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(Reuters) – Intel Corp’s <INTC.O> shares hit their highest in nearly two decades on Friday after cloud computing demand fired up the chipmaker’s data center business and allayed concerns of … Read More

By Nick Mulvenney MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Roger Federer looked defeat full in the face before rallying in the 10-point tiebreaker to edge local battler John Millman in a five-set thriller … Read More

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Top officials from the U.S. State Department will conduct a classified briefing next week on Iran policy for members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, the committee … Read More

By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – U.S. Vice President Mike Pence, a former Catholic, held an unusually long meeting with Pope Francis on Friday and quipped that he emerged … Read More

By Rami Ayyub JERUSALEM (Reuters) – The heir to the British throne expressed sadness on Friday over the suffering and hardship faced by Palestinians and called for “a just and … Read More

BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Two protesters were killed and 25 wounded on Friday in clashes with security forces in central Baghdad, police and medical sources said. The police used live ammunition … Read More

By Sonali Paul and Paulina Duran MELBOURNE/SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australian officials were working on Friday to extricate the bodies of three U.S. firefighters from a plane that crashed in remote … Read More

NAIROBI (Reuters) – Burundi is drawing up legislation ahead of May elections to give President Pierre Nkurunziza the title of “Supreme Guide of Patriotism”, state television reported, despite widespread rights … Read More

ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkish military personnel being sent to Libya are supporting and training forces of the internationally recognized government of Fayez al-Serraj, Turkey’s President Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday. … Read More

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper said on Friday that China’s Communist Party had created a surveillance state that uses artificial intelligence to repress Muslim minorities and pro-democracy … Read More