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BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Populist Iraqi Shi’ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr called on Tuesday for a million Iraqis to march against the U.S. “presence and violations” in Iraq after Washington’s killing of … Read More

By Stephanie Nebehay GENEVA (Reuters) – There may have been limited human-to-human transmission of a new coronavirus in China within families, and it is possible there could be a wider … Read More

By Anirban Sen and Elizabeth Dilts Marshall (Reuters) – JPMorgan Chase & Co <JPM.N> posted its biggest-ever annual profit on Tuesday as its bond trading business bounced back in the … Read More

MADRID (Reuters) – Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said on Tuesday he wanted to meet Catalonia’s pro-independence regional leader “as soon as possible”. He also hoped Madrid would start negotiations … Read More

By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. consumer prices rose slightly in December even as households paid more for healthcare, and monthly underlying inflation slowed, supporting the Federal Reserve’s desire … Read More

(Reuters) – The Democratic-led U.S. House of Representatives is expected to vote on Wednesday to send formal impeachment charges against President Donald Trump to the Senate, where Majority Leader Mitch … Read More

By Richard Cowan and David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Republican members of the U.S Senate, poised to begin an impeachment trial against President Donald Trump in the coming days, voiced … Read More

MANILA (Reuters) – A Philippines lawyer who filed a complaint at the International Criminal Court (ICC) accusing President Rodrigo Duterte of murder in a bloody anti-drugs crackdown said on Tuesday … Read More

By Padraic Halpin and Graham Fahy DUBLIN (Reuters) – Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar on Tuesday called a parliamentary election for Feb. 8, pitting his record on Brexit and Ireland’s … Read More

By Marine Strauss STRASBOURG (Reuters) – European Union chief negotiator Michel Barnier warned Britain on Tuesday not to discriminate against EU citizens seeking permanent residency after Brexit, urging London to … Read More