(Reuters) -Myanmar’s junta said it has extended a temporary ceasefire to June to support reconstruction and relief efforts following a massive earthquake in late March that killed at least 3,700 people and devastated parts of the country. The junta initially announced a ceasefire in early April, days after the March 28 earthquake, to support relief …
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By Nidal al-Mughrabi CAIRO (Reuters) -Israeli fire killed at least three Palestinians and wounded dozens of others near an aid distribution site operated by the U.S.-based Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, local health authorities said on Monday. The Israeli military said it was aware of reports of casualties and the incident was being thoroughly looked into. It …
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By Parisa Hafezi DUBAI (Reuters) -Iran is poised to reject a U.S. proposal to end a decades-old nuclear dispute, an Iranian diplomat said on Monday, dismissing it as a “non-starter” that fails to address Tehran’s interests or soften Washington’s stance on uranium enrichment. “Iran is drafting a negative response to the U.S. proposal, which could …
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By Raphael Satter and AJ Vicens WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Microsoft, CrowdStrike, Palo Alto and Alphabet’s Google on Monday said they would create a public glossary of state-sponsored hacking groups and cybercriminals, in a bid to ease confusion over the menagerie of unofficial nicknames for them. Microsoft and CrowdStrike said they hoped to potentially bring other industry …
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) -Dutch far-right leader Geert Wilders threatened on Monday to topple the Netherlands’ already fragile right-wing government, which he said did not back his ideas for stricter asylum policies. Anti-Muslim populist Wilders, who won the most recent election in the Netherlands, last week demanded immediate support for his proposals to completely halt asylum migration, …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Donald Trump’s budget proposes to shut as soon as in a few months the Northeast Home Heating Oil Reserve, which stores 1 million barrels of diesel and was designed to protect consumers. The reserve, created in 2000 by former President Bill Clinton, holds enough for roughly 10 days of heating homes. It …
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OTTAWA (Reuters) -Prime Minister Mark Carney, seeking to reduce Canada’s economic ties to the United States, on Monday met the heads of the 10 provinces as part of a push to slash the time needed to approve mining and energy projects. It can take a decade or more for a mine or a pipeline to …
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NAIROBI (Reuters) -A Kenyan and a Ugandan human rights activist who were detained in Tanzania for several days last month said on Monday that Tanzanian security officers sexually assaulted them while in custody. Spokespeople for Tanzania’s government, foreign affairs ministry and police did not immediately respond to requests for comment on the allegations by Kenya’s …
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(Corrects paragraph 3 to say 23andMe filed for bankruptcy in March, not April) (Reuters) -The founder of 23andMe, Anne Wojcicki, has asked a U.S. judge to reopen an auction for the genetic testing company, saying she has the support of a Fortune 500 company with a current market capitalization of more than $400 billion. Wojcicki …
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By Heather Schlitz CHICAGO (Reuters) – New World Screwworm, a devastating parasite that eats cattle and other wild animals alive, is traveling north from Central America to Mexico and has crept past biological barriers that kept the pest contained for decades, experts said. Washington halted cattle imports from Mexico in May, citing the insect’s spread …
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