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By Dawit Endeshaw and Maggie Fick ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) -Attacks by Tigrayan forces in Ethiopia's Afar region have forced more than 54,000 people from their homes, an official said on Thursday, as ten...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Stanislav Pozdnyakov, the head of Russia's Olympic Committee, beamed with pride as he posed alongside his daughter Sofia, a fencer who has arrived in Tokyo to continue the family's O...

BAKU (Reuters) - Azerbaijan extended its quarantine restrictions to limit the spread of COVID-19 until Sept. 1, the government said on Thursday. The restrictions mean the borders of the South Caucasus...

By Pak Yiu and Andrew Bibee TOKYO (Reuters) - More than 160 openly lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer athletes are due to participate in the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, making this year's Games th...

(Reuters) - Following is the text of European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde's statement after the bank's policy meeting on Thursday: Link to statement on ECB website: https://www.ecb.europa...

By Paresh Dave and Jeffrey Dastin (Reuters) - An unprecedented number of people falsifying identities to claim U.S. jobless benefits during the pandemic sparked a surge in government spending to curta...

PEORIA COUNTY, Ill. – The eastbound lane of Rt. 24 near Bartonville was closed Thursday morning due to an overturned semi. Bartonville Assistant Fire Chief Drew Zachman said the truck was carryi...

ALMATY (Reuters) - Uzbekistan said on Thursday there was no legal basis for accepting a U.S. request to temporarily house thousands of Afghans while they await U.S. immigrant visas after having worked...

FRANKFURT, July 22 (Reuters) - The European Central Bankpledged on Thursday to keep interest rates at record lows foreven longer to help sluggish inflation in the euro zone riseback to its elusive 2% ...

BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany plans to declare Spain and the Netherlands COVID-19 high risk areas, meaning that incoming travellers who are not fully vaccinated must quarantine, the Funke group of newspa...