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Colombia`s Santos, FARC scramble to revive peace after shock vote

Supporters of ‘No’ vote celebrate after the nation voted ‘No’ in a referendum on a peace deal between the government and Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) rebels,in Bogota, Colombia, October 2, 2016. REUTERS/John Vizcaino Colombia’s government and ... More »

In search of rebound, Trump ramps up attacks on Clinton

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally in Manheim, Pennsylvania, U.S., October 1, 2016. REUTERS/Mike Segar Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump closed out a rough week for his campaign on Saturday by escalating personal... More »

Facebook rolls out pared down Messenger app for emerging markets

The Facebook logo and emoticons are seen on a coffee mug at the reception of its new office in Mumbai, India May 27, 2016. REUTERS/Shailesh Andrade Facebook Inc launched a stripped down version of its popular Messenger app for emerging markets on Monday as it ... More »

Betting on the U.S. election via the `Trump ETF`

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump holds a rally with supporters in Bedford, New Hampshire, U.S. September 29, 2016. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst An exchange-traded fund focused on Mexico has become a weather vane for Republican Donald Trump’s chances winn... More »

Hurricane Matthew fears grow in Haiti, some resist shelters

Inesia Laguerre cradles her grandchild at the shelter set up in the Lycee Philippe Guerrier ahead of Hurricane Matthew in Les Cayes, Haiti, October 2, 2016. REUTERS/Andres Martinez Casares AU-PRINCE (Reuters) – Fears mounted in Haiti as Hurricane Matthew edged... More »

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FDA warns against use of homeopathic teething products

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration warned against the use of homeopathic teething tablets and gels on Friday, citing potential risks to infants and children and prompting CVS Health Corp Inc to withdraw the products. More »

Yen gains after Kuroda sticks to negative rate script

Arrangement of various world currencies including Chinese Yuan, US Dollar, Euro, British Pound, in this picture illustration taken January 25, 2011. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel/Illustration/File Photo The yen was holding strong on Monday in the face of another volle... More »

Gennifer Flowers won`t attend U.S. presidential debate: Pence

Republican vice presidential nominee Mike Pence holds a joint news conference with U.S. House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) (not pictured) following a House Republican party conference meeting in Washington, U.S. September 13, 2016. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst Republica... More »

Ahead of debate, Trump endorsed by some Bush alumni

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump holds a rally with supporters in Roanoke, Virginia, U.S. September 24, 2016. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst Dozens of former appointees of the administration of former President George W. Bush announced their support for Re... More »

Hard-headed: prehistoric Texas reptile boasted bony domed skull

The holotype skull of Triopticus primus is seen during preparation under the microscope at the University of Texas, in Austin, Texas, U.S., in this undated handout photo. Matthew Brown/Handout via REUTERS In a warm, lush region of West Texas crisscrossed with ... More »

City issues subpoena over sinking San Francisco luxury high-rise

Pedestrians inspect cracks near the sinking Millennium Tower in San Francisco, California, U.S. September 14, 2016. REUTERS/Beck Diefenbach San Francisco’s city attorney on Tuesday issued a subpoena to the developers of a luxury condominium high-rise that is t... More »

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Motor racing: Brown steps down from CSM, linked to F1 role

American marketing executive Zak Brown, who has been linked to a role in Formula One after Liberty Media’s takeover, announced on Monday he was stepping down from his current role as head of CSM Sport & Entertainment at the end of the year. More »

Venezuela says OPEC, non-OPEC oil stabilizing deal `close`

Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro (C) attends the 17th Non-Aligned Summit in Porlamar, Venezuela September 18, 2016. Miraflores Palace/Handout via REUTERS Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said on Sunday that OPEC and non-OPEC countries were “close” to re... More »

Florida man sues Samsung, says Galaxy Note 7 exploded

An employee poses for photographs with Samsung Electronics’ Galaxy Note 7 new smartphone at its store in Seoul, South Korea, September 2, 2016. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji/File Photo Samsung Electronics Co (005930.KS) was sued on Friday by a Florida man who said he su... More »

