By Humeyra Pamuk and Michelle Nichols WASHINGTON/UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The United States said on Wednesday that establishing an independent Palestinian state should happen through direct negotiations between the parties …
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Diplomats push for progress on Haiti transition as death toll mounts
by Reutersby ReutersBy Sarah Morland (Reuters) – Diplomats at a regional Americas body on Wednesday urged Haitian politicians to move forward with a delayed plan to replace Prime Minister Ariel Henry with …
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US services sector cooling; input price increase slows considerably
by Reutersby ReutersBy Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. services industry growth slowed further in March, while a measure of prices paid by businesses for inputs dropped to a four-year low, which …
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Polish aid worker’s friend remembers ‘hero’ killed in Israeli airstrike in Gaza
by Reutersby ReutersBy Anna Magdalena Lubowicka WARSAW (Reuters) – A friend of the Polish aid worker who was killed in Gaza this week paid tribute on Wednesday to a man he described …
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Israel war cabinet member Gantz calls for September elections amid Gaza assault
by Reutersby ReutersJERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel war cabinet member Benny Gantz called for national elections in September on Wednesday, as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government faces pressure at home and abroad over …
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Bird flu hits Texas dairy cows, hens, human as ducks migrate
by Reutersby ReutersBy Tom Polansek CHICAGO (Reuters) -Migratory waterfowl are to blame for widening avian-flu outbreaks in Texas cows and poultry, and wild birds carrying the virus should be heading north soon, …
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Bodies of foreign aid workers killed in Israeli strike leave Gaza
by Reutersby ReutersBy Nidal al-Mughrabi CAIRO (Reuters) – The bodies of foreign aid workers killed in an Israeli airstrike in Gaza were brought to the crossing with Egypt on Wednesday as international …
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By Essi Lehto and Sergejs Mikusa HELSINKI (Reuters) -A 12-year-old boy who shot and killed a fellow sixth-grader and severely injured two others at a school in Finland has said …
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Russia’s Asian alliances have security consequences, NATO chief warns
by Reutersby ReutersBy John Irish PARIS (Reuters) – North Korea and Iran’s military support to Russia has serious global security consequences that the 32-member NATO alliance cannot ignore, Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg …
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NATO to plan long-term Ukraine aid, mulls 100-billion euro fund
by Reutersby ReutersBy Andrew Gray and John Irish BRUSSELS (Reuters) -NATO allies agreed on Wednesday to initiate planning on long-term military support for Ukraine, but a proposal by NATO Secretary General Jens …
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Palestinian Fatah group says Iran trying to spread chaos in West Bank
by Reutersby ReutersRAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) – The main Palestinian faction in the occupied West Bank on Wednesday accused Iran of trying to spread chaos in its territory and said it would …
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Trump calls migrants ‘animals,’ intensifying focus on illegal immigration
by Reutersby ReutersBy Nathan Layne, Gram Slattery and Tim Reid GREEN BAY, Wisconsin (Reuters) -Donald Trump called immigrants illegally in the United States “animals” and “not human” in a speech in Michigan …
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Turkey gains new wave of female mayors after opposition’s poll success
by Reutersby ReutersBy Burcu Karakas ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Gulistan Sonuk, 31, sailed to election victory in Turkey’s conservative heartland at the weekend, part of a wave of new women mayors who dealt …
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EU condemns attack on Iran’s embassy in Damascus, urges restraint
by Reutersby ReutersBRUSSELS (Reuters) -The European Union on Wednesday condemned an airstrike on the Iranian embassy in Damascus on April 1 that killed seven people and called on countries in the region …
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By Mark Trevelyan (Reuters) -Russia said on Wednesday it had seen a significant jump in the number of men signing contracts to join the military since last month’s deadly attack …
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Many patients of destroyed Gaza hospital will die if not evacuated, WHO chief warns
by Reutersby ReutersGENEVA (Reuters) – The destruction of Al Shifa Hospital in Gaza will require more medical evacuations and ultimately cause more deaths if these are not carried out swiftly, the head …
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Israeli strike on aid workers should not affect ceasefire talks, says White House
by Reutersby ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States does not expect the Israeli strike that killed seven World Central Kitchen workers in Gaza to affect talks on an Israel-Hamas ceasefire and the …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Republican Donald Trump leads President Joe Biden in six battleground states in the 2024 U.S. presidential election, according to a Wall Street Journal poll released on Wednesday …
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Protesters seeking hostages’ release smear paint in Israeli parliament
by Reutersby ReutersJERUSALEM (Reuters) – A group of Israelis demanding their government do more to free hostages held by Hamas in Gaza protested in parliament on Wednesday with some smearing paint on …
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Factbox-What we know so far about the seven aid workers killed in Gaza by Israel
by Reutersby Reuters(Reuters) -An Israeli airstrike on an aid convoy in Gaza on Monday killed seven workers from the charity World Central Kitchen including citizens of Australia, Britain, Poland. Israel said it …
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Analysis-Wall Street gears up for US tax season liquidity test
by Reutersby ReutersBy Davide Barbuscia NEW YORK (Reuters) – Wall Street is bracing for a potential bout of stress in money markets by putting some cash on the side ahead of U.S. …
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(Reuters) – Lottery players across the United States will be scurrying to purchase their Powerball tickets on Wednesday with hopes of striking it rich by winning the whopping $1.09 billion …
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Second channel opens around collapsed Baltimore bridge, but not for shipping
by Reutersby ReutersBy Daniel Trotta (Reuters) – Recovery teams opened a second channel enabling smaller vessels to navigate the Port of Baltimore on Tuesday but most commercial shipping remains blocked by the …
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White House hosts muted Ramadan event as Biden’s Israel policy draws anger
by Reutersby ReutersBy Nandita Bose and Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The White House held a scaled-down iftar dinner on Tuesday to celebrate Islam’s holy month of Ramadan, after some invitees turned the …
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US senator urges Biden to review alleged Nippon Steel ties to China
by Reutersby ReutersBy David Shepardson and Yuka Obayashi WASHINGTON/TOKYO (Reuters) -The head of the U.S. Senate Banking Committee on Tuesday urged the White House to scrutinize the relationship between Nippon Steel and …