KABUL (Reuters) – The Taliban on Monday warned that it would reconsider its policy towards the United States if President Joe Biden did not reverse his “unjustified” decision to return only half of Afghanistan’s $7 billion deposited on U.S. soil. The United States will free up half of the $7 billion in frozen Afghan central …
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INGLEWOOD, Calif. (Reuters) -Cooper Kupp capped one of the NFL’s greatest individual seasons in style as the Los Angeles Rams wide receiver was named the Most Valuable Player of the Super Bowl on Sunday after catching a late, game-winning touchdown. With his team trailing late in the game, Kupp came to the rescue in a …
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KYIV (Reuters) – Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Monday urged state officials, politicians, and business leaders who have recently left the country to return to Ukraine within 24 hours to show unity with the nation amid fears of an impending Russian invasion. “It is your direct duty in such a situation to be with us, …
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MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Monday defended his decision last week to disclose the purported salary of a prominent journalist, a step which drew widespread criticism at a time of heightened concern for reporters’ security in the country. On Friday, Lopez Obrador divulged what he said was the 2021 …
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OTTAWA (Reuters) – Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Monday plans to invoke rarely used emergency measures to tackle ongoing protests that have shut border crossings, and also blocked the capital for more than two weeks, sources said. Separately, the prime minister’s office said Trudeau would speak to reporters at 4:30 p.m. ET (2130 GMT) …
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OTTAWA (Reuters) – Police in the Canadian province of Alberta on Monday broke up a group that was supposedly prepared to use violence to back a truckers’ blockade at a border crossing with the United States, authorities said. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police said they had arrested 11 people and seized 13 long guns as …
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By Karolos Grohmann, Julien Pretot and Gabrielle Tétrault-Farber BEIJING (Reuters) – Sport’s highest court on Monday cleared 15-year-old Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva to continue competing in the Beijing Winter Olympics, but the teenager’s doping charge remained a stain on the Games. No Olympic medals will be awarded at the women’s singles event on Thursday …
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By Guy Faulconbridge LONDON (Reuters) – Russian mercenaries with ties to Moscow’s spies have increased their presence in Ukraine in recent weeks, stoking fears among some NATO members that Russia could try to engineer a pretext for an invasion, three senior Western security sources said. They said their concerns had strengthened in recent weeks …
By Parisa Hafezi VIENNA (Reuters) -Iran is “in a hurry” to strike a new nuclear accord as long as its national interests are protected, its foreign minister said on Monday as Tehran and the United States resumed indirect talks on salvaging Tehran’s 2015 agreement with world powers. The talks, with European intermediaries shuttling between the …
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By Steve Keating, Karolos Grohmann and Gabrielle Tétrault-Farber BEIJING (Reuters) – The world’s top anti-doping authority will investigate the entourage of 15-year-old Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva who tested positive for a banned drug, plunging her into a doping scandal at the Beijing Winter Olympics. Valieva, whose Olympic future will be decided after a Court …
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