By Alexandra Hudson (Reuters) -Ruth Weiss may have lived for more than a century, but she never inured herself to injustice. The anger she felt at the inhumanity she saw around her fuelled her drive to keep writing and challenging oppression during her long, peripatetic life. Weiss was a prolific author and journalist who bore …
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By Michael Erman and Julie Steenhuysen (Reuters) -U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. plans to announce that use of Kenvue’s popular over-the-counter pain medication Tylenol in pregnant women is potentially linked to autism, contrary to medical guidelines that say it is safe to use, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday, citing people familiar …
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By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Federal Aviation Administration said on Friday it was extending prohibitions barring U.S. flights to the Haitian capital Port-au-Prince through March 7, citing risks from armed groups to civil aviation. In November, the FAA temporarily halted all flights to Haiti but later allowed U.S. flights to resume to six other …
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By Andrius Sytas VILNIUS (Reuters) -The U.S. Department of Defense informed European countries last week that military support under a program known as Section 333 will be cut to zero from the next fiscal year, a Lithuanian defence ministry official said on Friday. Two sources familiar with the matter said on Thursday the United States …
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(Reuters) -Florida’s top leaders have pledged to cancel all of its vaccine mandates, including those that require children to get shots against diseases such as polio and measles to attend public schools. Currently, refusal to comply with the mandates can lead to restricted entry to public schools or denied services. All 50 states and Washington, …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Trump administration is more willing to support loan guarantees and tax breaks for nuclear power than for wind and solar because it is “more American” than those forms of energy, the director of the U.S. Energy Dominance Council said on Thursday. Jarrod Agen, the director of the White House-based council, said nuclear …
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By Hanna Rantala and Elisa Anzolin MILAN (Reuters) -A lone red rose tied to the barrier outside the offices of Giorgio Armani in Milan’s fashion district marked a quiet and poignant tribute to the legendary Italian designer on Friday as the city mourned his death at the age of 91. The “king” of Italian fashion …
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By Mike Stone WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Donald Trump is expected to unilaterally reinterpret a 38-year-old arms control treaty to sell sophisticated “Reaper” style and other advanced military drones abroad, according to a U.S. official and four people familiar with the plan. The new interpretation would unlock the sale of more than 100 MQ-9 drones to …
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By Kate Abnett COPENHAGEN (Reuters) -The European Union is sticking to its plans to phase out Russian oil by 2028, the bloc’s energy chief told Reuters on Friday, adding that he had not faced pressure from Washington to bring forward this deadline. As U.S. President Donald Trump seeks to end Russia’s war with Ukraine, he …
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By Olivia Le Poidevin GENEVA (Reuters) -Mpox is no longer an international health emergency, the World Health Organization chief said on Friday, after experts reported falls in infections from the dangerous disease in hot spots across Africa. The UN health agency declared the emergency – its highest level of alert – in August last year, …
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