By Alistair Smout and Kanishka Singh LONDON/WASHINGTON (Reuters) -British Foreign Minister David Cameron will meet Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Tuesday during his U.S. trip and press lawmakers in …
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By Daniel Trotta (Reuters) – The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics on Monday banned transgender women from competing in women’s sports, taking a more hardline stance than other athletic bodies …
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Anger boils over for some amid record floods in Russia’s Urals
by Reutersby ReutersBy Guy Faulconbridge MOSCOW (Reuters) -At least 100 Russians asked for help from President Vladimir Putin on Monday in a city struck by the worst flooding ever recorded, chanting “shame …
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By Stephen Culp NEW YORK (Reuters) -U.S. stocks were essentially unchanged at the close of a choppy session on Monday, with a solar eclipse offering distraction ahead of crucial inflation …
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Senate Republican leader backs legislation to force Chinese divestment of TikTok
by Reutersby ReutersBy David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell on Monday called for legislation to force TikTok’s parent company, China’s ByteDance, to divest the short video app used …
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Ecuador ex-Vice President Glas taken to hospital -prison agency
by Reutersby ReutersQUITO (Reuters) – Ecuador’s former vice president Jorge Glas was taken to a hospital in Guayaquil on Monday, the SNAI prison agency said in a statement, due to apparently becoming …
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US says SK Battery faces $77,200 in fines over employee health hazards
by Reutersby ReutersBy David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Labor Department said on Monday that SK Battery America faces $77,200 in fines for five serious safety violations after workers in Georgia suffered …
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By Manuel Mucari MAPUTO (Reuters) -More than 100 people died after a ferry boat sank off the northern coast of Mozambique, President Filipe Nyusi said on Monday, and almost 20 …
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Pelosi joins call for Biden to stop transfer of US weapons to Israel
by Reutersby ReutersBy Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Representative Nancy Pelosi, former House speaker and a key ally of Joe Biden, signed a letter on Friday from dozens of congressional Democrats to the …
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Loss of engine cover on Southwest Boeing 737-800 prompts FAA investigation
by Reutersby ReutersBy David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – An engine cover on a Southwest Airlines Boeing 737-800 fell off on Sunday during takeoff in Denver and struck the wing flap, prompting the …
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US Coast Guard gives all clear after Louisiana spill response
by Reutersby Reuters(Reuters) – The Unified Command completed a line integrity test on the Main Pass Oil Gathering (MPOG) company’s pipeline system near Plaquemines Parish, southeast of New Orleans, the U.S. Coast …
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NEW YORK (Reuters) – A New York appellate judge on Monday denied Donald Trump’s bid to delay his April 15 criminal trial on charges stemming from hush money paid to …
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Canada spies found China interfered in last two elections, probe hears
by Reutersby ReutersBy David Ljunggren OTTAWA (Reuters) – Canada’s domestic spy agency concluded that China interfered in the last two elections, an official probe heard on Monday, the firmest evidence so far …
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Iran’s Foreign Minister inaugurates new site for consular services in Damascus
by Reutersby ReutersDAMASCUS (Reuters) -Iran’s Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian inaugurated a new site for Iranian consular services in the Syrian capital on Monday, Syrian state media reported, in a building near the …
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Explainer-What military support does the US provide to Israel?
by Reutersby ReutersBy Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza has prompted calls for Washington to put conditions on the billions of dollars in military funding and other assistance …
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Gaza truce talks still deadlocked, Netanyahu sets date for offensive
by Reutersby ReutersBy Nidal al-Mughrabi and Ahmed Mohamed Hassan CAIRO (Reuters) -Hamas rejected an Israeli ceasefire proposal made at talks in Cairo, a senior Hamas official said on Monday, and Israeli Prime …
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Stocks rise slightly as oil cools; Treasury yields touch 4-month high
by Reutersby ReutersBy Sinéad Carew and Harry Robertson NEW YORK/LONDON (Reuters) -Equity indexes rose slightly on Monday as U.S. bond yields hit their highest levels since late November and investors continued to …
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Analysis-If you can’t beat ’em? European politicians embrace TikTok despite security fears
by Reutersby ReutersBy Andreas Rinke, Matthias Williams BERLIN/LONDON (Reuters) -When Simon Harris became Ireland’s prime minister-in-waiting in March, he turned to a favoured platform to express himself: TikTok. In a video with …
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Actor Jonathan Majors avoids jail after domestic violence conviction
by Reutersby ReutersBy Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) -Jonathan Majors, a fast-rising Hollywood star before domestic violence charges derailed his career, avoided jail and was sentenced to one year of domestic-violence counseling …
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‘Top Gun: Maverick’ lawsuit against Paramount rejected by US judge
by Reutersby ReutersBy Jonathan Stempel (Reuters) -Paramount Pictures has won the dismissal of a lawsuit claiming its 2022 Tom Cruise blockbuster “Top Gun: Maverick” borrowed too much from a 1983 magazine article …
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Israel opposition leader, in Washington, calls hostage deal hard but ‘doable’
by Reutersby ReutersBy Simon Lewis WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A deal to release hostages held in Gaza is difficult but “doable”, Israeli opposition leader Yair Lapid said on Monday after he and U.S. …
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Biden to host Japan’s Kishida, Philippines’ Marcos as security fears mount
by Reutersby ReutersBy David Brunnstrom and Trevor Hunnicutt WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden hosts the leaders of Japan and the Philippines this week to boost economic and defense ties as the …
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Gaza family clings to destroyed home after Israeli withdrawal
by Reutersby ReutersBy Doaa Rouqa GAZA (Reuters) – When Israeli forces withdrew from Khan Younis, the Al-Najjar family braced for the worst before returning to the southern Gaza city where their house …
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White House presses Israel to allow more aid trucks into Gaza
by Reutersby ReutersBy Andrea Shalal and Doina Chiacu WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The White House welcomed on Monday the arrival on Sunday of more than 300 aid trucks in Gaza, but said it …
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UN Security Council refers Palestinian application to become full UN member to committee
by Reutersby ReutersBy Daphne Psaledakis (Reuters) -The United Nations Security Council president on Monday referred the Palestinian Authority’s application to become a full member of the world body to the committee on …