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Ahead of U.S. poll, Trump ends a U.S. restriction applying to Israeli settlements

ARIEL, West Bank (Reuters) – The Trump administration lifted a decades-old ban on Wednesday that had prohibited U.S. taxpayer funding (More…)

Trump or Biden’s big economic challenge: millions of struggling Americans

By Jonnelle Marte

(Reuters) – The winner of the race for the White House will face a generation of low-to-middle (More…)

New York police arrest 30 amid protests after deadly Philadelphia shooting

By Kanishka Singh

(Reuters) – New York police arrested about 30 people as hundreds of protesters took to the streets (More…)

Czech government shuts shops, curbs movement to stem COVID-19 surge

By Jan Lopatka and Robert Muller

PRAGUE (Reuters) – The Czech government on Wednesday ordered most shops and services to (More…)

UK plans COVID-19 ‘challenge’ trials that deliberately infect volunteers

By Kate Kelland

LONDON (Reuters) – Britain will help to fund trials using a manufactured COVID-19 virus to deliberately infect (More…)

Iran health minister urges tougher COVID action as new cases soar

DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran’s health minister appealed on Tuesday for more public and government support to enforce restrictions aimed at (More…)

Trump administration denies California request for more wildfire aid

By Nichola Groom

(Reuters) – The Trump administration has denied a request by California for additional wildfire recovery relief, saying (More…)

Strong retail sales boost optimism before U.S. election, but it may be short lived

By Jonnelle Marte

(Reuters) – In an ordinary presidential election, Friday’s retail sales report would have been a dream for (More…)

Explainer: ‘Dueling electors’ pose risk of U.S. vote deadlock

By Tom Hals

(Reuters) – In the United States, a candidate becomes president by securing the most “electoral” votes rather (More…)

Mexico vows purge after ex-defense chief arrested in U.S.

By Diego Oré and Frank Jack Daniel

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexico’s president on Friday promised to clean up the (More…)