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(Reuters) – Nearly 200 people evacuated from the China coronavirus outbreak were released from quarantine in California on Tuesday with officials urging Americans not to shun them, or workers who … Read More

By Brendan Pierson NEW YORK (Reuters) – Former movie producer Harvey Weinstein will not testify in his own defense at his rape trial, his lawyers said on Tuesday as they … Read More

ATHENS (Reuters) – A European money laundering watchdog has cautioned that a secretive investment-for-passports program run by Cyprus was vulnerable to money laundering and fraught with risk. The Mediterranean island … Read More

By Arshad Mohammed and Steve Holland (Reuters) – Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, appearing before the United Nations Security Council, on Tuesday rejected U.S. President Donald Trump’s Middle East peace proposal … Read More

By Stephen Culp NEW YORK (Reuters) – S&P 500 and the Nasdaq inched to their second consecutive record closing highs on Tuesday as Chinese officials said the deadly coronavirus epidemic … Read More

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Central Americans asylum seekers sent to Mexico by the United States to await their U.S. court dates increasingly become the victims of kidnappings and other types … Read More

ROME (Reuters) – Italy’s future is threatened by its diminishing birthrate, President Sergio Mattarella said on Tuesday, as new data showed the population had shrunk once again in 2019. Italy’s … Read More

By Nathan Frandino STOCKTON, Calif. (Reuters) – William White, a 104-year-old U.S. Marine veteran who earned a Purple Heart in World War Two, is celebrating Valentine’s Day this year like … Read More

By Dave Sherwood SANTIAGO (Reuters) – German automakers Volkswagen <VOWG_p.DE> and Daimler <DAIGn.DE> have launched a study to push for more “sustainable” lithium mining in Chile, according to lobbyist filings … Read More

By Heather Timmons WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell told Congress on Tuesday that the U.S. economy is in a good place, even as he cited the potential … Read More