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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States has been engaging in "indirect but active" discussions to secure the release of U.S....

Four killed and one presumed death in Canada crane collapse -police

By Moira Warburton VANCOUVER (Reuters) - A crane that collapsed in Kelowna, British Columbia, on Monday killed four people and...

Rush for COVID vaccines as France may ask for proof of immunization

PARIS (Reuters) -Hundreds of thousands of people in France rushed to set up appointments to get vaccinated against the coronavirus...

Colombian ex-soldiers went to Haiti for security not assassination -colleague

(Refiles to correct spelling of soldiers in headline) By Julia Symmes Cobb BOGOTA (Reuters) -An ex-soldier recruited to join a...

‘We have rights’: the French health workers furious about COVID vaccine order

By Caroline Pailliez FONTENAY-AUX-ROSES, France (Reuters) - Nursing home worker Sandra Barona is so vehemently against receiving a COVID-19 shot...

Responding to SOS, Afghan commandos caught in fierce Taliban attack

By Danish Siddiqui KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (Reuters) - Minutes after returning from a mission on Tuesday before dawn, a convoy of...

Turkey’s Erdogan, China’s Xi discuss Uyghurs in phone call -Turkish presidency

ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan told his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping on Tuesday it was important to Turkey...

Turkey’s Erdogan, China’s Xi discuss Uyghurs in phone call -Turkish presidency

ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan told his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping on Tuesday it was important to Turkey...

Biden’s Vietnam ambassador nominee vows to press Hanoi on rights, trade

By David Brunnstrom WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden's nominee to be the next U.S. ambassador to Vietnam vowed at...

Pope Francis to leave hospital as soon as possible, no longer in wheelchair

By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -Pope Francis is continuing his planned treatment and rehabilitation after intestinal surgery 10 days...

Jailed transgender women in Cameroon to be released pending appeal

DOUALA (Reuters) - Two transgender women in Cameroon convicted in May of "attempted homosexuality" were ordered released from prison on...

Relatives of Beirut blast victims scuffle with police outside interior minister’s home

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Police fired tear gas to try to disperse relatives of victims of last year's Beirut port blast...

Spain surpasses 4 million coronavirus cases since pandemic began

MADRID (Reuters) -Spain surpassed 4 million coronavirus cases since the pandemic began on Tuesday after adding 43,960 new cases, as...

UNICEF chief to step down after nearly four years in job

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The head of the U.N. children's agency, UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore, plans to step down...

Former Congo PM faces arrest warrant in graft case, sources say

KINSHASA (Reuters) - Prosecutors in the Democratic Republic of Congo have issued an arrest warrant for former Prime Minister Matata...

Ukraine’s interior minister submits resignation

KYIV (Reuters) -Ukrainian Interior Minister Arsen Avakov has submitted a letter of resignation, his ministry said on Tuesday, without disclosing...

Greece to require proof of COVID vaccination at indoor restaurants

ATHENS (Reuters) -Greece will require customers at indoor restaurants, bars and cafes to prove they have been vaccinated against COVID-19,...

Former DEA informant arrested in Haiti assassination identified: sources

By Mark Hosenball WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Two U.S. government sources on Tuesday identified the former Drug Enforcement Administration informant accused...

Senior Afghan leaders to travel to Doha for talks with Taliban