SAO PAULO/BRASILIA (Reuters) -Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has grown more unpopular in June, pollster Datafolha said on Thursday, as his government’s approval rating dipped and disapproval rose. Lula’s government approval ticked down to 28% in June from 29% in April, while the disapproval rate increased to 40% from 38% in the period, …
By Ed White WINNIPEG, Manitoba (Reuters) -World leaders may face smoke warnings when they gather next week in Alberta as wildfires burned out of control across much of Canada and caused the country’s second-worst fire season in decades. The Kananaskis area of the Canadian Rocky Mountains, where the Group of Seven leaders’ summit starts on …
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DAMASCUS (Reuters) -Syria’s Islamist-led government has said women should wear burkinis or other swimwear that covers the body on public beaches, though an official denied there was any ban on Western beachwear and said the decision was misunderstood. The decision marks the first time Syrian authorities have issued guidelines related to what women can wear …
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By Padmanabhan Ananthan and Kamal Choudhury (Reuters) -The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday approved UroGen Pharma’s drug to treat a type of bladder cancer, providing an alternative treatment as opposed to traditional surgical procedures. U.S.-listed shares of the Israel-based company were up about 50% in afternoon trading. The approval follows a late-stage trial …
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum on Thursday denied a Reuters report about the U.S. pushing Mexico to investigate politicians with suspected links to organized crime. Sheinbaum, in her daily press conference, called the story “fake news” and questioned the timing of the story, which was published the morning Sheinbaum met with U.S. Deputy …
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By Chad Terhune and Dan Levine (Reuters) -One of the new vaccine advisers picked by U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has earned thousands of dollars as an expert witness in litigation against Merck’s Gardasil vaccine, court records show. Martin Kulldorff, a biostatistician and epidemiologist who publicly criticized COVID-era lockdowns, is one of eight …
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MOSCOW (Reuters) -Lynne Tracy, the U.S. ambassador to Russia, will soon leave her post, her embassy said on Thursday, after serving through one of the most tense and difficult periods in relations between Moscow and Washington. Tracy, a career diplomat, arrived in Moscow in January 2023 and was greeted by protesters chanting anti-U.S. slogans when …
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By David Lewis, Jessica Donati and Daphne Psaledakis (Reuters) -The U.S. State Department’s top official for Africa, Troy Fitrell, will retire in mid-July, a State Department spokesperson said on Thursday, adding the Africa bureau’s number two, Jonathan Pratt, will step into the role. The change in leadership at the State Department’s Africa bureau will come …
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(Corrects grammar in headline) WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump expressed frustration on Thursday that oil prices have risen amid supply concerns from potential conflict in the Middle East. Both global and U.S. oil prices surged more than 4% on Wednesday to their highest levels since early April before easing a bit on Thursday. “I …
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LIMA (Reuters) -Peru is weighing sending what it considers highly dangerous foreign inmates to prisons in El Salvador, the prime minister said on Thursday, potentially following in the footsteps of the U.S.’ deportations of migrants to the Central American nation. Peruvian Prime Minister Eduardo Arana did not immediately detail what such an agreement with El …
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