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Hawaii volcano spews 6 mile-high plume of ash, could blow again
PAHOA, Hawaii (Reuters) - Hawaii's Kilauea volcano spewed ash nearly six miles (9 km) into the sky on Thursday and scientists warned this could be the first in a string of more violent explosive eruptions with the next possibly occurring within...
In Congo outbreak, Ebola vaccine faces reality tests
LONDON (Reuters) - An experimental Ebola vaccine to be deployed in an outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo has conquered some major scientific hurdles in giving high protection, but it now faces extreme real-world tests including heat, humidity,...
North Korea 'declines' South Korea media for nuclear site event; China urges 'stability'
SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea has declined to accept a list of South Korean journalists hoping to observe the closure of its nuclear test site, South Korea said on Friday, raising new questions about the North's commitment to reducing tension.
Dollar and oil pause ascent, bonds and gold lick wounds
LONDON (Reuters) - Calm returned to world markets on Friday after a rollercoaster week that has seen oil break $80 a barrel, government borrowing costs jump and emerging markets battered by a pumped-up dollar.
Harry and Meghan's cake will break with tradition, says royal wedding baker
LONDON (Reuters) - Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's wedding cake has taken six bakers five days to prepare and breaks with tradition, according to its designer Claire Ptak.
Cannes' swankiest party goes ahead without 'driving force' Weinstein
CAP D'ANTIBES, France (Reuters) - Stars, models and the super-rich gathered on the French Riviera on Thursday for a charity dinner considered the most glamorous night of the Cannes Film Festival, but there was one notable absence: Harvey Weinste...
Britain's Prince Charles to walk Meghan Markle down the aisle at royal wedding
WINDSOR, England (Reuters) - Prince Charles, the heir to the British throne, will walk Meghan Markle down the aisle at her glittering wedding to his son Prince Harry on Saturday after her own father had to pull out because of ill health.
Asia stocks steady as markets eye U.S.-China trade talks, dollar elevated
TOKYO (Reuters) - Asian stocks were steady on Friday amid caution over developments in U.S.-China trade negotiations, while the dollar perched near a five-month peak after the benchmark U.S. Treasury yield hit its highest in seven years.
U.S. ends practice that gave some immigrants reprieves from deportation
NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Thursday barred immigration judges from a once-common practice of shelving deportation cases involving some immigrants with deep ties to the United States.
Some Republicans see progress on 'Dreamer' immigration deal
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republicans in the U.S. Congress who are pushing for action on immigration legislation said on Thursday they were getting closer to an agreement on a bill that President Donald Trump could support.
Exclusive: Manafort's former son-in-law cuts plea deal, to cooperate with government - sources
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The former son-in-law of Paul Manafort, the one-time chairman of President Donald Trump's campaign, has cut a plea deal with the Justice Department that requires him to cooperate with other criminal probes, two people with k...
U.S. Senate confirms Haspel to be first woman CIA director
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate confirmed Gina Haspel on Thursday to be director of the CIA, ending a bruising confirmation fight centered on her ties to the spy agency's past use of waterboarding and other brutal interrogation techniques...
Syria's Assad flies to Russia for talks with Putin: Kremlin
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad flew to Russian leader Vladimir Putin's summer residence on the Black Sea for talks on Thursday about the Syrian conflict, the Kremlin said, a visit that underscored Moscow's status as Ass...
Trump seeks to placate North Korea's Kim over uncertain summit
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump sought on Thursday to placate North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un after Pyongyang threatened to scrap an unprecedented summit, saying Kim's security would be guaranteed in any deal and his cou...
U.S., China launch trade talks to avert tariff war, economic damage
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States and China launch a second round of trade talks on Thursday to try to avert a damaging tariff war, with the Trump administration demanding a $200 billion cut in China's U.S. trade surplus and greater prote...
Ash fallout' alert after Hawaii volcano erupts in 30,000-foot plume
PAHOA, Hawaii (Reuters) - An explosive eruption spewed ash 30,000 feet (9,144 meters) into the air above Hawaii's Kilauea volcano on Thursday and residents of the Big Island were warned to take shelter as the plume engulfed a wide area, authorit...
NY appeals court rejects Trump bid to halt defamation lawsuit
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A New York state appeals court on Thursday rejected U.S. President Donald Trump's bid to halt a defamation lawsuit by a former contestant on his reality TV show "The Apprentice" who accused him of making unwanted s...
Mueller's office files unredacted memo outlining scope of Russia probe: filing
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Special Counsel Robert Mueller's office notified a federal court in Virginia on Thursday it had filed under seal an unredacted memorandum that is expected to shed light on the scope of his wide-ranging probe into Russian i...
North Korea says won't hold talks with 'incompetent' South unless differences settled
SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea's chief negotiator called the South Korean government "ignorant and incompetent" on Thursday, denounced U.S.-South Korean air combat drills and threatened to halt all talks with the South unless its demand...
Roche says has had no contact with Trump lawyer Cohen
ZURICH (Reuters) - Roche has had no contact with U.S. President Donald Trump's personal attorney Michael Cohen, the Swiss pharmaceuticals maker's Chief Executive said on Thursday.