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(Reuters) - A report on the origins of COVID-19 by a U.S. government national laboratory concluded the hypothesis claiming the virus leaked from a Chinese lab in Wuhan is plausible and deserves furthe...

LONDON (Reuters) - British retailers reported a big boost in sales in May, after lockdown measures ended the month before and a relaxation of COVID restrictions on hospitality drew more shoppers into ...

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Victoria, Australia's second-most populous state, said new locally acquired cases of COVID-19 fell on Tuesday as residents await whether a snap lockdown imposed in the state capital...

By Fransiska Nangoy TOBOALI, Indonesia (Reuters) - From the shores of Indonesia's Bangka island, miners like Hendra head out by boat every day to scores of crudely built wooden pontoons dotted off the...

By Simon Jessop and Ross Kerber LONDON (Reuters) - A group of 50 investors managing more than $4.5 trillion in assets is calling on companies involved in the development and use of facial recognition ...

DAKAR (Reuters) - The United States stepped up pressure for a peaceful resolution to Cameroon's conflict between state forces and English-speaking rebels on Monday, imposing visa restrictions on indiv...

(Reuters) - USA Water Polo could face a congressional investigation and possible decertification as an Olympic governing body for failing to protect 12 female water polo players from sexual abuse by t...

(Reuters) - A top World Health Organization official said on Monday the WHO cannot compel China to divulge more data on COVID-19's origins, while adding it will propose studies needed to take understa...

SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un convened a meeting of senior officials of the Workers' Party to evaluate and improve the economy in the second half of the year, state media KCNA repo...

By Nelson Renteria SAN SALVADOR (Reuters) - A Salvadoran woman who had served nearly a third of her 30-year prison sentence on charges of terminating her pregnancy and violating El Salvador's harsh ab...