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By Jan Strupczewski and John Chalmers BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Wrapping up even a “bare bones” deal on the future relationship between the European Union and Britain will be fraught with … Read More

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States has seen no uptick in Islamic State activity in Iraq and northeastern Syria, U.S. special representative for Syria James Jeffrey said on Thursday, weeks … Read More

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Hundreds of Central Americans crossed the Guatemalan border into Mexico early on Thursday, testing the Mexican government’s resolve to stem the movement of people north under … Read More

By Josephine Mason (Reuters) – Tesla Inc <TSLA.O> has overtaken Germany’s Volkswagen <VOWG_p.DE> as the world’s second most valuable carmaker behind Japan’s Toyota <7203.T>, as the meteoric rise in the … Read More

BERLIN/MILAN (Reuters) – A German artist who is laying bronze-capped cobblestones commemorating members of families who were deported and killed by the Nazis says he can never honor all the … Read More

JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday proposed holding a summit between the leaders of Russia, China, the United States, France and Britain in 2020 to discuss the … Read More

TRIPOLI (Reuters) – Libya’s internationally recognized government said on Thursday it had reopened Mitiga, Tripoli’s only functioning airport, following almost a day of closure after rockets were fired toward it. … Read More

By Stephen J. Adler and Simon Robinson DAVOS, Switzerland (Reuters) – Afghanistan’s President Ashraf Ghani said on Thursday that Pakistan continued to give sanctuary to an insurgent group that helps … Read More

By Gram Slattery RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – On Wednesday, freshly crowned surfing world champion Italo Ferreira sliced through steep, fast-barreling waves off Rio de Janeiro’s Leblon beach and popped … Read More

ATHENS (Reuters) – Greece’s top administrative court has ruled in favor of extraditing to France a Russian man suspected of laundering billions of dollars in digital currency, a judicial official … Read More