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By Andrea Shalal and Diane Bartz WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Treasury Department on Wednesday flagged concerns about consolidation in the $250 billion annual U.S. alcohol market and outlined reforms it said could boost competition and save consumers…

By Roshan Abraham and Kavya B (Reuters) – Global COVID-19 cases surpassed 400 million on Wednesday, according to a Reuters tally, as the highly contagious Omicron variant dominates the outbreak, pushing health systems in several countries to the brink …

By Anton Zverev DONETSK, Ukraine (Reuters) – Politicians and military sources in Russian-backed breakaway regions of eastern Ukraine say they do not see an imminent risk of full-scale war while attempts are still under way to find a diplomatic solution…

By Gabrielle Tétrault-Farber, Iain Axon and Karolos Grohmann BEIJING (Reuters) – Russia’s 15-year-old figure skating sensation Kamila Valieva giggled with her coaches but turned serious for her own routine as she practiced on Thursday at the Winter Oly…

By Anna Mehler Paperny, Ismail Shakil and Jarrett Renshaw OTTAWA/WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Protesters blocking border crossings between Canada and the United States risk hurting the auto industry, the White House warned on Wednesday as Ottawa urged an end …

BEIJING (Reuters) – The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has answered the question of the whereabouts of Chinese tennis player Peng Shuai after meeting her during the Beijing Olympics, IOC President Thomas Bach said on Wednesday. Former doubles wo…

By Tom Sims, Lawrence White and John O’Donnell FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Amid fears of a Russian invasion of Ukraine, Italy’s UniCredit has backed out of a potential acquisition in Russia and Austria’s Raiffeisen Bank International has set aside risk provi…

SYDNEY (Reuters) – A day after Australia’s Prime Minister Scott Morrison apologised in parliament for the treatment of women who had suffered sexual abuse there, a prominent campaigner said she wanted to see action more than words. Former political sta…

By Gabrielle Tétrault-Farber BEIJING (Reuters) – A Belarusian cross-country skier has fled the country with her family because of fears of reprisals by authorities after she was barred from competition over the family’s political views, she and her fat…

By Jonathan Stempel and Jody Godoy NEW YORK (Reuters) -A former New York Times editorial page editor was put on the defensive on Tuesday in Sarah Palin’s defamation trial against the newspaper over a 2017 editorial that incorrectly linked the former Re…