By Dave Sherwood HAVANA (Reuters) -The U.S. has more sanctions in store for Cuba, the U.S. top diplomat in Havana said on Friday, just days after the U.S. punished several Cuban judicial officials for their roles in jailing political dissidents on the island nation. Three Cuban judges and a prosecutor were forbidden from entering the …
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PARIS (Reuters) -European, American and Canadian authorities have taken down over 300 servers worldwide and issued international arrest warrants against 20 suspects in a crackdown on malware, EU agency for criminal justice cooperation Eurojust said in a statement, the latest phase in Operation Endgame. BY THE NUMBERS German, French, Dutch, Danish, British, American and Canadian …
By Parisa Hafezi and John Irish DUBAI (Reuters) -Iranian and U.S. delegations wrapped up a fifth round of talks in Rome on Friday and signs of some limited progress emerged in the negotiations aimed at resolving a decades-long dispute over Tehran’s nuclear ambitions. Despite both Washington and Tehran taking a tough stance in public ahead …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff held more than two hours of talks with an Iranian delegation in Rome on Friday about Tehran’s nuclear program and agreed to meet again in the near future, a senior U.S. official said. “The talks continue to be constructive – we made further progress, but there is still …
By Ana Mano SAO PAULO (Reuters) -Brazil’s Santa Catarina state said it has ruled out an outbreak of bird flu in a commercial chicken farm while the federal government was keeping it on a list of suspected cases pending further tests. In a statement late on Thursday, the state cited laboratory test results for its …
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By Puyaan Singh and Christy Santhosh (Reuters) – U.S. Food and Drug Administration advisers unanimously recommended on Thursday that COVID-19 vaccines for the 2025-26 period should target newer strains of the JN.1 variant. COVID vaccine makers are seeing increased regulatory scrutiny under the new FDA leadership, facing tighter requirements for their shots that could increase …
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By Laila Bassam and Emilie Madi NABATIEH, Lebanon (Reuters) – Amidst the rubble left by Israeli bombardment of south Lebanon, campaign posters urge support for Hezbollah in elections on Saturday as the group aims to show it retains political clout despite the pounding it took in last year’s war. For Hezbollah, the local vote is …
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(Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday revoked Harvard University’s ability to enrol international students and is forcing current foreign students to transfer to other schools or lose their legal status in the United States. Below is a list of some of the world leaders who studied at Harvard, with their time in office and …
By Ank Kuipers PARAMARIBO, Suriname (Reuters) -Voters in Suriname, which is on the cusp of a predicted oil boom, will go to the polls on Sunday to elect a new parliament, which will later choose the South American country’s next president. The contest, marked by fraud allegations, has seen little debate about what the next …
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By Nicolas Cortes SANTIAGO (Reuters) -Llamas, alpacas, vicuñas, and guanacos in South America are being hailed as heroes of the high plateaus for their resilience to harsh environments and climate change, as well as their cultural, economic and ecological value. Representatives from Chile, Bolivia, Ecuador, Argentina and Peru met in the city of Antofagasta in …
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