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By Crispian Balmer and Gavin Jones ROME (Reuters) – Italy’s government, desperate to stave off a likely recession, played down on Thursday the gravity of an outbreak of coronavirus, the … Read More
By Tom Hals and Nate Raymond (Reuters) – Johnson & Johnson <JNJ.N> and other drug companies facing thousands of lawsuits over their role in the opioid epidemic have warned that … Read More
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Department of Transportation supports the rehabilitation of a century-old New York City-area rail tunnel that was damaged in 2012 when Hurricane Sandy … Read More
By Howard Schneider WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A Bernie Sanders administration might logically start with a roughly $300 billion federal jobs guarantee, a cornerstone of worker protection, says a key adviser … Read More
By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. economy grew moderately in the fourth quarter, the government confirmed, and is facing a bumpy road in early 2020 amid the fast-spreading … Read More
BISSAU (Reuters) – Guinea-Bissau’s outgoing president handed over power on Thursday to the declared winner of December’s election, former army general Umaro Cissoko Embalo, even as the Supreme Court considered … Read More
By Luis Jaime Acosta BOGOTA (Reuters) – A United Nations report critical of Colombia’s efforts to protect human rights advocates failed to recognize advances in that area and social investment … Read More
By Sofia Menchu GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) – Guatemalan President Alejandro Giammattei on Thursday signed into law new rules that increase government oversight of non-profit groups operating in the Central American … Read More
By Michelle Nichols (Reuters) – Amid heavy fighting in northwest Syria between government forces backed by Russia and Syrian rebels supported by Turkey, the U.N. Security Council heard a plea … Read More
By Jonathan Spicer and Khalil Ashawi ISTANBUL (Reuters) – With nearly one million displaced Syrians massing near the Turkish border in the face of a Syrian government military offensive, President … Read More
