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HONG KONG (Reuters) – Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam ignored a Thursday deadline set by some protesters to withdraw an extradition bill that she promoted then postponed, setting the stage …

PARIS (Reuters) – France will not legalise the recreational use of cannabis but could consider authorising its medical use, Transport Minister Elisabeth Borne said on Thursday. “The position of the …

BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in North Korea on Thursday as Beijing looks to bolster its neighbour, hit by U.N. sanctions over its nuclear and missile programmes, …

SHANGHAI (Reuters) – China could build as many as 30 overseas nuclear reactors through its involvement in the “Belt and Road” initiative over the next decade, a senior industry official …

BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese state media said former Interpol chief Meng Hongwei admitted his guilt during a court hearing on Thursday after prosecutors accused him of taking 14.5 million yuan …

DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guards have shot down a U.S. “spy” drone in the southern province of Hormozgan, the Guards’ news website Sepah News said on Thursday. State …

NEW YORK (Bloomberg): Walt Disney will try to close the global box-office gap between its blockbuster film Avengers: Endgame and James Cameron’s Avatar. The superhero sequel will re-enter theatres with …

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump has been briefed on the details of a missile strike in Saudi Arabia, White House spokeswoman Sarah Sanders said on Wednesday. “We are …

TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) – Members of a Honduran riot police that have dealt with weeks of protests stood down in Tegucigalpa on Wednesday, allowing adversaries of President Juan Orlando Hernandez to …

(Editors note: This story contains language that some may find offensive) WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Former Vice President Joe Biden came under sharp criticism from some of his Democratic presidential rivals …

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Army Secretary Mark Esper, who becomes the acting defence secretary on Monday, will travel to Brussels next week for a meeting of NATO defence ministers, the …

BRASILIA (Reuters) – Right-wing President Jair Bolsonaro issued a new decree on Wednesday putting decisions on indigenous land claims in the hands of the Ministry of Agriculture, four weeks after …

WELLINGTON (Reuters) – New Zealand’s government on Wednesday launched a multimillion-dollar, six-month “buy-back” scheme to compensate owners of powerful but newly banned semi-automatic weapons prohibited in the wake of deadly …

BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union’s 28 national leaders meet in Brussels on Thursday to haggle over how ambitious their climate goals should be and who should navigate the bloc …

ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Voters in Istanbul will head back to the polls on Sunday to choose a mayor, after Turkey’s election authority scrapped the results of a March vote in …

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Keith Raniere, a New York man accused of running a cult-like group in which women were kept on starvation diets, branded with his initials and ordered …

PARIS (Reuters) – Spain has officially requested the extradition of Basque separatist group ETA’s long-time leader Josu Ternera following his arrest in France last month, a French judicial source said. …

ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan intensified pressure on the opposition candidate in a re-run election for mayor of Istanbul by saying he would be barred from taking office …

ANKARA (Reuters) – Those responsible for the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi will pay the price and be held accountable, Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday, in response …

BRUSSELS (Reuters) – European Union leaders may agree to back going carbon neutral by 2050 on Thursday, according to language in the latest draft conclusions for their summit seen by …