By Brad Brooks (Reuters) – The collapse of Baltimore’s Key Bridge has highlighted what engineers say is an urgent need to better protect the piers holding up spans over shipping …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The White House on Thursday dismissed as “nonsense” Russia’s charge of Ukraine’s involvement in last week’s attack on Moscow’s Crocus City concert hall that claimed more than …
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By David Shepardson NEW YORK (Reuters) – Automakers face “daunting” government regulations to sell half of new vehicles by 2030 as electric or plug-in hybrids despite a U.S. decision to …
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LONDON (Reuters) -Britannia, the insurer of container ship the Dali, is working with the vessel’s owner and U.S. authorities on the investigation into the collapse of Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key …
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By David Shepardson NEW YORK (Reuters) – The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) board voted on Wednesday to approve the toll rates for Manhattan’s congestion pricing program, the first of its …
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By David Shepardson (Reuters) – The White House said Thursday it is requiring federal agencies using artificial intelligence to adopt “concrete safeguards” by Dec. 1 to protect Americans’ rights and …
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By Nandita Bose WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The White House on Thursday announced new standards for collecting federal data on race and ethnicity, a decision that will touch organizations that receive …
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By Michael Martina, Michael Erman and Karen Freifeld (Reuters) -U.S. intelligence officials in late February told senators working on a biotech security bill that Chinese pharmaceutical firm WuXi AppTec had …
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(This March 27 story has been refiled to change reference from ‘exchange of prisoners’ to ‘exchange of hostages for prisoners,’ in paragraph 21) By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Ahmed Zakot (Reuters) …
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By Emma Farge GENEVA (Reuters) – Difficulties getting Israeli permission for foreign staff to work in Israel and the Palestinian territories are hampering efforts to get aid into war-shattered Gaza …
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(Reuters) – U.S. consumer sentiment rose unexpectedly in March to the highest in nearly three years thanks in part to growing confidence that inflation will keep softening. The University of …
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By Emma Rumney LONDON (Reuters) – European governments are weighing the introduction of tougher rules on cigarette makers’ new zero-tobacco heat sticks, moving to close the loopholes they were designed …
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MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian artist Alyona Kazinskaya likes to fill her social media feed with cheerful messages and vivid floral paintings. For 30 minutes last Friday night, it turned into …
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By Amina Niasse (Reuters) – Pending home sales in the U.S. rose 1.6% in February, spurred by modest inventory increases and job gains, a report on Thursday said. The National …
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By Neil Jerome Morales and Yew Lun Tian MANILA/BEIJING (Reuters) -The Philippines will implement countermeasures against “illegal, coercive, aggressive, and dangerous attacks” by China’s coastguard, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said …
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MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russia has no designs on any NATO country and will not attack Poland, the Baltic states or the Czech Republic but if the West supplies F-16 fighters to …
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By Wa Lone and Nivedita Balu NIAGARA FALLS, Ontario (Reuters) – From vintage train rides costing almost $4,000 per person to hotel rooms listed at $1,600 a night, businesses in …
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By Estelle Shirbon and Pola Grzanka (Reuters) – Israeli soldiers have been posting photos and videos of themselves toying with lingerie found in Palestinian homes, creating a dissonant visual record …
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MOSCOW (Reuters) -The Kremlin said on Thursday complete silence was needed when it came to discussions about possible prisoner exchanges involving Evan Gershkovich, a Wall Street Journal reporter arrested in …
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By Gabriella Borter BALTIMORE (Reuters) -The pilot of the cargo freighter that knocked down a highway bridge into Baltimore Harbor had radioed for tugboat help and reported a power loss …
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By Diana Novak Jones (Reuters) – The owner, operator and charterer of the container ship that struck Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge on Tuesday are likely to face lawsuits over …
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By Stephanie Kelly and Moira Warburton NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden’s campaign has pulled in more money ahead of November’s election than that of his Republican rival …
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By Paritosh Bansal (Reuters) -The Fed is close to delivering a rare soft landing for the U.S. economy but it faces yet another fraught challenge: reducing cash in the financial …
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By Jarrett Renshaw (Reuters) – The Biden administration on Thursday will finalize a rule aimed at cracking down on short-term health insurance plans and surprise medical bills, the latest steps …
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MOSCOW/SEOUL (Reuters) -President Vladimir Putin’s foreign intelligence chief paid a visit to North Korea this week to deepen bilateral cooperation between Moscow and Pyongyang and discuss broader regional security, Russia’s …