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By Nathan Layne (Reuters) – The U.S. Social Security Administration abandoned plans to end phone services for retirees that would have started on Monday, following a growing outcry from advocates who warned that the changes could cause chaos and further strain the agency. The agency, which pays out $1.4 trillion in benefits to 73 million …

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PARIS (Reuters) – French President Emmanuel Macron said on Wednesday France could recognise a Palestinian state in June, adding that in turn some countries in the Middle East could recognise the state of Israel. “We need to move towards recognition (of a Palestinian state). And so over the next few months, we will. I’m not …

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday said he had decided to pause reciprocal tariffs for 90 days for those countries that didn’t retaliate, while increasing tariffs on China, which announced further retaliatory tariffs. He acknowledged that people were getting “a little bit afraid” about the tariffs and were “jumping a bit out …

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PANAMA CITY (Reuters) – Only President Donald Trump will make decisions about the future of U.S. troops in Europe, U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said on Wednesday, when asked if he would keep troop levels at their current levels. “The only person that will make a determination about force structure of U.S. troops in Europe …

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ROME (Reuters) – The Group of Seven countries, with the exception of the United States, discussed how to respond to U.S. President Donald Trump’s announcement last week of sweeping tariffs, Italy’s economy minister said on Wednesday. “Within the G7 all of us outside the U.S. spoke to try to calm the situation and find a …

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By Arathy Somasekhar U.S. refiners are not planning to make big-ticket investments to process more domestic crude and less oil from top suppliers Canada and Mexico, industry sources and analysts said, an obstacle to President Trump’s plan to boost oil output. Trump’s pledge to unleash U.S. energy production and lower prices for consumers has focused …

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By Amanda Stephenson TORONTO (Reuters) – The approximately 600,000-bpd Keystone oil pipeline from Canada to the United States remained shut down Wednesday after an oil spill near Fort Ransom, North Dakota, on Tuesday released an estimated 3,500 barrels of oil. The latest spill comes two years after the U.S. Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration …

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