Adolfo Macias Villamar, known as "Fito," has been taken out of prison ...
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Pakistan arrests suspect after viral video of couple shot dead in the name of `honour`
QUETTA, Pakistan (Reuters) -Pakistan on Sunday arrested a suspect after a video emerged on social media of a woman and a man ...
7h ago
Ex-Epstein lawyer calls for release of additional Epstein materials
By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) - One of Jeffrey Epstein's former attorneys on Sunday called on the U.S. Justice Depar...
10h ago
Business
China leaves benchmark lending rates unchanged, as expected
SHANGHAI (Reuters) -China kept benchmark lending rates unchanged on Monday, as forecast, after it reported slightly better-th...
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Indian rupee to track dollar recovery, bond market focused on rate cut bets
By Dharamraj Dhutia and Jaspreet Kalra MUMBAI (Reuters) -The Indian rupee will likely take cues from how far the dollar's nas...
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Yen firms as investors gird for political uncertainty
By Ankur Banerjee SINGAPORE (Reuters) -The yen firmed on Monday after Japan's ruling coalition lost its majority in the upper...
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Asia shares, yen weather Japan uncertainty as earnings loom
By Wayne Cole SYDNEY (Reuters) -Asian shares and the yen held their ground on Monday as Japanese elections proved bad for the...
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Oil prices little changed as investors eye impact of new sanctions on Russia
SINGAPORE (Reuters) -Oil prices barely budged on Monday as traders eyed the impact of new European sanctions on Russian oil s...
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Politics
Heritage Foundation founder Feulner dies at 83
(Reuters) -Edwin Feulner, founder and longtime president of the influential U.S. conservative think tank the Heritage Foundat...
Jul 20, 2025
Federal judge blocks enforcement of Trump's order on ICC
By Jasper Ward WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A federal judge blocked on Friday the enforcement of U.S. President Donald Trump's execu...
Jul 19, 2025
Trump says he doesn't draw but auctioned sketches suggest otherwise
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Donald Trump has publicly denied that he draws, but numerous examples of his sketches have be...
Jul 19, 2025
US to release over $1 billion after-school funding that it withheld, official says
By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Donald Trump's administration will release more than $1 billion for after-s...
Jul 18, 2025
Donald Trump's lawsuit against Bob Woodward over audiobook is dismissed
By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) -Donald Trump cannot pursue his nearly $50 million lawsuit against the journalist Bob ...
Jul 18, 2025
Health
US FDA advisers vote against Otsuka's PTSD combination treatment
(Reuters) -The U.S. Food and Drug Administration's panel of independent advisers on Friday voted against the efficacy of Otsu...
Jul 18, 2025
Congressional forecaster says Trump health research cuts would lead to fewer new drugs
By Ahmed Aboulenein WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Donald Trump's proposed budget cuts to the National Institutes of Health ...
Jul 18, 2025
US rejects WHO global pandemic response accord
By Ahmed Aboulenein WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States has rejected an agreement adopted by members of the World Health ...
Jul 18, 2025
Health Rounds: AI expands usefulness of common heart test
By Nancy Lapid (Reuters) -Artificial intelligence (AI) can turn a common doctor's office test into a screening tool for detec...
Jul 18, 2025
Slovenia passes assisted dying law
SARAJEVO (Reuters) -Slovenia approved a law to allow assisted dying on Friday, joining an increasing number of countries givi...
Jul 18, 2025
Science
Martian meteorite sells for record $5.3 million at Sotheby's
By Roselle Chen NEW YORK (Reuters) -A 54-pound (24.5-kg) Martian meteorite that is the largest known piece of Mars found on E...
Jul 17, 2025
Europe's oldest lake settlement uncovered in Albania
By Fatos Bytyci LIN, Albania (Reuters) -Archaeologists working on the shores of Ohrid Lake in Albania are convinced they have...
Jul 17, 2025
Israeli research finds that when plants talk, insects listen
TEL AVIV (Reuters) -There is evidence that plants and insects interact through sound, researchers at Tel Aviv University said...
Jul 15, 2025
Astronauts from India, Poland, Hungary head for splashdown with NASA veteran
By Steve Gorman LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -NASA retiree turned private astronaut Peggy Whitson headed for splashdown in the Pacif...
Jul 15, 2025
Astronauts from India, Poland, Hungary depart space station for return flight
By Steve Gorman LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -NASA retiree turned private astronaut Peggy Whitson and four crewmates from India, Pol...
Jul 14, 2025
Technology
Microsoft alerts businesses, governments to server software attack
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Microsoft has issued an alert about "active attacks" on server software used by government ag...
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CEO of Astronomer resigns after viral kiss cam video
(Reuters) -The CEO of the technology firm Astronomer Inc. has resigned after being caught canoodling on camera at a rock conc...
Jul 20, 2025
Nvidia's China restart faces production obstacles, The Information reports
(Reuters) -Nvidia has told its Chinese customers it has limited supplies of H20 chips, the most powerful AI chip it had been ...
Jul 19, 2025
India summons Google and Meta in betting app case, ANI reports
(Reuters) -India's Enforcement Directorate agency, which probes economic crimes, has summoned representatives from Google and...
Jul 19, 2025
Perplexity in talks with phone makers to pre-install Comet AI mobile browser on devices
By Akash Sriram (Reuters) -Nvidia-backed Perplexity AI, the startup challenging Google with its AI-powered search engine, is ...
Jul 18, 2025
Entertainment
Colbert is latest casualty of late-night TV's fade-out
By Dawn Chmielewski and Lisa Richwine LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -Late-night television had been fighting for its survival even be...
Jul 19, 2025
Alan Bergman, great American lyricist, dies at 99
By Patricia Reaney NEW YORK (Reuters) -Alan Bergman wrote a song with his future wife on the day they first met. Over the nex...
Jul 18, 2025
North Korean defectors make debut in new K-pop boy band
By Hyun Young Yi and Hyunsu Yim SEOUL (Reuters) -A new K-pop boy band made their global debut on Friday with two members who ...
Jul 18, 2025
Stephen Colbert's late-night show on CBS to end in May 2026
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -"The Late Show with Stephen Colbert" on CBS will end in May 2026 after the upcoming broadcas...
Jul 17, 2025
Netflix says it used GenAI in Argentine TV series
By Dawn Chmielewski and Lisa Richwine LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -Netflix said on Thursday that it used generative artificial inte...
Jul 17, 2025