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PARIS (Reuters) – France would not sign a bad post-Brexit deal with the United Kingdom on Dec. 31 just for the sake of agreeing one to meet a deadline, said … Read More

YEREVAN (Reuters) – Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan sacked two high-ranking military officers at the defense ministry following criticism over the high number of deaths in the armed forces. The … Read More

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Clad in a beige uniform marked “3870,” the captured drug kingpin answered the Mexican prison guard’s questions calmly, barely looking up as he scrubbed black fingerprint … Read More

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexico’s President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Wednesday he met with a group of executives from foreign companies and discussed plans to maintain and increase … Read More

By Stephanie Nebehay and Josh Smith GENEVA/SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea has imposed a strict quarantine around foreigners or returning nationals who display fever on entering the country, but has … Read More

By Andrew MacAskill LONDON (Reuters) – The bells of London’s Westminster Abbey rang out for Prince Andrew’s 60th birthday on Wednesday even though he has stepped down from public life … Read More

By Sanjeev Miglani NEW DELHI (Reuters) – President Donald Trump said the United States and India were working on a major trade deal, but he was not sure if it … Read More

By Anne Kauranen HELSINKI (Reuters) – Finland’s constitutional committee said on Wednesday it has asked the Prosecutor General to investigate the legality of Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto’s push to repatriate … Read More

BERLIN (Reuters) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Wednesday that she would not interfere in the search for the next leader of her Christian Democrats (CDU) after the incumbent, … Read More

By Linda Sieg and Kiyoshi Takenaka TOKYO (Reuters) – Coronavirus infections on a cruise ship moored near Tokyo rose to 621 people on Wednesday as passengers began disembarking following a … Read More