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In an election that came down to which party turned off voters the least, it was another bad national showing for the G.O.P.

By Nandita Bose and Simon Lewis NUSA DUA, Indonesia (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden said on Monday he told Chinese President Xi Jinping that Beijing has an obligation to try to talk North Korea out of conducting a seventh nuclear

Sam Bankman-Fried received huge plaudits and superstar status as the head of cryptocurrency exchange FTX. Now the comments aren’t so kind after FTX filed for bankruptcy protection.

Officials say a fatal shooting at a University of Virginia parking garage killed three people wounded two others and sent police on a manhunt Monday in search of a student suspected in the attack.

The singer and entrepreneur famously has used her success to help others, especially in areas of education. The gift matches two by Bezos last year to chef Jose Andrés and activist Van Jones. (Image credit: Valerie Macon/AFP via Getty Images)

The president feels buoyant after the better-than-expected midterms. But as he nears his 80th birthday, he confronts a decision on whether to run in 2024 that has some Democrats uncomfortable.

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The future of the island remains the issue most likely to plunge U.S.-China relations into crisis, even war.

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday handed out the first Mother Heroine awards since bringing back the Soviet-era title for women with more than ten children. Among those awarded was Medni Kadyrova, the wife of Putin’s Chechen ally Ramzan Kadyrov.

Joan Strassmann can rattle off trivia about birds as quickly as a Peregrine falcon can blast through the sky. Did you know that Northern flickers coax their young to leave their nests by continuously shrieking? That American coots sometimes sneak