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By Promit Mukherjee TROIS-RIVIERES, Quebec (Reuters) – Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney took his election campaign to Quebec on Tuesday, saying only he could protect the predominantly French-speaking province from U.S. President Donald Trump. Polls show the ruling Liberals have a narrow lead over the Conservatives ahead of an April 28 election that Carney says …

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By Akash Sriram, Abhirup Roy and Chris Kirkham (Reuters) – Tesla CEO Elon Musk said on Tuesday he would cut back significantly the time he devotes to the Trump administration from next month and spend more time running his many companies. The move comes as Musk’s involvement in the so-called Department of Government Efficiency – where …

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(Reuters) -Tesla CEO Elon Musk said on Tuesday he will cut back his work for President Donald Trump to a day or two per week starting sometime next month, after the billionaire’s aggressive cost-cutting tactics sparked public backlash and investor concern. Musk’s 130-day mandate as a special government employee in the Trump administration is set …

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KYIV (Reuters) -President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Tuesday that Ukraine would be ready to hold talks with Russia in any format once a ceasefire deal is in place and the fighting has stopped. The Ukrainian leader also told reporters at a briefing that a Ukrainian delegation meeting officials from Western countries in London on Wednesday …

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Trump administration will respond in court to Harvard University’s lawsuit seeking to block a federal funding freeze imposed after the institution rejected a list of White House demands that it said would undermine its independence, White House spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt said on Tuesday. Leavitt said the elite research institution put itself …

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By Andrew Chung WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court appeared inclined to rule in favor of Christian and Muslim parents in Maryland seeking to keep their elementary school children out of certain classes when storybooks with LGBT characters are read in the latest case involving the intersection of religion and LGBT rights. The nine justices …

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TROIS-RIVIERES, Quebec (Reuters) – Canada Prime Minister Mark Carney on Tuesday said if his Liberals won an April 28 election and all went to plan, it would be realistic to expect the budget to return to surplus in four or five years’ time. Carney released his economic plan on Saturday but made no mention of …

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VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -The canonisation of the first saint of the millennial generation, Carlo Acutis, has been suspended due to Pope Francis’ death, the Vatican said in a statement on Monday. Acutis, an Italian boy who died from leukemia in 2006 at the age of 15, was originally set to be made a saint at …

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