By Sinéad Carew and Shashwat Chauhan (Reuters) -The S&P 500 sold off sharply on Tuesday to close below 5,000 points for the first time in almost a year after it reversed a strong morning rally, while investor hopes faded for any imminent U.S. delays or concessions on tariffs ahead of a midnight deadline. The S&P …
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By AJ Vicens DETROIT (Reuters) -Western intelligence agencies warned on Tuesday of an increasing threat from Beijing’s security services to use malicious mobile phone applications to surveil Taiwanese independence activists, Tibetan rights advocates and others opposed by the Chinese government. An advisory issued late on Tuesday warned of “the growing threat” posed by malicious surveillance …
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The dire wolf was one of the most formidable predators in the Americas during the last Ice Age, possessing a body more stout and a skull more robust than those of modern wolves. The species went extinct along with many others as the Ice Age ended. Roughly 13,000 years …
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By Steve Holland and Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Japan is sending a team to negotiate on trade, U.S. President Donald Trump said, adding that he spoke earlier on Monday with Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, who separately said he told Trump to rethink tariff policies. Trump’s decision to impose a 25% levy on auto imports, …
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(Reuters) -The Texas health department reported 505 cases of measles in the state on Tuesday, an increase of 24 cases from its previous count on April 4, as the United States battles an outbreak of the childhood disease that has spread across 22 states. An unvaccinated school-aged child, who had no underlying health conditions, died …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi will lead a Justice Department effort to enforce gun rights protected under the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, according to a memo seen by Reuters on Tuesday. The effort will use lawsuits and government policy to push back at attempts to limit gun rights, Bondi said …
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By David Brunnstrom WASHINGTON (Reuters) -American families of victims of the October 7, 2023, attacks on Israel filed a lawsuit on Monday against a prominent Palestinian-American businessman, Bashar Masri, charging that he provided assistance in constructing infrastructure that allowed Hamas militants to carry out their cross-border rampage. The lawsuit, filed in the U.S. District Court …
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By Nancy Lapid (Reuters) -A second child in Texas has died from measles, one of the world’s most contagious illnesses which was declared eliminated from the United States in 2000, several decades after the introduction of a highly effective vaccine. A decline in vaccination among U.S. children in recent years, fueled by unscientific claims that …
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(Reuters) -The U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of the Comptroller of the Currency said on Tuesday that emails of executives and other employees of the agency were hacked, blaming longstanding vulnerabilities for the breach. The U.S. financial regulator said it had told Congress the breach involved unauthorized access to highly sensitive information relating to the financial …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright said on Tuesday that Iran can expect tighter sanctions if it does not come to an agreement with President Donald Trump on its nuclear program. “So absolutely, I would expect very tight sanctions on Iran, and hopefully drive them to abandon their nuclear program,” Wright said in an …
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