For Turkish performer, drag is a political act
By Dilara Senkaya and Burcu Karakas ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Ilker Yazici - stage name Miss Putka - was in secondary school when he discovered he was gay. There he met LGBT advocacy groups and joined street protests in Turkey's capital Ankara to defend...
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Paul Auster, US author of The New York Trilogy, dies aged 77
(Reuters) - U.S. novelist and screenwriter Paul Auster died of complications from lung cancer at his home in Brooklyn on Tuesday evening aged 77, the New York Times reported, citing friend and author Jacki Lyden. The New Jersey-born writer was know...
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Evacuation continues following Indonesia's Ruang volcano eruption
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Hundreds residents of Indonesia's Tagulandang island were waiting at the island's port to be evacuated on Wednesday, footage from National Search and Rescue Agency showed, while grey smoke continued to erupt from Ruang volcano. ...
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El Nino, water management issues blamed for snarling Panama Canal
By Jake Spring SAO PAULO (Reuters) - The El Nino climate phenomenon, not climate change, drove lower rainfall last year that reduced the Panama Canal's water levels and contributed to shipping restrictions that disrupted global trade, a study relea...
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Australia grants feasibility licences for offshore wind farms
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia on Wednesday gave the go-ahead for six projects to study the feasibility of building wind farms in waters off its southern coast as it looks to ramp up renewable energy to meet its net zero emission target by 2050. Six ...
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Extreme heat is closing schools, widening learning gaps worldwide
By Gloria Dickie and Ruma Paul (Reuters) - Hena Khan, a grade nine student in Dhaka, has struggled to focus on her studies this week as temperatures surpassed 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit) in the capital city. "There is no real educat...
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California's population grew in 2023 for first time since 2020
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The population of California grew last year for the first time since 2020, thanks to a drop in mortality and a rebound in legal foreign immigration, the state's Department of Finance said on Tuesday. The population rose by 6...
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Instant view: Biden administration plans to reclassify marijuana
(Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department on Tuesday moved to make marijuana use a less serious federal crime, taking a step to reclassify the drug out of a category that includes heroin in a shift that, once completed, would shake up cannabis policy...
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First trial over Zantac cancer claims set to begin in Chicago
By Brendan Pierson (Reuters) - The first trial over claims that blockbuster heartburn drug Zantac, once sold by GSK and other companies, causes cancer is set to begin this week in Chicago. Jury selection began on Tuesday before Judge Daniel Trevino...
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Biden administration takes step to make marijuana use a less serious crime
(Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Justice on Tuesday moved to make marijuana use a less serious crime, a source familiar with the matter said. If finalized, the policy change could potentially be the biggest shift in federal cannabis policy in 40 ...
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North Carolina police examine whether multiple shooters involved in killing of four officers
By Katharine Jackson (Reuters) - Police in Charlotte, North Carolina, said on Tuesday they were investigating whether more than one shooter opened fire a day earlier in the gun battle that killed four law enforcement officers who were trying to ser...
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US newspapers sue OpenAI for copyright infringement over AI training
By Blake Brittain (Reuters) - A group of newspapers, including the New York Daily News and Chicago Tribune, sued Microsoft and OpenAI in New York federal court on Tuesday, accusing them of misusing reporters' work to train their generative artifici...
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Bracing for shallow Fed easing, bond investors take the middle of the curve road
By Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss NEW YORK (Reuters) - Bond investors are selectively adding longer-dated maturities to their portfolios on bets the Federal Reserve will delay cutting interest rates and reduce them at a slower pace than in previous easin...
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Families of Americans held abroad want more help, information
By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Families of Americans still detained in foreign countries despite recent prisoner swaps arranged by the Biden administration pleaded on Tuesday at least for more information about their loved ones, while ...
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Breast cancer screening should begin at age 40, U.S. panel says
By Amina Niasse NEW YORK (Reuters) - Women at average risk for breast cancer should get screening mammograms every other year starting at age 40, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) said on Tuesday, cementing insurance coverage for the...
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US Supreme Court won't halt Texas age verification for online porn
By Andrew Chung (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court declined on Tuesday to block a Texas law requiring online age verification in order to access pornographic websites in a case pitting the Republican-led state's effort to keep adult content away fr...
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US State Dept reduces arms licensing burden for UK, Australia to boost AUKUS
By Mike Stone WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. State Department unveiled its proposal to reduce licensing requirements for transferring military equipment and sensitive technology to Australia and Britain as part of the AUKUS defense project. AUKUS,...
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White House denounces takeover of campus building as protests escalate
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House denounced non-peaceful efforts to protest the war in Gaza on Tuesday as students at Columbia University occupied a campus building, saying it was "the wrong approach." White House spokesman John Kirby said the...
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Factbox-Columbia building barricaded by students has long history of occupation
By Joseph Ax (Reuters) - The building that Columbia University protesters seized early on Tuesday morning, Hamilton Hall, has a history of student takeovers over the decades. The current demonstration on the Ivy League campus in Manhattan echoes th...
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U.S. House Democrats will not support a motion to eject Speaker Mike Johnson, leadership says
By Moira Warburton WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. House Democrats will not support a proposed motion to eject Republican Speaker Mike Johnson if it comes to a vote, Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries said in a statement on Tuesday. (Reporting by Moira W...
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Australian researchers eye sustainable aviation fuel from landfill gases
By James Redmayne SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australian researchers have developed a chemical process that could produce sustainable aviation fuel from landfill gases as a way of cutting carbon emissions, they said on Wednesday. The global aviation industr...
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US consumer confidence deteriorates in April
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. consumer confidence deteriorated in April, falling to its lowest level in more than 1-1/2 years amid worries about the labor market and income, a survey showed on Tuesday. The Conference Board said that its consumer conf...
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Cocoa prices slump 20% in two days amid record low liquidity
By Maytaal Angel LONDON (Reuters) - World cocoa prices headed for falls of around 20% in two days on Tuesday as technical triggers prevailed thanks to record low liquidity, with even hedge funds having largely exited the market during its breathtak...
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Pro-Palestinian protesters occupy building at Columbia University - CNN
(Reuters) - Pro-Palestinian protesters at Columbia University were occupying a building on the New York City campus on Tuesday as officials limited access to students who live there and essential employees. The protesters who were occupying Hamilto...
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Trump does not rule out building detention camps for mass deportations
By Tim Reid WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump does not rule out building detention camps on U.S. soil for migrants in the country illegally if he wins a second White House term, he told Time magazine in an interv...
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