By Luc Cohen (Reuters) – President Donald Trump’s administration moved a Venezuelan man who had worked in construction in Philadelphia to Texas for possible deportation after a federal judge had issued an order blocking his removal from Pennsylvania or the United States, according to court records. A plane transporting the man took off on April …
By Jeff Mason and Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Donald Trump targeted Democratic fundraising group ActBlue and other online fundraising platforms with a presidential memorandum on Thursday that the White House said was aimed at cracking down on illegal foreign contributions in U.S. elections. The memo, which Trump signed Thursday afternoon, directs Attorney General Pam …
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BEIJING (Reuters) -China’s military said on Thursday that it had dispatched naval and air forces to monitor and warn a U.S. guided missile destroyer that sailed through the sensitive Taiwan Strait, the second such mission since Donald Trump became U.S. president. The U.S. Navy sends ships, occasionally accompanied by vessels from allied countries, through the …
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(Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump issued an executive order this week targeting the non-government agencies that accredit universities and other higher-education institutions, saying that some promote diversity he considers to be a form of unlawful discrimination. The order instructs Education Secretary Linda McMahon to consider terminating government approval of higher-education accrediting agencies that require …
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By Raul Cortes (Reuters) -The Pan American Health Organization said on Thursday it is seeking collaboration with neighboring countries to fight vaccine hesitancy for yellow fever and measles among populations in parts of the region this year. The organization’s director, Jarbas Barbosa, made the announcement the same day U.S. researchers warned the country is at …
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By Jihoon Lee and Nandita Bose SEOUL/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. and South Korea had a “very successful” meeting on Thursday, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said, as the two countries opened trade talks with Seoul seeking a path to diminish the stiff tariffs President Donald Trump is angling to impose. “We had a very successful …
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By Nidal al-Mughrabi CAIRO (Reuters) -An Israeli airstrike hit a police station in Jabalia in the northern Gaza Strip on Thursday, killing at least 10 people, local health authorities said, and Israel’s military said it had struck a command centre of Hamas and the Islamic Jihad groups. Medics said two Israeli missiles hit the police …
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BOGOTA (Reuters) – Colombian President Gustavo Petro said that accusations by his former foreign minister that he is a drug addict are slander, after the ex-official published a letter recounting an incident he alleges took place in France. Alvaro Leyva, who was foreign minister for nearly two years until May 2024, said in a lengthy …
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RAMALLAH (Reuters) – The Palestinian leadership approved the creation of the position of vice president of Mahmoud Abbas, and possibly his successor, on Thursday, a step widely seen as needed to assuage international doubts over Palestinian leadership. A statement published by state news agency WAFA said 170 members of the Palestinian Central Council, the Palestinians’ …
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By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Cardinals in meetings ahead of the start of a secret conclave to elect a successor to Pope Francis are scratching the hair under their red skull caps as they try to decide whether a cardinal convicted of embezzlement and fraud can join in the vote. Their quandary concerns …
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