MOSCOW (Reuters) -The Kremlin said on Friday that the war in Ukraine was an existential question for Russia, after U.S. President Donald Trump likened it to a playground fight. “Sometimes you see two young children fighting like crazy, they hate each other and they’re fighting in a park,” Trump said on Thursday. “Sometimes you’re better …
By Rory Carroll LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump’s directive banning citizens from 12 countries from entering the U.S. exempts athletes, and LA28 officials said on Thursday they were confident the Games have the full backing of the administration. Trump signed the proclamation on Wednesday as part of an immigration crackdown he said was …
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By Renju Jose and Peter Hobson SYDNEY/CANBERRA (Reuters) -Australia will not relax its strict biosecurity rules during tariff talks with the United States, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Friday ahead of a possible meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump at this month’s G7 summit. Since 2003, Australia has curbed entry of U.S. beef after …
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By Nandita Bose and Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump threatened on Thursday to cut off government contracts with billionaire Elon Musk’s companies, while Musk suggested Trump should be impeached, turning their bromance into an all-out brawl on social media. The hostilities began when Trump criticized Tesla CEO Musk in the Oval Office. …
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By Chris Prentice NEW YORK (Reuters) -The French audit regulator has warned of “damaging consequences” if U.S. lawmakers advance a plan to eliminate its U.S. counterpart that has oversight of public companies’ auditors, according to a letter seen by Reuters. Congress is debating legislation that would dismantle the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, a nonprofit …
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By Aram Roston WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A Chicago-based private equity firm – controlled by a member of the family that founded American publishing company Rand McNally – has an “economic interest” in the logistics company involved in a controversial new aid distribution operation in Gaza. McNally Capital, founded in 2008 by Ward McNally, helped “support the …
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LA PAZ (Reuters) -Bolivian Senate leader Andronico Rodriguez is eligible to run in the nation’s presidential elections later this year, a constitutional court confirmed on Thursday, while former President Evo Morales remains out of the running. Rodriguez, a leftist with roots in Bolivia’s fractured ruling Movement for Socialism party, initially faced difficulties registering his own …
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TAIPEI (Reuters) -Guatemala, one of Taiwan’s few remaining diplomatic allies, reaffirmed its support for the island on Thursday during a visit by President Bernardo Arevalo, who said his people will walk together with their “brothers” in Taiwan. Guatemala is one of only 12 countries to retain formal ties with Chinese-claimed Taiwan and Beijing has been …
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By Rafael Escalera Montoto MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -On a Tuesday morning along a busy Mexico City avenue last month, a secretary to the city’s mayor pulled her black Audi SUV up to a metro station to pick up a colleague. Their killer was waiting for them. The assassin shot the political staffers at point-blank range …
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By Laila Bassam and Maya Gebeily BEIRUT (Reuters) -Israeli air strikes pummelled the southern suburbs of Lebanon’s capital late on Thursday, sending thousands of people fleeing on the eve of a Muslim feast day and prompting accusations by top Lebanese officials that Israel was violating a ceasefire deal. At least 10 strikes hit Beirut’s southern …
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