By Alexandra Valencia QUITO (Reuters) -Ecuador’s former Vice President Jorge Glas attempted suicide earlier this week and is now on a hunger strike at a prison in Guayaquil to protest …
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By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A former Cornell University student has pleaded guilty to posting online threats, including of death and violence, against Jewish students on campus, the U.S. …
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QUITO (Reuters) – Ecuador’s former vice president Jorge Glas was taken to hospital earlier this week following a suicide attempt, former President Rafael Correa said in a message on X …
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By Sinéad Carew and Alun John NEW YORK/LONDON (Reuters) – Treasury yields surged while equity indexes sank on Wednesday after data showed U.S. consumer prices rose more than expected in …
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By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) -A New York appeals judge on Wednesday denied Donald Trump’s third last-ditch attempt this week to delay his April 15 criminal trial on charges …
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By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said on Wednesday it was opening an investigation into a March 3 fatal crash between a Ford …
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Analysis-After issuing factory capacity warning to China, Yellen faces tariff decisions
By David Lawder BEIJING (Reuters) -U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen hammered home a stern warning to China’s economic leaders that their overinvestment in factory capacity for clean energy goods is …
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By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The chair of the U.S. Senate Commerce Committee said on Wednesday that lawmakers could extend to one year a proposed deadline to force TikTok’s …
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By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump thinks it is not appropriate for him to visit Ukraine right now since he does not hold office, his …
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By Valerie Volcovici WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday announced its first-ever drinking water standard to protect people against toxic “forever chemicals” found in many household …
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By Raphael Satter, Moira Warburton and David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A modest overhaul of a controversial U.S. surveillance program foundered in the House of Representatives on Wednesday after Democratic and …
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By Nidal al-Mughrabi CAIRO (Reuters) -Three sons of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh were killed in an Israeli airstrike in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, the Palestinian Islamist group and Haniyeh’s …
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By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. consumer prices increased more than expected in March as Americans continued to pay more for gasoline and rental housing, leading financial markets to …
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NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. electricity and gasoline prices increased sharply in March, with electricity up 0.9% and gasoline up 1.7%, leading the energy sector to far outpace broader inflation …
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LONDON (Reuters) – Britain will hold regular joint military exercises in the Indo-Pacific with the United States and Japan from 2025, seeking to boost security in the region, the British …
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BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Argentina’s government has circulated a pared back version of its sprawling omnibus reform bill to lawmakers and governors after Congress rejected it earlier this year, a …
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By Brendan O’Brien (Reuters) – Six white former Mississippi law enforcement officers received sentences ranging from 10 to 45 years in prison on Wednesday on state charges for their roles …
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By Ted Hesson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden is weighing whether he has the legal authority to block migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border since Republicans have refused to pass …
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(Reuters) – The U.S. federal budget deficit shrank in March from a year earlier as outlays dropped and receipts rose with the annual tax-filing season well underway, the U.S. Treasury …
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By Clark Mindock and Rod Nickel (Reuters) -The Biden administration has urged a U.S. appeals court to tell a lower court to rethink its order that would require Canadian operator …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida promised a “new era” of U.S.-Japan strategic cooperation on Wednesday, laying out a series of projects from …
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US airlines seek FAA extension of New York minimum flight requirements cuts -letter
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Major U.S. airlines are asking the Biden administration to extend cuts to minimum flight requirements at congested New York City-area airports through October 2025, citing …
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CAIRO (Reuters) -Yemen’s Houthis said on Wednesday they targeted four vessels, including what they described as a U.S. warship, with drones and naval missiles in the Gulf of Aden, part …
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By Mohammad Salem GAZA (Reuters) – Palestinians visited the graves of loved ones killed in the Gaza war and prayed beside the wreckage of a mosque and in shattered streets …
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By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. prosecutors asked a federal judge on Wednesday to delay the corruption trial of New Jersey Senator Bob Menendez and his wife by …