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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The head of President Joe Biden’s administration’s disinformation-fighting advisory group has resigned, she told Reuters on Wednesday and the Department of Homeland Security said it had paused the group’s activities. Nina Jankowic…

By Michael Erman (Reuters) – The U.S. National Institutes of Health is in talks with Pfizer Inc about studying whether a longer course of the drugmaker’s COVID-19 antiviral treatment Paxlovid is needed to prevent reinfections, top U.S. infectious disea…

By Max Hunder KYIV/MARIUPOL, Ukraine (Reuters) – Russia said on Wednesday nearly 700 more Ukrainian fighters had surrendered in Mariupol but Kyiv was silent about their fate, while a pro-Russian separatist leader said commanders were still holed up in …

By Jake Spring (Reuters) -The world’s oceans grew to their warmest and most acidic levels on record last year, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said on Wednesday, as United Nations officials warned that war in Ukraine threatened global clima…

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden’s daughter, Ashley, has tested positive for COVID-19, the White House said on Wednesday. Ashley Biden, 40, was scheduled to travel to Central America with her mother, first lady Jill Biden, departing on We…

(Reuters) -One of three Minneapolis policemen who watched fellow officer Derek Chauvin kill George Floyd by kneeling on his neck pleaded guilty to aiding and abetting manslaughter in the 2020 case, which triggered a wave of protests over racial injusti…

A look at the day ahead in markets from Julien Ponthus. One might think that with CNN’s popular gauge of investor sentiment stuck on ‘extreme fear’, it would take some seriously good news to lift up markets these days. But all it took yesterday was a w…

(Reuters) -U.S soccer men’s and women’s national team players will receive equal pay and prize money, including at World Cups, after they came together to agree on landmark collective bargaining agreements (CBAs) with the U.S Soccer Federation on Wedne…

By James Oliphant WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The match-ups for several high-profile U.S. congressional and gubernatorial races in November’s midterm elections began to take shape in Pennsylvania and North Carolina on Tuesday. Here are three takeaways from t…

By Vivian Sequera, Matt Spetalnick and Marianna Parraga CARACAS/WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and the country’s opposition were expected to announce a resumption of talks as Washington eases some sanctions to help smooth the…