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SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) — Pacific Rim leaders showed divisions over the wars in Ukraine and Gaza after a two-day summit of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum on Friday, although they pledged support for reform of the World Trade Organization. Days of meetings involving APEC minister…

WASHINGTON (Reuters) — A group of 46 Republican U.S. senators asked the Commerce Department on Thursday to answer questions about its Oct. 27 decision to temporarily stop issuing export licenses for most civilian firearms and ammunition for non-governmental users. The letter signed by Senators Ted …

(Reuters) — A fierce storm packing hurricane-force wind gusts dumped more than a foot (30.5 cm) of rain on parts of South Florida on Thursday, flooding homes and streets, downing power lines and trees and leaving tens of thousands of homes and business without power. The storm, which started on Wed…

(Reuters) — Northwestern University’s Prison Education Program welcomed its inaugural graduating class of incarcerated students on Wednesday, marking the first time a top-ranked U.S. university has awarded degrees to students in prison. Evanston, Illinois-based Northwestern, which U.S. News &…

NEW YORK (Reuters) — Federal Reserve Bank of New York President John Williams said Thursday good data is key for market participants, central banks and regulators, and more should be done to increase its availability. “Having access to an abundance of data is a wonderful problem to have,̶…

(Reuters) — The federal civil rights trial of a former Louisville, Kentucky, police officer charged in the 2020 death of Breonna Taylor, a Black woman whose killing fueled a wave of racial justice protests, was declared a mistrial on Thursday. U.S. District Judge Rebecca Grady Jennings declared the…

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) — A large fire in the center of Mexico City sent a giant black plume of smoke into the sky on Thursday afternoon, with authorities confirming the blaze was 90% under control by late evening. Flames had been visible from several km (miles) away hours after the pillar of smoke b…

(Reuters) — A federal jury on Thursday convicted a right-wing conspiracy theorist of a hammer attack on the husband of former U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, prosecutors said. David Wayne DePape, 43, broke into the Pelosis’ San Francisco home and struck Paul Pelosi over the head with a hamme…

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) — U.S. President Joe Biden on Thursday said he would keep working to advance a Pacific trade pact, even as his vision for a regional deal to counter China’s influence stumbled over his bid to strengthen workers’ rights. “Our work is not yet done,” Bid…

WASHINGTON (Reuters) — Americans inclined to vote for Democratic President Joe Biden in the 2024 election say they are more motivated by stopping Donald Trump from returning to the Oval Office than they are by supporting the incumbent, a new Reuters/Ipsos poll found. The two-day poll, which closed …