Political News, Analysis and Opinion

By Howard Schneider WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Record-low U.S. unemployment, booming equity markets, and continued economic growth may have given President Donald Trump a head start toward reelection, but new analysis … Read More

MADRID (Reuters) – Spain’s government said on Thursday it will begin talks on resolving the Catalan political conflict before elections are held in the region, walking back an earlier decision … Read More

By Alexander Marrow and Tom Balmforth MOSCOW (Reuters) – The United States’ new ambassador to Russia urged Moscow on Thursday to release a former U.S. Marine accused of spying, and … Read More

GENEVA (Reuters) – The World Health Organization declared on Thursday that the coronavirus epidemic in China now constitutes a public health emergency of international concern. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO director-general, … Read More

By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. House of Representatives passed two pieces of legislation on Thursday seeking to rein in President Donald Trump’s ability to deploy U.S. forces … Read More

By Laura Sanicola (Reuters) – U.S. refineries and petrochemical plants are cutting back on insurance because several years of severe accidents have driven up the cost of coverage, industry and … Read More

MARAAT AL-NUMAN,Syria/BEIRUT (Reuters) – An assault on rebel-held northwest Syria by government forces has pushed some 700,000 people to flee toward the Turkish border and raised the specter of an … Read More

NEW DELHI (Reuters) – The protests outside New Delhi’s Jamia Millia Islamia University on Thursday started out small and relatively low-key – another show of anger by students who oppose … Read More

By Eldson Chagara LILONGWE (Reuters) – For Ethiopian aeronautical engineer Lydia Elias, building and piloting a drone to support humanitarian and development projects on the continent of her birth has … Read More

By William James LONDON (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo endorsed Britain’s role on Thursday in a privileged system for sharing U.S. intelligence, playing down a rift over … Read More