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BERLIN (Reuters) - German lawmakers on Thursday recognised as genocide crimes committed by Islamic State (IS) militants against minority Yazidis in Iraq in 2014. The jihadist group killed thousands of...

By Jake Spring URUARA, Brazil (Reuters) - Brazil's first raids against illegal deforestation in the Amazon rainforest under President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva were underway on Thursday, after the new...

By Catarina Demony and Pedro Nunes LISBON (Reuters) - Portuguese authorities are evaluating whether surveillance cameras recently installed around the Chinese embassy in Lisbon are legal after local r...

LONDON (Reuters) - The European Court of Human Rights on Thursday requested a response from the British government to a legal claim brought by three lawmakers who accuse it of failing to properly inve...

WASHINGTON, Ill. — Water main repairs near Washington Community High School have cancelled classes at the school on Thursday. District Superintendent Kyle Freeman says the closure affects only t...

LONDON (Reuters) - A German remake of the anti-war classic "All Quiet On The Western Front" led nominations for the British Academy Film Awards on Thursday, overtaking other award season favourites wi...

MELBOURNE (Reuters) - American Michael Mmoh is afraid he will wake up and realise his run to the Australian Open third round was just a dream. Two days ago the 25-year-old American was watching an NFL...

MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Novak Djokovic had to dig deep at times against French qualifier Enzo Couacaud but rolled into the third round 6-1 6-7(5) 6-2 6-0 on Thursday to continue his quest for a 10th Aus...

By Victoria Waldersee HALLE, Germany (Reuters) - Tesla's German Gruenheide plant still has some ramping up to do, the economy minister of the state the factory is located in said on Thursday, adding t...

(Reuters) -Tide detergent maker Procter & Gamble Co raised its full-year sales forecast on Thursday on the back of increased prices, even as it warned of high commodity costs pressuring profits. P&G, ...