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COPENHAGEN (Reuters) -Denmark said on Thursday it has begun advising transgender people to contact the U.S. embassy in Copenhagen before visiting the United States, amid concerns that President Donald Trump’s gender polices could cause problems with their travel documents. The announcement came a week after Finland issued a similar warning in the wake of Trump’s …

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By Olivia Le Poidevin GENEVA (Reuters) – Russia inflicted unimaginable suffering on millions of Ukrainian children and violated their rights since its full scale invasion of Ukraine begun in 2022, a new report by the United Nations Human Rights Office said on Friday. “Their rights have been undermined in every aspect of life, leaving deep …

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By Iryna Nazarchuk and Olena Harmash ODESA, Ukraine (Reuters) -Russia pounded Ukraine’s Black Sea city of Odesa with one of its biggest drone attacks, injuring three teenagers, damaging residential and commercial buildings, and sparking fires across the city, officials said on Friday. The attack comes as the United States is pushing for a peace deal …

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By Deena Beasley (Reuters) -Gene therapy, with its offer of a possible cure for rare diseases like sickle cell, is losing early investors to higher-reward sectors like obesity and cancer, as sales for some of the new treatments fall short. In the last year, some drugmakers have pulled back from the sector, including Pfizer, which …

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GENEVA (Reuters) -Last year was the deadliest on record for migrants, with nearly 9,000 people dying on perilous routes and one in 10 of those killed violently in incidents such as shootings, the U.N. migration agency said on Friday. In 2024, at least 8,938 people died on migration routes, with Asian routes being the most …

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