(Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump signed a proclamation on Wednesday banning the nationals of 12 countries from entering the United States, saying the move was needed to protect against “foreign terrorists” and other security threats. WHEN DOES IT COME INTO EFFECT? The proclamation signed by Trump comes into effect on June 9, 2025 at 12:01 …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Donald Trump said U.S. and Chinese teams will meet shortly after he and Chinese leader Xi Jinping discussed trade in a phone call on Thursday, adding that there “should no longer be any questions” on rare earth products. “The conversation was focused almost entirely on TRADE. Nothing was discussed concerning Russia/Ukraine, or …
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By Olivia Le Poidevin GENEVA (Reuters) – Doctors in the Gaza Strip are donating their own blood to save their patients after scores of Palestinians were gunned down while trying to get food aid, the medical charity Doctors Without Borders (MSF) said on Thursday. Around 100 MSF staff protested outside the UN headquarters in Geneva …
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By Alexander Villegas and Lucinda Elliott VALPARAISO, Chile (Reuters) -An effort by Chilean President Gabriel Boric to expand abortion rights in the final months of his administration could finally give him a progressive legacy after three years in office but it is an uphill task that Latin American conservatives are hoping will fail as they …
By Natalia Siniawski and Sarah Morland MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -Chile’s Congress is set to begin debating a bill that could make abortion legal on request nationwide, a debate which could have ripple effects across Latin America as a rift grows between nations making reproductive choices more accessible and those hardening legislation against abortion. Major Latin …
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By Michelle Nichols, Nidal al-Mughrabi and Crispian Balmer UNITED NATIONS/CAIRO/JERUSALEM (Reuters) -The United States on Wednesday vetoed a draft U.N. Security Council resolution that demanded an “immediate, unconditional and permanent ceasefire” between Israel and Hamas militants in Gaza and unhindered aid access across the war-torn enclave. The other 14 countries on the council voted in …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Ukraine and the United States have discussed how to make a minerals fund operational by the end of the year and the fund’s first meeting is expected in July, Ukraine’s First Deputy Prime Minister, Yulia Svyrydenko, said in Washington on Wednesday. The agreement on developing Ukraine’s mineral resources, heavily promoted by U.S. President …
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BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Iraq’s oil ministry said on Thursday it holds the Kurdish regional government (KRG) legally responsible for the continued smuggling of oil from the Kurdish region outside the country. The ministry reserves the right to take all legal measures in the matter, it added. Control over oil and gas has long been a …
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By Phil Stewart and Idrees Ali WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States assesses that Ukraine’s drone attack over the weekend hit as many as 20 Russian warplanes, destroying around 10 of them, two U.S. officials told Reuters, a figure that is about half the number estimated by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy. Still, the U.S. officials described …
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(Corrects fifth paragraph to show the fertilizer allegedly secured by the suspect was ammonium nitrate) By Joseph Ax and Helen Coster NEW YORK (Reuters) -Federal authorities arrested a suspect overnight in connection with last month’s deadly bombing at a fertility clinic in Palm Springs, California, according to law enforcement officials on Wednesday. The suspect, Daniel …
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