SYDNEY (Reuters) – An Indigenous senator in Australia was targeted with threats and racial abuses in a video on social media, just days before the country votes in a referendum …
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By Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden announced on Wednesday that his administration has approved an additional $9 billion in student debt relief for 125,000 borrowers. Biden …
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By David Brunnstrom WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A 45-day stopgap measure passed by the U.S. Congress to avert a government shutdown has left potential funding shortfalls for strategic Pacific island states, …
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TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan issued an advisory for a tsunami of 1 metre for the islands off of Izu peninsula on the eastern coast of the country. The warning followed …
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By Praveen Menon AREYONGA, Australia (Reuters) – In this dusty corner of the Outback, Tarna Andrews sat in the local schoolyard and rolled off a catalogue of problems afflicting her …
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(Reuters) – Striking Hollywood actors and studios will continue their negotiations on Friday, the SAG-AFTRA actors union said on Wednesday. Negotiators for the SAG-AFTRA actors’ union and the Alliance of …
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GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) -Guatemala’s government restarted its presidential transition with representatives of President-elect Bernardo Arevalo, who won a landslide victory in an August run-off election, according to a government statement …
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By Jose Luis Gonzalez and Brendan O’Boyle MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Trucks attempting to enter the United States from Mexico queued for miles on Wednesday amid delays related to record …
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By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Donald Trump’s campaign said on Wednesday it raised over $45.5 million in the third quarter from July to September, nearly 30% higher than it …
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HAVANA (Reuters) -A residential building collapse in the Cuban capital of Havana on Tuesday night has killed at least three people, state media said on Wednesday. The partial collapse of …
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(Reuters) – Ukrainian forces made some headway in their drive southward as part of a gruelling counteroffensive to recapture areas seized by Russia in its 19-month-old invasion of its neighbour, …
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By David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Kevin McCarthy began his wild ride as speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives in a chaotic January week and ended it nine months …
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By David Morgan, Moira Warburton and Makini Brice WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The race to replace ousted House Speaker Kevin McCarthy took shape on Wednesday as Steve Scalise, the chamber’s No. 2 …
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By Niklas Pollard and Ludwig Burger STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – Scientists Moungi Bawendi, Louis Brus and Aleksey Ekimov won the 2023 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for their discovery of tiny clusters …
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DUBAI (Reuters) – An Iranian teenaged girl is in critical condition in hospital, two prominent rights activists told Reuters on Wednesday, after falling into a coma following what they said …
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By Rohith Nair and Daniela Desantis (Reuters) -In a surprise announcement a year earlier than planned FIFA allocated the 2030 World Cup to Morocco, Spain and Portugal on Wednesday but …
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By Ismael Lopez (Reuters) – Nicaraguan electoral authorities barred an Indigenous party that has in the past clashed with President Daniel Ortega, a party official said on Wednesday, leaving the …
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By Jonathan Stempel (Reuters) – Florida sued the Biden administration on Wednesday, accusing it of threatening to withhold more than $800 million of funding for transportation infrastructure because of a …
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CAIRO (Reuters) – Egyptian opposition parties said on Wednesday that people trying to endorse candidates hoping to stand against President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi in an election in December had been …
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(Reuters) – New Mexico’s attorney general has charged a police officer with voluntary manslaughter in the shooting death of a Black nurse during a struggle last year in which police …
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By Radovan Stoklasa SKALITE, Slovakia (Reuters) -Slovakia moved on Wednesday to impose temporary controls on its border with Hungary over a rising number of illegal migrants, after Poland, the Czech …
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By Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Joe Biden expressed fears on Wednesday that U.S. aid to Ukraine could be hurt by congressional chaos and said he will give a …
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By Moira Warburton WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A growing number of moderate Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday called for a change in the rule that allowed eight …
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ISTANBUL (Reuters) -Turkish air forces destroyed 58 targets of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) in northern Iraq since the Kurdish militant group claimed responsibility for a bomb attack near …
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By Ahmed Aboulenein and Michael Erman (Reuters) -Around 4 million Americans received the updated COVID-19 shots in September, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), even …