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A supporter of India's main opposition Congress party holds up a banner as Rahul Gandhi (not pictured) addresses party supporters during the first day of his 66-day long "Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra" ("Unite India Justice March"), in Thoubal district of the northeastern state of Manipur, India, January 14, 2024.

India says US human rights report "deeply biased"

Reuters |Updated 5 minutes ago |1 min read

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - The U.S. State Department's annual human rights report on India is "deeply biased" and shows a "poor understanding", India's foreign ministry spokesperson said on Thursday. The human rights assessment found "significant" ...

People work to move into a cemetery bodies of Palestinians killed during Israel's military offensive and buried at Nasser hospital, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, April 21, 2024.

Palestinian authorities seek probe into mass graves at Gaza hospitals

Ahmed Elimam |Updated 5 minutes ago |2 min read

By Ahmed Elimam DUBAI (Reuters) - A Palestinian civil defence team on Thursday called on the United Nations to investigate what it said were war crimes at a Gaza hospital, saying nearly 400 bodies were recovered from mass graves after Israeli ...

Demonstrators protest outside the UK COVID-19 inquiry, in London, Britain, December 11, 2023.

Two million Britons suffer long COVID symptoms, survey shows

David Milliken |Updated 6 minutes ago |2 min read

By David Milliken LONDON (Reuters) - Two million people across England and Scotland are still suffering from long COVID symptoms, of whom 381,000 have had their day-to-day activities limited a lot, according to an official study published on ...

Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva looks on as he speaks during the inauguration of the International Book Fair (FilBo) in Bogota, Colombia April 17, 2024.

Lula's South American summit plan unlikely in tense region, diplomats say

Lisandra Paraguassu, Lucinda Elliott |Updated 26 minutes ago |3 min read

By Lisandra Paraguassu and Lucinda Elliott BRASILIA/MONTEVIDEO (Reuters) - A diplomatic crisis in Ecuador and uncertainty over Venezuela's political future have divided South American nations and killed enthusiasm for a summit that Brazilian ...

The United Nations headquarters building is pictured though a window with the UN logo in the foreground in the Manhattan borough of New York August 15, 2014.

Lawyers seek UN help for release of American held by the Taliban

Jonathan Landay |Updated 26 minutes ago |3 min read

By Jonathan Landay WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Lawyers for Ryan Corbett, an American held by the Taliban for nearly two years without charge, on Thursday sought U.N. help to secure his immediate release, contending that he has been tortured and is ...

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez and his wife Maria Begona Gomez Fernandez leave after meeting with Pope Francis, at the Vatican, October 24, 2020.

Spanish prosecutor seeks dismissal of case against PM Sanchez's wife

Reuters |Updated 35 minutes ago |1 min read

MADRID (Reuters) - Madrid's prosecuting authority on Thursday sought the dismissal of a case against Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez's wife. A judge in Madrid on Wednesday agreed to look into a private complaint laid by an anti-corruption ...

The Regeneron Pharmaceuticals company logo is seen on a building at the company's Westchester campus in Tarrytown, New York, U.S. September 17, 2020. Picture taken September 17, 2020.

Regeneron to collaborate on gene editing therapies with Doudna-founded Mammoth

Reuters |Updated 36 minutes ago |1 min read

(Reuters) - Regeneron Pharmaceuticals and Mammoth Biosciences will collaborate to research, develop and commercialize gene editing therapies for multiple diseases, the companies said on Thursday. Mammoth's CRISPR-based gene editing platform and ...

The Art Deco facade of the original Toronto Stock Exchange building is seen on Bay Street in Toronto, Ontario, Canada January 23, 2019.

TSX futures fall on downbeat earnings

Reuters |Updated 43 minutes ago |2 min read

(Reuters) - Futures for Canada's main stock index edged lower on Thursday, weighed down by downbeat corporate earnings from Canadian companies and in the United States, while losses were offset by an uptick in gold and oil prices. June futures on ...

Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban attends a European Union leaders summit, in Brussels, Belgium December 14, 2023.

Hungary's anti-fraud body calls for extended powers to monitor EU funds

Gergely Szakacs |Updated 45 minutes ago |2 min read

By Gergely Szakacs BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Hungary's Integrity Authority, an anti-fraud body tasked with overseeing European Union funds, lacks the proper investigative authority to expose possible wrongdoing, its leader told Reuters, calling for an ...

Military personnel stand guard as hundreds of refugees crossed over the river frontier between Myanmar and Thailand on Friday, following the fall of a strategic border town to rebels fighting Myanmar's military junta, in Mae Sot, Tak province, Thailand, April 13, 2024.

Myanmar warlord at centre of battle for key border town

Reuters |Updated 4 minutes ago |4 min read

(Reuters) - Armed soldiers loyal to a turncoat warlord patrol the streets of southeastern Myanmar's frontier town of Myawaddy, as troops of the ruling junta and rebels jostle for control of the outpost that handles more than $1 billion in border ...

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