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Philippine students suffer in wilting heat, thwarting education efforts
By Adrian Portugal MANILA (Reuters) - Sweltering heat in the Philippines can curb farm production, disrupt water and power an...
3h ago
Taylor Swift's 'Tortured Poets Department' dominates US sales and Billboard charts
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Pop megastar Taylor Swift sold 2.61 million album and streaming units of "The Tortured Poets Dep...
6h ago
Three dead after dozens of tornadoes strike Oklahoma; scores injured
By Rich McKay (Reuters) - At least three people died, including a four-month-old baby, and scores were injured in Oklahoma th...
8h ago
Pro-Palestinian protests keep roiling US college campuses
By Rich McKay (Reuters) - Pro-Palestinian protests at U.S. universities showed no sign of slowing as they spread coast-to-coa...
10h ago
US senator questions whether State Dept properly assessing Israel conduct
By Humeyra Pamuk WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Democratic senator on Sunday questioned whether the Biden administration was proper...
14h ago
Bangladesh reopens schools amid scorching heatwave
By Ruma Paul DHAKA (Reuters) - Schools in Bangladesh reopened on Sunday despite a heatwave continuing to sweep the South Asia...
15h ago
Explainer-Who are some of the people and groups involved in US college protests?
(Reuters) - In the days since police arrested more than 100 pro-Palestinian demonstrators at Columbia University on April 18,...
18h ago
Biden to speak at White House Correspondents' Dinner, protests planned
By Stephanie Kelly WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden will speak on Saturday night at the annual White House Cor...
Apr 27, 2024
Tornado in China's Guangzhou kills five and injures 33, Xinhua says
(Reuters) - A tornado that struck the city of Guangzhou in southern China killed five people and left 33 injured, state news ...
Apr 27, 2024
Earthquake of magnitude 6.3 rocks Indonesia's Java, GFZ says
(Reuters) - A 6.3 magnitude earthquake rocked the Indonesian island of Java on Saturday, the German Research Centre for Geosc...
Apr 27, 2024
As solar capacity grows, some of America's most productive farmland is at risk
By P.J. Huffstutter and Christopher Walljasper JASPER COUNTY, INDIANA (Reuters) - Dave Duttlinger's first thought when he saw...
Apr 27, 2024
Trump trial tests his campaign strategy of embracing bad publicity
By Nathan Layne NEW YORK (Reuters) - Meetings with foreign dignitaries at Trump Tower. A staged visit to a convenience store ...
Apr 27, 2024
For some Columbia students, protest encampment is living history lesson
By Jonathan Allen NEW YORK (Reuters) - Before students set up a pro-Palestinian protest encampment on a Columbia University l...
Apr 27, 2024
Canada's First Nation declares emergency due to excessive chemicals emission
By Wa Lone (Reuters) - Canada's Aamjiwnaang First Nation declared a state of emergency due to the excessive release of harmfu...
Apr 27, 2024
Ex-McKinsey partner sues firm, claims he was made opioids 'scapegoat'
By Nate Raymond (Reuters) - A former McKinsey & Co partner sued the global consulting firm on Friday and accused it of de...
Apr 27, 2024
Aerosmith frontman Steven Tyler wins dismissal for good of sexual assault lawsuit
By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) - A federal judge in Manhattan dismissed for good a lawsuit accusing Aerosmith lead si...
Apr 26, 2024
US Air Force awards $13 billion Doomsday plane contract to Sierra Nevada
(Reuters) -The U.S. Air Force said on Friday that it has awarded a $13 billion contract to Sierra Nevada Corp to develop a su...
Apr 26, 2024
Kristi Noem, a Trump VP contender, defends killing dog on family farm
By Tim Reid WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Kristi Noem, a contender to become Republican Donald Trump'svice presidential running mate...
Apr 26, 2024
Emergency slide falls off Delta plane after takeoff
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The emergency exit slide fell off a Delta Airlines jet after taking off from New York en route to Los ...
Apr 26, 2024
Stranded ships exit Baltimore port via temporary channel
By Lisa Baertlein LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Four cargo ships, stuck for about a month at the Port of Baltimore by the ruins of ...
Apr 26, 2024