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By Leah Douglas and Tom Polansek WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday proposed approvals for three products containing the weedkiller dicamba, whose use was halted by a federal court in 2024, arguing it does not pose a significant human health or environmental risk.   Cotton and soybean farmers had sprayed dicamba on crops …

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(Reuters) -Chinese-made engines are being covertly shipped via front companies to a state-owned drone manufacturer in Russia, labelled as “industrial refrigeration units” to avoid detection in the wake of Western sanctions, according to three European security officials and documents reviewed by Reuters. The shipments have allowed Russian weapons-maker IEMZ Kupol to increase its production of …

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CAPACHO, Venezuela (Reuters) -A makeup artist who became the face of more than 250 Venezuelan migrants deported by the U.S. to El Salvador’s most notorious prison arrived home to his family on Wednesday after what he described as “an encounter with torture and death.” Andry Hernandez, 32, and the other detainees returned to Venezuela on …

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Wall Street Journal’s report that the Justice Department informed Donald Trump in May about his name being in the Epstein files is a continuation of “fake news stories” against the U.S. president, the White House said on Wednesday. “This is nothing more than a continuation of the fake news stories concocted by …

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By Steve Holland, Matt Spetalnick and Jonathan Landay WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump accused former President Barack Obama of “treason” on Tuesday, accusing him, without providing evidence, of leading an effort to falsely tie him to Russia and undermine his 2016 presidential campaign. A spokesperson for Obama denounced Trump’s claims, saying “these bizarre allegations …

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By Lisa Richwine LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -A California doctor charged in the 2023 overdose death of “Friends” star Matthew Perry pleaded guilty on Wednesday to four counts of illegal distribution of the prescription anesthetic ketamine. Dr. Salvador Plasencia, one of five people charged in the death of Perry at age 54, entered the plea in …

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By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Civil rights advocates condemned the sheriff’s department in Jacksonville, Florida, after a video of officers punching a Black man and throwing him to the ground during a February traffic stop went viral online. William McNeil Jr, 22, recorded the video as he sat in the driver’s seat of his car …

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By Heba Fouad ALEXANDRIA, Egypt (Reuters) -From her ninth-floor balcony over Alexandria’s seafront, Eman Mabrouk looked down at the strip of sand that used to be the wide beach where she played as a child. “The picture is completely different now,” she said. The sea has crept closer, the concrete barriers have got longer and …

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