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Russian President Vladimir Putin signed legislation Thursday de-ratifying an international nuclear weapons treaty. The law withdraws Russia from the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (CTBT), originally signed in 1996 and ratified in 2000. Russian officials have characterized the country’s withdrawal from the treaty as a move toward equality with Western …

Jerome Powell holds a press conference after the U.S. central bank made a decision on interest rates. The Federal Reserve on Wednesday held interest rates steady for the third time this year even as central bankers confront a surprisingly resilient economy and still too-high inflation. The widely expected decision left …

A pregnant woman was aboard a boat of North Korean escapees rescued by South Korean officials last week. The unidentified woman in her 20s was rescued from the same makeshift wooden boat as three others last month. The group was discovered on Oct. 25 in the waters near Sokcho, South …