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U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Wednesday that Hamas had proposed numerous changes, some unworkable, to a U.S.-backed proposal for a ceasefire with Israel in ...

Wet weather helped bring Britain’s economic growth to a halt in April after a strong start to 2024, and the opposition Labour Party jumped on the figures to attack Prime ...

The Bank of England will start cutting interest rates in August, according to all but two of 65 economists polled by Reuters, and most of them expect at least one more ...

Gold’s lightning rally to successive record highs shows every sign of continuing in the second half of 2024 as the fundamental case for bullion remains firmly in place, though $3,000 per ...

An Arizona man has been indicted on four counts of gun-trafficking crimes after federal prosecutors said an undercover sting operation revealed that he planned to kill Black people in a ...

Twenty-four companies are working to develop an avian flu vaccine for cattle, as the virus spreads among U.S. dairy herds, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack told Reuters on Wednesday. Bird ...

NATO is set to take over the coordination of arms deliveries to Ukraine from the U.S., the alliance’s chief said on Wednesday, in a bid to safeguard the ...

An unprecedented nearly 5,000 migrants have died at sea in the first five months of 2024 trying to reach the Spanish Canary Islands, according to a report released by migration rights group ...

U.S. consumer prices were unexpectedly unchanged in May as cheaper gasoline and other goods offset higher costs for rental housing, but inflation remains too high for the Federal Reserve ...

The Southern Baptist Convention on Wednesday voted at its annual meeting to condemn the use of in vitro fertilization and commend its congregants who use alternative fertility therapies or adopt ...

The United States believes China’s primary focus currently is its economy and that it is determined to work to stabilize bilateral relations with the United States, U.S. Deputy ...

Jerry West, a Hall of Fame player, executive and the inspiration for the silhouette NBA logo, died on Wednesday morning. He was 86. West won nine NBA championships as a player, ...

Greece shut the ancient Acropolis tourist site, suspended schools and stationed medics across Athens on Wednesday as it faced the first heatwave of the summer. Temperatures were expected to hit 43 ...

The European Commission notified car makers on Wednesday that it would apply additional duties of up to 38.1 per cent on imported Chinese electric vehicles from next month, a move likely ...

Ariarne Titmus smashed the 200 metres freestyle world record at Australian Olympic trials in Brisbane on Wednesday, upsetting the previous holder Mollie O’Callaghan in an exhilarating final. Olympic champion Titmus ...

A fire broke out in a building housing workers in the city of Mangaf in southern Kuwaitearly on Wednesday, killing at least 35 people, senior police officers told state media. The ...

Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag will remain in the job for next season and has entered into talks with the Old Trafford club over a contract extension despite the ...

Lebanon’s Hezbollah fired scores of rockets at Israel on Wednesday, Israel said, in apparent response to an Israeli strike which killed a senior Hezbollah field commander, further ratcheting up ...

A more rightward-leaning European Parliament will make it harder to pass ambitious EU climate policies, but the majority of Europe’s current world-leading green policies are likely to stay put, ...

Hamas on Wednesday said its “positive” response to a U.S. ceasefire plan for the eight-month-old war in the Gaza Strip opened a “wide pathway” to reach an agreement, but ...

The World Bank on Tuesday said the US economy’s stronger-than-expected performance has prompted it to lift its 2024 global growth outlook slightly but warned that overall output would remain well ...

President Joe Biden’s son Hunter Biden was convicted by a jury of lying about his illegal drug use to buy a gun, making him the first child of a ...

OPEC on Tuesday stuck to its forecast for relatively strong growth in global oil demand in 2024, despite lower-than-expected use in the first quarter, saying travel and tourism would support consumption ...

General Motors (GM.N) on Tuesday announced a new $6 billion share buyback plan, more than a month after posting upbeat first-quarter results and raising its annual forecast, citing stable prices ...