By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) -O.J. Simpson, the American football star and actor who was sensationally acquitted in 1995 of murdering his former wife in what U.S. media dubbed the “trial of the century”, has died at the age of 76. His family said in a social media post on Thursday that he had died …
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By Boureima Balima NIAMEY (Reuters) -Military instructors and personnel from Russia’s defence ministry arrived in Niger on Wednesday, Niger state television RTN said, in a further sign the West African country is building closer relations with Moscow like its junta-led neighbours. In a Thursday broadcast, RTN showed footage of a military cargo plane unloading gear …
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By Danielle Broadway LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Prince Harry and wife Meghan are producing two upcoming Netflix shows that will focus on cooking and a U.S. polo championship, the streaming service said on Thursday. The projects are part of a multi-year deal between Netflix and Archewell Productions, which was founded by the royal couple in …
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By Raphael Satter WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency said Russian government-backed hackers have used their access to Microsoft’s email system to steal correspondence between officials and the tech giant, an emergency directive by the U.S. watchdog released on Thursday showed. In the directive dated April 2, the agency warned that hackers …
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(Reuters) -Russia, Germany and Britain on Thursday urged countries in the Middle East to show restraint and Israel said it was preparing to “meet all its security needs” in a region on edge over an Iranian threat to strike Israel. The German airline Lufthansa, one of only two Western carriers flying to Tehran, extended a …
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By Saleh Salem and James Mackenzie DOHA/JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh said on Thursday his Palestinian militant group was still seeking a deal for a ceasefire and hostage release after an Israeli strike killed three of his sons in an attack in Gaza. Speaking in Qatar while receiving condolences, Haniyeh said “the interests of …
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(This April 9 story has been corrected to change Sara Correa’s company to Bridgestone Americas from Bridgestone in paragraph 17) By Sheila Dang (Reuters) – As the July opening ceremony for the 2024 Paris Olympics draws closer, U.S. broadcaster NBCUniversal is seeing renewed interest from major corporate sponsors in the premier global sporting event as …
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By James Mackenzie and Nidal al-Mughrabi JERUSALEM/CAIRO (Reuters) -Israel is keeping up its war in Gaza but is also preparing for scenarios in other areas, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Thursday, amid concern that Iran was preparing to strike Israel in response for the killing of senior Iranian commanders. “Whoever harms us, we will …
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By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Two large stars residing inside a spectacular cloud of gas and dust nicknamed the “Dragon’s Egg” nebula have presented a puzzle to astronomers. One of them has a magnetic field, as does our sun. Its companion does not. And such massive stars are not usually associated with nebulae. Researchers …
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AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – The Dutch caretaker government will pledge an additional 400 million euros ($428.64 million) in financial support to Ukraine, taking the total for 2024 to more than 2.4 billion euros, broadcaster RTL reported on Thursday, citing government sources. The government is also planning to earmark at least 1.5 billion euros for aid to …
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