By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – More than 1,800 flights were delayed and hundreds were canceled at the two Dallas-area airports on Friday, after a telecom outage prompted the Federal Aviation Administration to issue ground stops. The FAA said it was slowing traffic due to a reported local telephone company equipment issue that does not …
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By Idrees Ali WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Donald Trump said on Friday that the United States had attacked a vessel he said was carrying drugs in the U.S. Southern Command’s area of responsibility, the latest U.S. strike in the region. The latest strike – at least the third against alleged drug vessels – comes amid a …
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(Reuters) – Billionaire Elon Musk’s brain-implant company Neuralink plans to launch a trial in October aimed at helping people with speech impairments translate their thoughts into text, the company’s president said. Dongjin “D.J.” Seo told an audience at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology in Seoul this week that the study targets people …
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By Kamal Choudhury and Sriparna Roy (Reuters) -The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Friday it has approved a new formulation of Merck’s blockbuster cancer therapy Keytruda that can be administered under the skin, offering a more convenient version of the widely used cancer immunotherapy. The move marks a significant shift in how one …
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By Christian Martinez WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday said he was speaking with Afghanistan about regaining control of the Bagram air base. “We should have never given it up,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office. The comments come a day after Trump, in a joint press conference with British Prime …
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(Reuters) – U.S. officials are considering a website, possibly named after President Donald Trump, to help patients buy discounted prescription drugs directly from pharmaceutical firms, Bloomberg News reported Friday, citing people familiar with the talks. The initiative aligns with Trump’s push for drugmakers to lower prices and match costs seen in other developed nations, the …
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(Reuters) -The U.S. will terminate deportation protections for Syrian migrants, the Department of Homeland Security said on Friday, part of President Donald Trump’s broad effort to strip legal status from migrants. The action will terminate temporary protected status for more than 6,000 Syrians who have had access to the legal status since 2012, according to …
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By Mike Stone and Humeyra Pamuk WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Trump administration is seeking congressional approval to sell Israel $6.4 billion in support equipment and weapons including attack helicopters and troop carriers, people familiar with the matter said on Friday. Israel’s military said it had expanded operations in Gaza City on Friday and bombarded Hamas infrastructure, …
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WASHINGTON/BAGHDAD (Reuters) -The U.S. military on Friday said it had carried out a raid in Syria that killed a senior Islamic State militant. Earlier on Friday, the Iraqi counterterrorism service said that a senior Islamic State leader was killed in a security operation in Syria carried out in coordination with the U.S.-led international coalition. The …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States is in discussions with the Taliban about re-establishing a small U.S. military presence at Afghanistan’s Bagram air base as a launch point for counterterrorism operations, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday, citing people with knowledge of the negotiations. The Journal, citing a U.S. official, also reported that the …
