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Australia's Queensland reverses policy, pledges to keep using coal power
CANBERRA (Reuters) -Australia's Queensland state government said on Friday it would run coal power plants at least into the 2...
6h ago
Magnitude 7.4 earthquake strikes Philippines' Mindanao, tsunami warning issued
(Reuters) -An earthquake of magnitude 7.4 struck Philippines' Mindanao region on Friday, the European-Mediterranean Seismolog...
10h ago
Nobel Peace Prize winner to be announced, in a year overshadowed by Trump
By Gwladys Fouche OSLO (Reuters) -The winner of the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize will be announced on Friday, in a year overshadowe...
12h ago
Exclusive-Peter Thiel in talk on 'Antichrist' says he told Elon Musk not to give wealth to charity
By Jeffrey Dastin SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) -Peter Thiel, the billionaire venture capitalist and early supporter of U.S. Presid...
12h ago
US weekly jobless claims increased again, JPMorgan estimates
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The number of Americans filing new applications for unemployment benefits increased again last week, JP...
13h ago
Farmers, traders 'flying blind' as US shutdown blocks key crop data
By Tom Polansek, P.J. Huffstutter and Karl Plume CHICAGO (Reuters) -U.S. data vital to global grain and soybean trading has g...
13h ago
Judge blocks National Guard troop deployment in Illinois for now
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A U.S. judge in Chicago temporarily blocked the Trump administration's deployment of federalized Nation...
13h ago
Drake's defamation suit against UMG over Lamar's 'Not Like Us' dismissed
By Blake Brittain (Reuters) -A federal judge in Manhattan on Thursday dismissed superstar rapper Drake's defamation lawsuit o...
13h ago
BLS bringing back staff to get inflation report out, reports say
(Reuters) -The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics is bringing some furloughed workers back in order to get the statistical agenc...
13h ago
Trump administration airs video at airports blaming Democrats for shutdown
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Trump administration on Thursday began airing a video at airports across the co...
15h ago
Letitia James, NY attorney general and Trump foe, indicted for mortgage fraud
By Sarah N. Lynch, Luc Cohen and Andrew Goudsward (Reuters) -New York Attorney General Letitia James, a longtime foe of Presi...
15h ago
US declines to sign World Bank directors' joint statement on climate agenda
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Nineteen of the World Bank's 25 executive directors issued a joint statement this week affirming their ...
15h ago
Federal grand jury weighing mortgage fraud charges against New York AG James, Fox News reports
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A federal grand jury is meeting in the Eastern District of Virginia court, weighing charging New York A...
15h ago
US National Weather Service says La Nina conditions likely to persist through Dec 2025 to Feb 2026
(Reuters) -The U.S. National Weather Service's Climate Prediction Center published an advisory Thursday on the emergence of L...
17h ago
King Charles and son William throw weight behind upcoming COP summit
LONDON (Reuters) -Britain's King Charles and heir Prince William made a rare joint appearance on Thursday to show support for...
17h ago
Exclusive-US pharmacies, drug discounters are discussing TrumpRx role with administration
By Deena Beasley (Reuters) -Retail pharmacies and prescription drug savings site GoodRx are talking with the Trump administra...
19h ago
Democratic bill to end US government shutdown falling short of passage in Senate, voting continues
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A Democratic bill to fund the U.S. government and end a shutdown was falling short of the votes needed ...
19h ago
US could dismiss air traffic controllers who fail to work during shutdown, transportation secretary says
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy warned on Thursday that the government cou...
21h ago
TotalEnergies, Siemens urge EU to abolish climate law, letter shows
By Kate Abnett and Virginia Furness LONDON (Reuters) -TotalEnergies and Siemens have called on European governments to abolis...
21h ago
National Guard troops seen at immigration facility near Chicago
(Reuters) -National Guard troops were seen by a Reuters witness at the U.S. immigration processing facility in Broadview near...
22h ago
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