House committee to hold hearing on Wells Fargo sales practices

A Wells Fargo branch is seen in the Chicago suburb of Evanston, Illinois, U.S. on February 10, 2015. REUTERS/Jim Young/File Photo The U.S. House Financial Services Committee has opened a probe into Wells Fargo’s sales practices and plans to call the company’s ... More »

Rolling Stones premiere Cuba concert documentary in Toronto

Keith Richards (2nd R) arrives with his wife Patti Hansen and fellow bandmate Ronnie Wood (L) and his wife Sally Humphreys on the red carpet for the film ‘The Rolling Stones Ole Ole Ole! : A Trip Across Latin America’ during the 41st Toronto International Film... More »

Florida expands Zika zone in Miami Beach after five new cases

Aedes aegypti mosquitoes are seen at the Laboratory of Entomology and Ecology of the Dengue Branch of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in San Juan, Puerto Rico, March 6, 2016. REUTERS/Alvin Baez/File Photo State officials in Florida on Frida... More »

Global fund raises $12.9 billion to fight AIDS, TB and malaria

Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau makes closing remarks to the Fifth Replenishment Conference of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria in Montreal, Quebec, Canada September 17, 2016. REUTERS/Christinne Muschi A global fund has raised ov... More »

Jobless recovery looms for white-collar U.S. oil workers

An oil refinery is seen in Carson, California March 4, 2015. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson Elizabeth Huber lost her job inspecting oilfield pipes nearly 20 months ago and her prospects remain bleak even as oil executives cautiously plot production and budget increase... More »

Short-handed Patriots hang on to defeat Cardinals

Sep 11, 2016- Glendale, AZ, USA- New England Patriots running back LeGarrette Blount (29) runs the ball against the Arizona Cardinals in the second quarter at University of Phoenix Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports Even without their ... More »

Membership in Big Four not of huge interest for Wawrinka

Sep 11, 2016- New York, NY, USA- Stan Wawrinka (SUI) poses with the trophy after his match against Novak Djokovic (SRB) on day fourteen of the 2016 U.S. Open tennis tournament at USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center. Mandatory Credit: Susan Mullane-USA... More »

Philippine revenge drama wins Venice Film Festival`s top prize

Director Lav Diaz (C) poses with actress Charo Santos-Concio (L) and actor John Lloyd Cruz (R) as they attend the photo call for the movie ‘Ang Babaeng Humayo’ (The Woman Who Left) at the 73rd Venice Film Festival in Venice, Italy September 9, 2016. REUTERS/Al... More »

Would-be Reagan assassin released from psychiatric hospital

John Hinckley Jr. arrives at the E. Barrett Prettyman U.S. District Court in Washington D.C. November 19, 2003. REUTERS/Brendan Smialowski/File Photo Would-be presidential assassin John Hinckley Jr. was released from a psychiatric hospital on Saturday, media r... More »

Actor Ewan McGregor admits to nerves in debut as director

Director Ewan McGregor attends a press conference to promote the film American Pastoral at TIFF the Toronto International Film Festival in Toronto, September 10, 2016. REUTERS/Fred Thornhill Scottish actor Ewan McGregor admitted to being “very nervous” about m... More »

Clinton regrets calling `half` of Trump supporters `deplorable`

U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton speaks at a LBGT for Hillary Gala at Cipriani in New York, New York, United States September 9, 2016. REUTERS/Brian Snyder Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton on Saturday said she regretted s... More »

U.S.-Russian crew lands in Kazakhstan after 172 days in space

The Soyuz TMA-20M spacecraft capsule carrying International Space Station (ISS) crew, comprised of Jeff Williams of the U.S. and Oleg Skripochka and Alexey Ovchinin of Russia, lands near the town of Zhezkazgan (Dzhezkazgan), Kazakhstan, September 7, 2016. REUT... More »

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Putin, Obama discuss Syria, Ukraine at G20: Russian agencies

Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Barack Obama discussed the conflicts in Syria and Ukraine at their meeting on the sidelines of the Group of 20 summit in China’s Hangzhou, Russian media cited the Kremlin spokesman as saying on Monday. More »

Former Canadian PM rebukes Trump on NAFTA, predicts his defeat

Former Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney takes part in a ceremony at the Supreme Court of Canada in Ottawa February 10, 2015. REUTERS/Blair Gable Former Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney on Sunday criticized Donald Trump’s potential plan to scrap the... More »

Singapore says confirms 26 more local transmission Zika cases

A worker fogs the drains in the common areas of a public housing estate at an area where locally transmitted Zika cases were discovered in Singapore August 31, 2016. REUTERS/Edgar Su Singapore confirmed 26 more cases of locally transmitted Zika infections, the... More »

Mexican senator to propose anti-Trump expropriation law

U.S. Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump and Mexico’s President Enrique Pena Nieto arrive for a press conference at the Los Pinos residence in Mexico City, Mexico, August 31, 2016. REUTERS/Henry Romero A Mexican senator is proposing legislation to emp... More »

Brazil’s Rousseff ousted by Senate, Temer sworn in

Brazil’s new President Michel Temer attends the presidential inauguration ceremony after Brazil’s Senate removed President Dilma Rousseff in Brasilia, Brazil, August 31, 2016. REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino Brazil’s Senate ousted President Dilma Rousseff on Wednesda... More »

Brazil’s Dilma Rousseff takes stand in impeachment trial

People walk next to an official photo of Brazil’s suspended President Dilma Rousseff, at a camp in support of Rousseff, in Brasilia, Brazil, August 28, 2016. REUTERS/Bruno Kelly Suspended President Dilma Rousseff will make a last stand in Brazil’s Senate on Mo... More »

Trump to give speech on illegal immigration on Wednesday

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump speaks during a Hispanic Small Business Leaders round table meeting at the Trump Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S., August 26, 2016. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri U.S. Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump tweeted on ... More »

Singapore confirms 41 cases of locally transmitted Zika virus

A contractor fogs a condominium garden in Singapore in an effort to kill mosquitoes, September 5, 2013. REUTERS/Tim Wimborne/File Photo Singapore has confirmed 41 cases of locally transmitted Zika virus, mostly among foreign construction workers, and said it e... More »

Mexican singer Juan Gabriel dies of heart attack aged 66

Mexican singer Juan Gabriel performs at the 10th annual Latin Grammy awards in Las Vegas, Nevada November 5, 2009. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni/File Photo Mexican singer Juan Gabriel, a musical icon across Latin America for more than 40 years, died on Sunday of a hea... More »

Trump vows crackdown on immigrants who overstay visas if elected

Republican nominee Donald Trump speaks at ”Joni’s Roast and Ride” in Des Moines, Iowa, U.S., August 27, 2016. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump offered fresh details of how he would tackle illegal immigration on Saturday... More »

Clinton attacks Trump’s outreach to black voters in new ad

Dr. Ben Carson (L) and Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump (C) and Pierry Benjamin (R) attend a round table with the Republican Leadership Initiative at Trump Tower in the Manhattan borough of New York,, U.S., August 25, 2016. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri De... More »

Maine governor apologizes for obscenity-laced voicemail

Maine Governor Paul LePage speaks at the 23rd Annual Energy Trade and Technology Conference in Boston, Massachusetts November 13, 2015. REUTERS/Gretchen Ertl/File Photo Maine Governor Paul LePage apologized on Friday for an obscenity-laced voicemail he left fo... More »

Shooting: Americans miss the mark, Europeans rule the range

By Mary Milliken | RIO DE JANEIRO RIO DE JANEIRO As Italian rifle shooter Niccolo Campriani reveled in his second gold medal in the Olympic Games on Sunday, he paused to express some sadness. For him, the “greatest shooter of the century,” Matt Emmons, had not... More »

