By Sumit Khanna AHMEDABAD, India (Reuters) – Hundreds of Hindu nationalist protesters marched in the Indian state of Gujarat on Saturday, prompting the closure of stores owned by several multinational companies caught up in a furore over social media posts supporting disputed Kashmir. The messages were posted last week by the Pakistani branches of firms …
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By Gabrielle Tétrault-Farber, Karolos Grohmann and Julien Pretot BEIJING (Reuters) – The Russian coach of the 15-year-old figure skater embroiled in an Olympic doping scandal broke her silence to defend Kamila Valieva on Saturday, while the sport’s highest court said it would hold a hearing on Valieva’s Winter Games future on Sunday. Coach Eteri Tutberidze …
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By Idrees Ali WASHINGTON (Reuters) -About 150 U.S. troops from the Florida National Guard who have been in Ukraine to help train Ukrainian forces are leaving the country as the threat of a Russian invasion increases, the Pentagon said on Saturday. Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said the decision, first reported by Reuters, was made out …
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KYIV (Reuters) – The U.S. State Department has ordered non-emergency U.S. embassy staff to leave Ukraine amid rising tensions with Russia, the embassy said on Saturday. “Despite the reduction in diplomatic staff, the core embassy team, our dedicated Ukrainian colleagues, and @StateDept and U.S. personnel around the world will continue relentless diplomatic and assistance efforts …
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By Humeyra Pamuk NADI, Fiji (Reuters) -The United States will open an embassy in the Solomon Islands, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Saturday as he committed more diplomatic and security resources into the Pacific as a counter to China’s drive for greater influence. Blinken, in Fiji for virtual summit of the Pacific Islands …
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By Idrees Ali and Phil Stewart WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States will send 3,000 additional troops to Poland, Poland’s Defence Minister said late on Friday, confirming an earlier Reuters report, as Russia held military exercises in Belarus and the Black Sea following the buildup of its forces near Ukraine. The additional troops will be sent …
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By Jeff Mason and Tom Balmforth WASHINGTON/MOSCOW (Reuters) – The United States and its allies urged their citizens to leave Ukraine right away to avoid a Russian invasion, including a possible air assault, that Washington said on Friday could occur anytime. Moscow accused Western nations of spreading lies to distract from their own aggressive acts. …
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(Removes word hold from headline, no change to text) By Julien Pretot and Krystal Hu BEIJING (Reuters) – More than six weeks went by from the time teenage Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva’s sample was collected and the day she heard at the Beijing Olympics that she tested positive for a banned substance at her …
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By Kayla Tarnowski and Trevor Hunnicutt WINDSOR, Ontario/WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Protesters opposing pandemic restrictions flouted a court order and emergency rules, continuing to occupy a vital Canada-U.S. trade corridor early on Saturday, hours after a judge granted an injunction to end the blockade that has crippled North America’s well-knitted auto industry. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has …
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By Lizbeth Diaz MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexico must seek alternatives to detention and asylum for migrants, especially ahead of an anticipated increase in arrivals this year, the U.N. refugee agency’s representative for the country said Friday. Mexico registered a record 131,448 asylum applications last year, an 87% increase from 2019 with most of the …
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