By David Shepardson and Rich McKay (Reuters) – A tourist helicopter crashed into New York City’s Hudson River on Thursday, killing all six aboard including three children, New York Mayor Eric Adams said. The victims, the pilot and five passengers, were believe to include a family from Spain, Adams told a press conference. The New …
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By Susan Heavey and David Lawder WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent will meet with Argentina President Javier Milei and other government and business leaders in Buenos Aires next week to show support for the country’s economic reforms, the Treasury Department said on Thursday. “I look forward to our positive discussions about Argentina’s economy, …
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SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea and Syria have signed an agreement in Damascus establishing diplomatic relations, the South Korean foreign ministry said on Friday, opening new ties with a traditional ally of its rival North Korea. The event marks a milestone for South Korea now having established diplomatic ties with all 191 U.N. member states …
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By Ahmed Aboulenein, Julie Steenhuysen and Michael Erman WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. National Institutes of Health has reversed a ban on scientists traveling for conferences and meetings, a Department of Health and Human Services spokesperson told Reuters on Thursday. Researchers at the U.S. National Institutes of Health had been told they cannot attend scientific conferences …
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(Reuters) -The Trump administration is working to force Columbia University into a consent decree that would legally bind the school to follow federal guidelines in how it combats antisemitism, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday. The newspaper, citing unnamed sources familiar with the matter, reported that the potential consent decree is part of the …
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By Saqib Iqbal Ahmed NEW YORK (Reuters) -In the minutes before President Donald Trump’s social media post on Wednesday pausing tariffs sent the U.S. stock market rallying, some unidentified options traders placed bets worth millions of dollars that the market would rebound, data shows. The well-timed bets likely paid off handsomely. Now, some Democratic lawmakers …
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By Pete Schroeder WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation has brought on several staffers from Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency, according to an email sent to regulatory staff Thursday. The regulator, which monitors banks and backstops deposits via its insurance fund, said a “small team” of DOGE staffers is working with …
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By David Brunnstrom and Michael Martina WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Imposing tariffs on U.S. imports from the Philippines could affect the U.S. ally’s ability to afford U.S. weapons systems and a long-discussed $5.58 billion plan to acquire F-16 fighter jets, Manila’s ambassador to Washington told Reuters. The Philippines faced levies of 17% on its exports to …
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NEW DELHI (Reuters) -A Pakistani-born Canadian businessman accused of helping orchestrate the 2008 attacks in Mumbai, one of India’s deadliest, arrived in New Delhi on Thursday after the U.S. extradited him in the first such transfer in a terrorism case. Tahawwur Rana, 64, a doctor-turned-businessman, was extradited in connection with the attacks that killed more …
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BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) -Argentina’s largest workers’ unions kicked off a massive 24-hour strike on Thursday, bringing trains, planes and ports to a halt as they protested against sweeping austerity measures from libertarian President Javier Milei’s government. The capital, Buenos Aires, was quiet on Thursday morning, though public buses were running as usual. Banks and schools …
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