Biden faces tough balancing act as campus protests over Gaza escalate
By Trevor Hunnicutt and James Oliphant WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Escalating campus protests are forcing U.S. President Joe Biden to walk a careful line of denouncing antisemitism while supporting young Americans' right to protest and trying to limit l...
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Berkeley takes hands-off approach to Gaza campus protests. Columbia called the police
By Andrew Hay (Reuters) - At Columbia University, tensions between the administration and students protesting over Israel's war in Gaza have reached the point that scores of New York City police marched onto campus to clear an encampment and arrest...
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Unions, businesses eye migrants to fill labor gaps in Ohio
By Kristina Cooke and Howard Schneider COLUMBUS, Ohio (Reuters) - On a noisy factory floor in Columbus, Ohio, trade union apprentice Jorge Herrera moved quickly as he assembled ventilation ducts to be used in the construction of a large car manufac...
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'Boom, boom': Ageing boomers discover Brussels' largest night club
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Jeanine, 79, finds today's music too "boom boom" and she prefers old time tunes but that did not stop her hitting the dance floor at Brussels' largest night club along with 10 other elderly residents of three nursing homes in t...
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Carbon credit standards approval extended to 98% of market
By Virginia Furness LONDON (Reuters) - Five of the world's largest carbon credit programmes have now been given initial approval by a body tasked with raising standards in the market for carbon offsets, where some of the biggest buyers include Micr...
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US class action settlements flooded with fraudulent claims by scammers
By Diana Novak Jones (Reuters) - Artsana, a maker of child car booster seats, last year agreed to settle claims that it had misled customers about how to use its products, offering $50 to people who had bought Chicco-brand seats. The company, which...
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Overnight storm in France kills at least one person
PARIS (Reuters) - An overnight storm in northern France that caused mudslides has led to at least one death, a 57-year-old woman, local authorities said in a statement on Thursday, adding that her partner was injured and taken to the hospital. The ...
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Road collapse in southern China kills 36, reports state media
(Reuters) - A collapse of an expressway section in China's Guangdong province caused vehicles to plunge and killed 36 people while injuring another 30, state media reported on Thursday, as millions in the country travel for the May Day holiday brea...
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Bayer's Monsanto wins reversal of $185 million PCBs verdict in Washington court
By Clark Mindock (Reuters) - A Washington state appeals court on Wednesday overturned a $185 million verdict against Bayer's Monsanto unit over chemical contamination at a Seattle-area school, marking the second big legal win for the company in as ...
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Biden blames China, Japan and India's economic woes on 'xenophobia'
By Trevor Hunnicutt WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden said on Wednesday that "xenophobia" from China to Japan and India is hobbling their growth, as he argued that migration has been good for the U.S. economy. "One of the reasons why our e...
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Fed's Powell says looming election won't sway rate decisions
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell reiterated Wednesday that political considerations around the looming presidential election will not affect the central bank's interest rate decisions. When it comes to the election, "we'r...
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US appeals court says kids' climate lawsuit must be dismissed
By Clark Mindock (Reuters) - A U.S. appeals court on Wednesday said a lawsuit filed by 21 young people claiming the U.S. government's energy policies violate their rights to be protected from climate change must be dismissed, this time for good. A ...
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US State Dept says oil service firm SLB is not violating Russia sanctions
By Curtis Williams HOUSTON (Reuters) - The U.S. State Department believes oil services firm SLB has not violated sanctions against Russia and the company has been told what Washington is willing to accept, Assistant Secretary of State Geoffrey Pyat...
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US judge blocks some North Carolina restrictions on abortion pill
By Brendan Pierson (Reuters) - A federal judge has struck down parts of a North Carolina law restricting patients' access to the abortion pill mifepristone, which has become the subject of legal battles nationwide. U.S. District Judge Catherine Eag...
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Bird flu testing shows more dairy products are safe, US FDA says
By Julie Steenhuysen and Tom Polansek NEW YORK (Reuters) -The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Wednesday that preliminary results of additional testing of more dairy products has shown that pasteurization inactivates the bird flu virus. The FD...
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Yellen to warn that eroding US democracy, Fed, threatens economic growth
By David Lawder WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen will make the argument on Friday that strong democratic institutions -- including an independent Federal Reserve -- are a key foundation for sustained and shared growth and...
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US job openings fall to three-year low in March
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. job openings fell to a three-year low in March, while the number of people quitting their jobs declined, signs of easing labor market conditions that over time could aid the Federal Reserve's fight against inflation. Job...
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VP Harris visits Florida as abortion ban limits southern women's options
By Nandita Bose WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris visits Florida on Wednesday to denounce the state's six-week abortion ban that takes effect on May 1, and will accuse Republican opponent Donald Trump of being responsible for...
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US bird flu outbreak spreads to chickens, cattle, raises concerns over human infections
(Reuters) - The outbreak of H5N1 bird flu virus has spread to dairy cows for the first time in the United States, raising concerns about it spreading to humans through the nation's milk supply. Since 2022, bird flu in the United States has infected...
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Kenya flood toll rises to 179 as homes and roads are destroyed
NAIROBI (Reuters) - Floods and landslides across Kenya have killed 179 people since March, with hundreds of thousands forced to leave their homes, the government said on Wednesday, as dozens more were killed in neighbouring Tanzania and Burundi. To...
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Heavy rains kill 8 in Brazil's Rio Grande do Sul, affect over 100 cities
(Reuters) - Eight people died and 21 are missing due to heavy rains this week in Brazil's southern state of Rio Grande do Sul, the civil defense service said on Wednesday. Authorities reported over 1,400 displaced individuals in the wake of storms ...
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Firebrand Marjorie Taylor Greene to force vote to oust US House Speaker Johnson
By David Morgan and Moira Warburton WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene, a conservative firebrand long known for disruption, called on Wednesday for a vote to oust Republican Mike Johnson as speaker of the U.S. H...
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Parts of India record hottest April as heatwave kills nine
By Shivam Patel NEW DELHI (Reuters) -Eastern India experienced its hottest April on record as a heatwave scorched parts of the country amid a general election, killing at least nine people, and the weather office on Wednesday forecast above normal temp...
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US private payrolls beat expectations in April
WASHINGTON(Reuters) - U.S. private payrolls increased more than expected in April while data for the prior month was revised higher, a report showed on Wednesday. Private payrolls increased by 192,000 jobs last month after rising by an upwardly rev...
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UnitedHealth CEO testifies on hack before U.S. Senate and House
By Ahmed Aboulenein WASHINGTON (Reuters) -UnitedHealth CEO Andrew Witty began his first of two scheduled testimonies in front of Congressional panels on Wednesday, answering questions from lawmakers about the recent cyberattack at the company's technol...
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