CAIRO (Reuters) -The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) on Saturday reported an incident 48 nautical miles southwest of Yemen’s Hodeidah where the vessel’s master witnessed an explosion a significant distance from the ship. The Houthi militia, which controls the most populous parts of Yemen and is aligned with Iran, has attacked ships off its …
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(Reuters) – A Russian missile hit residences in Balakliia in Ukraine’s northeastern Kharkiv region on Saturday, injuring 13 people including eight children, prosecutors said. Pictures posted online showed homes in the town southeast of Kharkiv reduced to rubble. Reuters could not independently verify accounts from either side. Russia denies deliberately targeting civilians. Thousands have been …
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By Luc Cohen, Helen Coster and Andy Sullivan NEW YORK (Reuters) -Donald Trump said on Friday he would appeal the guilty verdict that made him the first U.S. president convicted of a crime, though he will have to wait until after his sentencing on July 11 before taking that step. In rambling remarks at the …
By Joseph Tanfani, Ned Parker and Peter Eisler Supporters of former President Donald Trump, enraged by his conviction on 34 felony counts by a New York jury, flooded pro-Trump websites with calls for riots, revolution and violent retribution. After Trump became the first U.S. president to be convicted of a crime, his supporters responded with …
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By Steve Holland and Stephanie Kelly WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden on Friday said Israel had proposed a fresh Gaza ceasefire in exchange for the release of hostages, and called on Hamas to agree to the new offer, saying it was the best way to end the conflict. “It’s time for this war to …
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By Phil Stewart, Jonathan Landay and Max Hunder WASHINGTON/KYIV (Reuters) – President Joe Biden’s decision to relax some restrictions on Ukraine’s use of U.S. weaponry inside Russia is a small but significant step deeper into the two-year-old war that experts say could help blunt Russia’s cross-border Kharkiv offensive. Since Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine, Biden’s …
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MADRID (Reuters) – Spanish police said on Friday there were investigating whether the private information of millions of vehicle drivers had been offered up for sale online after the traffic authority detected an attempted data breach earlier this month. Two weeks ago, the Directorate-General of Traffic (DGT) detected suspicious activity from users trying to access …
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MADRID (Reuters) -Spain’s data protection watchdog AEPD has ordered the provisional suspension of two planned Meta products set to be deployed in the upcoming European election on its social media platforms Instagram and Facebook, it said on Friday. The tools, named “Election Day Information” (EDI) and “Voter Information Unit” (VIU), would potentially violate the Spanish …
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By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden on Friday laid out a three-phase ceasefire proposal from Israel to Palestinian Islamist group Hamas to end the war in Gaza that has killed tens of thousands and caused a humanitarian crisis. The offer calls for a ceasefire, the release of Israeli hostages and Palestinian …
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MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -The British ambassador to Mexico was fired after allegedly pointing a gun at a local embassy employee, an incident that was captured on video and circulated on social media, the Financial Times reported on Friday. Ambassador Jon Benjamin was traveling through two Mexican states known for their heavy cartel presence when he …
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