By Christy Santhosh (Reuters) – The number of measles cases in the United States has crossed 1,000 for the first time in five years, federal data showed on Friday, as the country battles one of its worst outbreaks of the childhood disease. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported 1,001 measles cases in …
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(Reuters) – Russia supports the implementation of a 30-day ceasefire in the Ukraine conflict, but only with due consideration of ‘nuances’ in the more than three-year-old war, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov was quoted as saying on Friday. “This theme was long put forward by the Ukrainian side…,” TASS news agency quoted Peskov as saying. “And …
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DUBAI (Reuters) -Iran has agreed to hold a fourth round of nuclear talks with the United States on Sunday in Oman, Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi said on Friday, adding that the negotiations were advancing. U.S. President Donald Trump, who withdrew Washington from a 2015 deal between Tehran and world powers meant to curb its nuclear …
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(Corrects first paragraph to remove Canada PM’s swearing in after the official statement was updated) OTTAWA (Reuters) – Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney’s new cabinet will be sworn in on Tuesday, according to a statement on Friday from the office of Canada’s Governor General Mary Simon. The swearing-in ceremony will start at 10:30 a.m. (1430 …
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By Alexander Cornwell JERUSALEM (Reuters) -A U.S.-backed mechanism for getting aid into Gaza should take effect soon, Washington’s envoy to Israel said on Friday ahead of President Donald Trump’s visit to the Middle East, without detailing how this would work with no ceasefire in place. Gaza’s residents face possible famine, the U.N. says, with Israel …
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VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – New York Cardinal Timothy Dolan said on Friday he thought the new U.S. pontiff, Pope Leo, will seek to build bridges with all world leaders, including U.S. President Donald Trump. “Will he want to build bridges with Donald Trump? I suppose. But he will want to build bridges with the leader …
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By Alvise Armellini and Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – With the world still wondering how the fledgling papacy of Leo XIV will take wing, cardinals and other clerics gave glimpses into his background and his views on social issues on Friday, while carefully maintaining the secrecy of the conclave. German Cardinal Reinhard Marx said …
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BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazil is in talks with China to build a railway connecting the Chinese-built mega Chancay port in Peru to Brazilian regions, Planning Minister Simone Tebet said on Friday. “They are very interested in helping Brazil, in crisscrossing the country with railways,” Tebet told local outlet Carta Capital in an interview. Chinese President …
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By Layli Foroudi PARIS (Reuters) – A French pro-Palestinian protest group is contesting a government decision to shut it down, saying the move was politically motivated and based on “false” arguments as part of a wider crackdown on the movement for Palestinian rights. Urgence Palestine (Emergency Palestine), created in 2023 to protest against Israel’s military …
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LUSAKA (Reuters) -The United States said it would cut $50 million in annual aid to Zambia’s health sector because the government had failed to stop “systemic theft” of donated medicines and medical supplies. U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration is finalising a broader review of its foreign aid, but the cut for Zambia is “wholly separate …
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