Yemen's Houthis say their missile hit Andromeda Star oil ship in Red Sea
By Ahmed Tolba and Lisa Baertlein CAIRO/LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Yemen's Houthis said on Saturday their missiles hit the Andromeda Star oil tanker in the Red Sea, as they continue attacking commercial ships in the area in a show of support for Pales...
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Canada's British Columbia scraps program to allow drug use in public spaces
OTTAWA (Reuters) - The Canadian province of British Columbia on Friday scrapped a much-criticized pilot program that allowed the open use of some illegal drugs, citing the need to maintain public safety. In January 2023, the province said it would ...
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Lawyers for Russia's deputy defence minister appeal his pre-trial detention, TASS reports
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Lawyers for Russian Deputy Defence Minister Timur Ivanov have filed an appeal against a court decision to remand him in pre-trial detention, Russian state-owned news agency TASS reported on Friday. A Russian court on Wednesday re...
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Aerosmith frontman Steven Tyler wins dismissal for good of sexual assault lawsuit
By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) - A federal judge in Manhattan dismissed for good a lawsuit accusing Aerosmith lead singer Steven Tyler of sexually assaulting a former teenage model twice in one day in the mid-1970s. U.S. District Judge Lewi...
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Netherlands will consider resuming support to Palestinian UNRWA agency
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - The Dutch government on Friday said it would consider resuming funding for the UN agency for Palestinians (UNRWA) in Gaza if the agency implements recommendations to strengthen its neutrality. The decision follows an investiga...
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Columbia University president faces vote of confidence as protests spread
By Julia Harte and Kia Johnson NEW YORK (Reuters) - Columbia's embattled president came under renewed pressure on Friday as a university oversight committee met to address her attempt two weeks ago to clamp down on protests that have roiled the Ivy...
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China to host Hamas, Fatah for Palestinian unity talks
By Laurie Chen and Nidal al-Mughrabi BEIJING/CAIRO (Reuters) - China will host Palestinian unity talks between Islamist militant group Hamas and its rivals Fatah, the two groups and a Beijing-based diplomat said on Friday, a notable Chinese foray i...
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Taiwan rattled by 6.1 magnitude quake, no immediate reports of damage
TAIPEI (Reuters) - A 6.1 magnitude earthquake struck just off Taiwan's eastern county of Hualien on Saturday, the island's weather administration said, with no immediate reports of damage. The quake shook buildings in the capital, Taipei. The quake...
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US, South Korea outline visions for cost-sharing on troops, US negotiator says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. and South Korean officials outlined respective visions for a new agreement on sharing the cost of keeping American troops in South Korea in talks this week and will continue to consult as necessary, the chief U.S. negoti...
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Thousands in Budapest protest to demand child-protection reform
By Boldizsar Gyori BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Thousands took to the streets in downtown Budapest on Friday to demand child-protection reform, led by Peter Magyar, a former government insider who recently launched a political movement challenging the pri...
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Polish opposition lawmaker's phone was hacked while party was in power, paper reports
WARSAW (Reuters) - A lawmaker from Poland's former ruling party is among 31 people prosecutors have summoned because they were victims of phone hacking while the party was in power, Gazeta Wyborcza daily reported on Friday. A Polish parliamentary c...
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Israeli strike kills Lebanese militant in Beqaa area
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - An Israeli strike in Lebanon's Beqaa region has killed a member of a Lebanese militant group that has fired rockets across the southern border at Israel, the Israeli military and a security source said on Friday. Israel's mili...
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King Charles to resume public duties after cancer diagnosis
By Michael Holden LONDON (Reuters) -Britain's King Charles will return to public duties next week for the first time since being diagnosed with cancer as he makes good progress following treatment and a period of recuperation, Buckingham Palace said on...
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Timeline: King Charles set to resume duties after cancer treatment
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's King Charles will return to public duties on April 30 following nearly three months of treatment for cancer, Buckingham Palace said on Friday. The positive news about the king's health comes after a tough start to 2024 ...
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Two expatriate workers killed by drone attack on Iraq's Khor Mor, an advisor to Iraqi Kurdish PM says
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - At least two expatriate workers were killed and two other people wounded after a drone attack targeted the Khor Mor gas field in Iraq's Kurdistan region on Friday, an advisor to the Iraqi Kurdish Prime Minister and a senior Kurd...
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Factbox-Key issues discussed by Blinken in talks with Chinese leaders
BEIJING (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken met his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi and Chinese leader Xi Jinping in Beijing on Friday in the latest high-level contacts between the superpowers aimed at keeping tense relations under contr...
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Kyiv evacuates two hospitals after Belarus KGB chief sparks airstrike fears
KYIV (Reuters) - The Ukrainian capital Kyiv evacuated two civilian hospitals on Friday after the head of the Belarusian KGB security service said they were housing soldiers, sparking fears of an airstrike. The Kyiv city administration said a video ...
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UN gives update on 19 staff accused by Israel of Oct. 7 involvement
By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - U.N. investigators examining Israeli accusations that 12 staff from the U.N. Palestinian refugee agency UNRWA took part in the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks have closed one case due to a lack of evidence from I...
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Scottish First Minister Yousaf vows to win no-confidence vote
LONDON (Reuters) -Scotland's First Minister Humza Yousaf said on Friday he intended to fight a vote of no confidence called by political opponents following his decision to withdraw from a coalition agreement and try to run a minority government. "I'm ...
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Berlin police clear pro-Palestinian camp from parliament lawn
By Riham Alkousaa BERLIN (Reuters) - Berlin police on Friday began clearing a pro-Palestinian camp set up in front of the German parliament by activists demanding the government stop arms exports to Israel and end what they say is the criminalizati...
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Azerbaijan's Aliyev rejects criticism over journalists' arrests
By Rachel More BERLIN (Reuters) - Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev on Friday rejected criticism over the arrests of journalists and said the fact that people had access to the internet meant press freedom was assured. "We must protect our media...
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U.S., Taiwan to hold trade talks in Taipei starting on Monday
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. and Taiwan will hold another round of negotiations toward their "21st Century" trade agreement starting on Monday in Taipei, the U.S. Trade Representative's office said on Friday. The talks, led by USTR and the Taiwa...
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Support for South Africa's ANC near 40% weeks before election, Ipsos poll shows
By Bhargav Acharya JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Support for South Africa's governing African National Congress (ANC) has fallen to just over 40%, an Ipsos opinion poll showed, weeks before a general election that could usher in the biggest political ch...
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Bad blood with China? Blinken buys Taylor Swift album in Beijing
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken snapped up a Taylor Swift album along with one by classic Chinese rocker Dou Wei during an unexpected detour to a Beijing record store on Friday after talks in China meant to ease superp...
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Biden says he plans to debate Trump
NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden said on Friday that he would participate in a debate with Donald Trump, his Republican opponent in November's election. "I don't know when," Biden said in an interview with broadcaster Howard Stern in h...
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