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By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Mike Johnson said on Monday he has postponed his planned trip to Israel to address its parliament on June 22 because of the escalating conflict between Iran and Israel. “Due to the complex situation currently unfolding in Iran and Israel, (Knesset) Speaker (Amir) Ohana and …

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By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) -A Black juror was dismissed from Sean “Diddy” Combs’ sex trafficking trial on Monday, despite defense objections that the dismissal would reduce the racial diversity of the panel determining the hip-hop mogul’s fate. U.S. District Judge Arun Subramanian said the juror’s inconsistent answers to questions about where he lived …

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By Andrew MacAskill and Michael Holden LONDON (Reuters) -British police will be ordered to record the ethnicity of gangs involved in organised child sexual abuse after a report on Monday detailed state failures to tackle the issue and a reluctance to recognise an “over-representation” of Asian men. For about 15 years, Britain has been shocked …

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(Refiles to correct name spelling in paragraphs 14, 15) By Timothy Aeppel (Reuters) -John Hamer, president of Rodgers Wade Manufacturing in Paris, Texas, makes store fixtures for big retailers like Ross Dress for Less and Ulta Beauty. He sources many of the goods from China, which until recently meant he paid 70% in tariffs on …

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By Tassilo Hummel and Lisa Jucca (Reuters) -Francois-Henri Pinault’s decision to hire Renault boss Luca de Meo is an audacious but necessary move to address the twin challenge of sagging sales and mounting debt at luxury group Kering, investors and industry players say. De Meo’s turnaround credentials were enhanced by his work at French carmaker Renault, …

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By Dawn Chmielewski and Matt Tracy (Reuters) -Warner Bros Discovery bondholders overwhelmingly approved a plan to split the corporation and put in place a new capital structure related to the deal, the company said on Monday.     Bondholders voted to remove restrictions that could have prevented the company from carrying out its plan to cleave itself …

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MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russia said on Monday that the United States had cancelled the next round of talks between the two countries, an apparent setback in a process launched by presidents Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump to improve bilateral ties. In a statement, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova did not say if Washington had given any …

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