Brilliant Van Niekerk smashes 400m world record

By Nick Mulvenney | RIO DE JANEIRO RIO DE JANEIRO South Africa’s Wayde van Niekerk ran the fastest single lap in history to win the Olympic 400 meters gold medal in 43.03 seconds and break Michael Johnson’s 17-year-old world record on Sunday. Running an extrao... More »

Stunning Van Niekerk record offers hope for post-Bolt future

By Nick Mulvenney | RIO DE JANEIRO RIO DE JANEIRO Win or lose, Usain Bolt was always going to dominate the Olympic headlines on Sunday but Wayde van Niekerk offered his embattled sport some hope for the future beyond the Jamaican’s retirement with a stunning w... More »

Briton Murray outlasts Del Potro to land gold

By Joshua Schneyer | RIO DE JANEIRO RIO DE JANEIRO Britain’s Andy Murray beat Argentina’s Juan Martin del Potro 7-5 4-6 6-2 7-5 in a compelling Olympic tennis final on Sunday to become the first player to win two men’s singles gold medals. The world number two... More »

Pokemon craze challenges Rio Games for popularity

By Anthony Boadle | RIO DE JANEIRO RIO DE JANEIRO Forget beach volleyball, soccer or tennis, not to mention the steeplechase or discus. Pokemon Go is challenging the Olympics for most popular game among some young Brazilians. Hundreds of them turned out in a R... More »

Donald Trump is ‘totally nuts,’ says Robert de Niro

SARAJEVO U.S. actor and producer Robert De Niro said on Saturday that U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump should not run for president because he was “totally nuts”. Trump, a billionaire businessman seeking his first public office, has courted ... More »

U.S. declares a Zika public health emergency in Puerto Rico

By Julie Steenhuysen | CHICAGO CHICAGO The Obama administration on Friday declared a public health emergency in the U.S. territory of Puerto Rico, saying the rapid and widespread transmission of the Zika virus threatens the health of infected pregnant women an... More »

Another Zika case reported outside Miami’s transmission zone

CHICAGO Three more people in Florida have tested positive for Zika caused by local mosquitoes, including another person who does not live in the one-square-mile (2.6-square-km) area believed to be the hub of local transmission, state officials said on Friday. ... More »

Swimming: Night of individual firsts in Rio pool

RIO DE JANEIRO First time Olympic winners, including Australian teen Kyle Chalmers in the 100 meters freestyle, plundered three of the four golds in the Rio pool on Wednesday but there was no getting past Katie Ledecky. On a night of novelty, with Mireia Belmo... More »

Cayman Islands reports second locally transmitted Zika infection

GEORGE TOWN Two people have contracted the Zika virus locally in the Cayman Islands, the health department said on Tuesday, bringing the total number infected by the virus in the Caribbean territory to eight. A woman living in Cayman’s capital George Town firs... More »

Ledecky gets third gold, Franklin a first in Rio

RIO DE JANEIRO Freestyle queen Katie Ledecky won her third gold medal of the Rio Olympics by anchoring the U.S. women to victory in the 4×200 metres freestyle relay on Wednesday while struggling Missy Franklin opened her account without being in the water for ... More »

Swimming: Move over Leonidas, here comes Michael Phelps

RIO DE JANEIRO Leonidas of Rhodes would recognize a kindred spirit in Michael Phelps of Baltimore. After 2,160 years of history, give or take a decade, the greatest athlete of ancient Greece is no longer alone on his pedestal. The medal machine that is Phelps ... More »

Swimming: Belmonte wins breakthrough gold for Spain

RIO DE JANEIRO Mireia Belmonte won the 200 meters butterfly on Wednesday to become the first Spanish woman to win an Olympic swimming gold medal. The silver medalist in London four years ago went a step better in Rio with a winning time of two minutes, 4.85 se... More »

