By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. House of Representatives will have its long-awaited vote on aid for Ukraine, Israel and the Indo-Pacific as soon as Saturday, Republican Speaker Mike …
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WARSAW (Reuters) -Polish President Andrzej Duda said he met privately with former U.S. President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump during his visit to New York on Wednesday. The Trump …
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Exclusive-Donald Trump mulls middle-class tax cut as he eyes return to office
by Reutersby ReutersBy Gram Slattery WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has indicated to advisers he is keen on a new middle-class tax cut should he return to the …
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Analysis-Gun-shy Australia, reeling from knife crime, weighs public security settings
by Reutersby ReutersBy Byron Kaye SYDNEY (Reuters) -Two stabbing attacks in Sydney which killed six people and injured shoppers and a Assyrian bishop during his service have shocked Australians and sparked calls …
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Microsoft finds Russian influence operations targeting U.S. election have begun
by Reutersby ReutersSAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Microsoft said on Wednesday that Russian online campaigns to influence the upcoming U.S. presidential election kicked into gear over the past 45 days, but at a …
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Yellen calls Republican delays in approving Ukraine aid inexcusable
by Reutersby ReutersBy Andrea Shalal and David Lawder WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Wednesday underscored the Biden administration’s commitment to provide Ukraine with the budgetary and military assistance it …
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First law protecting consumers’ brainwaves signed by Colorado governor
by Reutersby ReutersBy Brad Brooks (Reuters) – Colorado Governor Jared Polis on Wednesday signed into law the first measure passed in the U.S. that aims to protect the data found in a …
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G7 finance leaders pledge cooperation on Iran sanctions, frozen Russian assets
by Reutersby ReutersBy David Lawder and Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Finance leaders from the Group of Seven industrial democracies on Wednesday condemned Iran’s attack on Israel and pledged to continue work on …
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By Felix Light TBILISI (Reuters) -Georgia’s parliament gave initial approval on Wednesday to a bill on “foreign agents” that the European Union said risked blocking the country’s path to membership …
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Trump hush money prosecutors seek to ask about fraud, E. Jean Carroll
by Reutersby ReutersBy Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) -Prosecutors on Donald Trump’s criminal hush money trial want to ask the former U.S. president about civil cases in which he was found liable …
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UNRWA chief warns man-made famine tightening grip across Gaza
by Reutersby ReutersBy Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – A man-made famine is “tightening its grip” across the Gaza Strip, the head of the United Nations Palestinian refugee agency UNRWA warned on …
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By Chuck Mikolajczak NEW YORK (Reuters) -U.S. stocks fell in choppy trading on Wednesday as investors assessed the Federal Reserve’s interest rate stance and a batch of soft earnings early …
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Trump’s ex-fixer Michael Cohen to be key witness in hush money criminal trial
by Reutersby ReutersBy Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) – Michael Cohen, who once said he would take a bullet for Donald Trump, is now poised to serve as a star prosecution witness …
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US to reimpose oil sanctions on Venezuela over election concerns
by Reutersby ReutersBy Matt Spetalnick, Daphne Psaledakis and Marianna Parraga WASHINGTON/HOUSTON (Reuters) -The Biden administration said it would not renew a license set to expire early on Thursday that had broadly eased …
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Exclusive-US plans to restore tariffs on dominant solar technology, sources say
by Reutersby ReutersBy Nichola Groom and Jarrett Renshaw (Reuters) -The Biden administration is expected to grant a request by South Korea’s Hanwha Qcells to reverse a two-year-old trade exemption that has allowed …
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Israel will defend itself, Netanyahu says, as West calls for restraint
by Reutersby ReutersBy James Mackenzie and Nidal al-Mughrabi JERUSALEM/CAIRO (Reuters) -Israel will make its own decisions about how to defend itself, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday, as Western countries pleaded …
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Ukraine says Russia steps up illegal use of tear gas to clear trenches
by Reutersby ReutersBy Felix Hoske, Anastasiia Malenko and Sofiia Gatilova KYIV/DONETSK REGION, Ukraine (Reuters) – The Ukrainian infantryman, call sign “Ray”, said he quickly pulled on his gas mask after a Russian …
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UN Security Council to vote Friday on Palestinian UN membership
by Reutersby ReutersBy Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) -The United Nations Security Council is scheduled to vote Friday on a Palestinian request for full U.N. membership, said diplomats, a move that Israel …
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Biden says uncle shot down over area populated by cannibals in World War Two
by Reutersby ReutersPITTSBURGH (Reuters) – President Joe Biden on Wednesday raised the possibility that an uncle who served in the Pacific campaign during World War Two might have fallen victim to cannibals …
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LONDON (Reuters) -Britain’s upper house of parliament rejected for a fourth time a piece of legislation needed to enable Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda, …
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Biden pushes higher Chinese metals tariffs in ‘Steel City’ Pittsburgh
by Reutersby ReutersBy Trevor Hunnicutt, Steve Holland and David Lawder WASHINGTON/PITTSBURGH (Reuters) -President Joe Biden on Wednesday called for sharply higher U.S. tariffs on Chinese metal products as part of a package …
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US economic activity expanded slightly in recent weeks, Fed says
by Reutersby Reuters(Reuters) -U.S. economic activity expanded slightly from late February through early April and firms signaled they expect inflation pressures to hold steady, a Federal Reserve survey showed on Wednesday, continuing …
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US, Italy agree to work together to counter spread of misinformation
by Reutersby ReutersBy Angelo Amante CAPRI, Italy (Reuters) – The United States and Italy agreed on Wednesday to coordinate efforts to counter the spread of misinformation and fake news articles by foreign …
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European court rules drug lord Pablo Escobar’s name cannot be trademarked
by Reutersby ReutersBy Julia Payne BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The name of late Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar cannot be registered as an EU trade mark, the European Court of Justice ruled on …
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Exclusive-Thousands of frozen Gaza IVF embryos destroyed by Israeli strike
by Reutersby ReutersBy Saleh Salem, Imad Creidi and Andrew Mills (Reuters) -When an Israeli shell struck Gaza’s largest fertility clinic in December, the explosion blasted the lids off five liquid nitrogen tanks …