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By Jonathan Landay WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A top U.S. State Department official waived nine mandatory counterterrorism and anti-fraud safeguards to rush a $30 million award last month to a Gaza aid group backed by the Trump administration and Israel, according to an internal memorandum seen by Reuters. Jeremy Lewin, a former Department of Government Efficiency associate, …

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(Corrects ousting of Yoon by Constitutional Court to April in paragraph 1, not this month) SEOUL (Reuters) -Since South Korea’s Constitutional Court ousted President Yoon Suk Yeol in April, he has lost presidential immunity and is vulnerable to additional charges on top of an ongoing criminal trial concerning his martial law declaration on December 3. …

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WASHINGTON/GAZA/CAIRO (Reuters) -Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday his meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump had focused on freeing hostages held in Gaza, as Israel continued to pound the Palestinian territory amid efforts to reach a ceasefire. Netanyahu said on X that the leaders also discussed the consequences and possibilities of “the great victory …

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By Akash Sriram, Jaspreet Singh and Greg Bensinger (Reuters) -Linda Yaccarino, one of Elon Musk’s top deputies as CEO of his X social media site, is exiting the company in a surprise move just months after the platform was acquired by the billionaire’s AI startup, xAI. Yaccarino, 61, made the announcement in a post on …

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By Nate Raymond and Brendan O’Brien BOSTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration escalated its feud with Harvard University on Wednesday, declaring the Ivy League school may no longer meet the standards for accreditation and that it would subpoena it for records about its international students. The move is the latest in a series of …

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By Alan Baldwin LONDON (Reuters) -Red Bull sacked Christian Horner, Formula One’s longest-serving active team principal and one of the most successful of all time, and replaced him on Wednesday with Racing Bulls’ Laurent Mekies. Horner, 51, had been in position since Red Bull took over the Jaguar team and entered as a constructor in …

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By Nandita Bose, Andrea Shalal and Jeff Mason WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Donald Trump told leaders from five African nations on Wednesday that he was shifting the U.S. approach to the continent from aid to trade and that the United States is a better partner for Africa than China. Trump, who has shuttered the U.S. Agency …

Trump sells shift from ‘aid to trade’ in White House meeting with African leaders Read More »