‘Life worth more than Pokemon,’ Venezuela gamers told

CARACAS A Pokemon Go player hides his cellphone in the carved out pages of a 19th-century French novel, hoping to avoid criminals on Venezuela’s notoriously dangerous streets. “I’m afraid of insecurity, but I want to be a Pokemon trainer!” said Carlos Reina, a... More »

German foreign minister says Trump dangerous for the world

BERLIN A series of controversial remarks by U.S. Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump show that the world should be concerned if he is elected president, a spokeswoman for German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said on Wednesday. Trump, a bill... More »

LeAnn Rimes returns with new ‘soul-based’ album

LONDON Country music singer LeAnn Rimes says her forthcoming studio album is more spontaneous and organic than her last offering “Spitfire”, describing her new work as “soul-based”. The Grammy Award winner, who rose to fame aged 13 and is known for hits such a... More »

A Minute With: Robert Redford on magical childhood stories

LOS ANGELES Hollywood veteran Robert Redford returns to his childhood love of fantasy stories in “Pete’s Dragon,” a new Disney film about an orphaned boy living in a forest and his friendship with one such creature. The fantasy adventure is a remake of the 197... More »

Swimming : Pool secrets are safe with Omega man

RIO DE JANEIRO Hans Gubler is the man who knows the answers but will never tell, the keeper of secrets as well as time at Rio’s Olympic aquatics center. Gubler is the Omega man, overseeing a ‘nerve-centre’ of timing systems as a privileged insider with access ... More »

Andrew Lloyd Webber brings hit musical ‘Cats’ back to Broadway

NEW YORK “Cats”, composer Andrew Lloyd Webber’s hit musical based on poet T.S. Eliot’s “Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats”, has returned to Broadway after 16 years. The revival show, starring singer Leona Lewis, had its official opening on Sunday at the Neil... More »

Zika will not be issue at Olympics: Rio health official

RIO DE JANEIRO The risk of Zika virus infections at the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro is low and has been overcome, health officials in Brazil said on Sunday, five days before South America’s first Games are due to begin. Rio de Janeiro’s health secretary, D... More »

More locally transmitted Zika in U.S. expected: official

NEW YORK The United States will likely see more cases of local Zika virus transmission going forward, a U.S. health official warned on Sunday, although it is unlikely to turn into a broader situation as seen in Brazil or Puerto Rico. The comments comes after F... More »

Florida cases seen as first sign Zika transmitted locally in U.S

ORLANDO, Fla./MIAMI Florida authorities on Friday reported the first sign of local Zika transmission in the continental United States, concluding that mosquitoes likely infected four people with the virus that can cause a rare but serious birth defect. Governo... More »

Russia has motive, capability and form for U.S. email hack

MOSCOW The Kremlin says it had zero involvement in the hacking of Democratic Party emails while U.S. officials say the hack originated in Russia. We may never know who is right, but one thing is for sure – Russia had motive, capability and form. Seen through K... More »

Meter-wide dinosaur print, one of largest ever, found in Bolivia

SUCRE, Bolivia A footprint measuring over a meter wide that was made by a meat-eating predator some 80 million years ago has been discovered in Bolivia, one of the largest of its kind ever found. The print, which measures 1.2 meters (1.3 yards) across, probabl... More »

Refugees primed to pump up Games feel-good factor

BERLIN When record Olympic champion Michael Phelps and the king of sprinting Usain Bolt resume their hunt for world records and gold medals at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics next month they will not be the only big stories in town. A team of refugees, hand-picked... More »

Democrat Clinton picks Kaine as running mate, bypassing liberals

WASHINGTON/TAMPA, Fla. Hillary Clinton named U.S. Senator Tim Kaine as her running mate on Friday, opting for an experienced governing partner who will help her present the Democratic ticket as a steady alternative to the unpredictable campaign of Republican p... More »

Doctors devise care plan for babies as Zika threat looms in U.S.

CHICAGO As U.S. public health officials try to determine whether Zika has arrived in the country, doctors are establishing guidelines on how to care for the rising number of babies whose mothers were infected with the virus during pregnancy. Florida said it is... More »