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US small business confidence drops, economic outlook dims

8 Apr 2025

(Reuters) – U.S. small-business confidence dropped for a third straight month in March, eroding most of the gains that followed President Donald Trump’s election victory in November, amid rising concerns over the administration’s trade policy despite early optimism about a potential business boost from expected tax cuts and deregulation. The National Federation of Independent Business …

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Study strengthens link between maternal diabetes and autism

8 Apr 2025

By Nancy Lapid (Reuters) -A large new study adds to evidence that diabetes during pregnancy is linked with an increased risk of brain and nervous system problems in children, including autism, researchers say. Whether diabetes actually causes those problems remains unclear. But when mothers have diabetes while pregnant, children are 28% more likely to be …

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Japan PM Ishiba says he told Trump to rethink tariff policies

8 Apr 2025

TOKYO (Reuters) -Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said on Monday he told U.S. President Donald Trump in a telephone call that his tariff policies are extremely disappointing and urged him to rethink. “I’ve told the President that Japan has been the biggest investor in the United States for five straight years and the tariff policies …

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Pentagon’s Hegseth arrives in Panama as Trump vows to take back canal

8 Apr 2025

PANAMA CITY (Reuters) – U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth landed in Panama late on Monday for his first official visit to the country as questions persist about President Donald Trump’s repeated vows to take back the Panama Canal. During his trip this week, Hegseth will meet Panamanian officials as well as defense leaders from other …

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Indigenous groups in Peru suspend blockade of Glencore copper mine

8 Apr 2025

LIMA (Reuters) – Indigenous groups in Peru stopped blocking access to Glencore’s Antapaccay copper mine in Peru, after closing an agreement with government officials, a local community leader said on Monday. The agreement, which ended the blockade that lasted over a week, set a timetable to carry out a “prior consultation process” and define a …

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Israeli military says killing of 15 aid workers in Gaza caused by ‘sense of threat’

8 Apr 2025

CAIRO (Reuters) – The Israeli military said on Monday that an initial investigation into the killing of 15 emergency workers in south Gaza last month showed that the incident occurred “due to a sense of threat”. It said it had identified six Hamas militants as being in the vicinity during the incident in the city …

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Trump, hosting Netanyahu, urges end to Gaza war, thinks that is not ‘too distant’

8 Apr 2025

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday he would like the war in Gaza to stop and thinks that will happen relatively soon, as he hosted Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House. Asked if he would deliver on his election campaign promise to end the war in Gaza, Trump said: …

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Russian court fines Telegram app for refusal to remove anti-government content, TASS reports

8 Apr 2025

(Reuters) – A Moscow court fined the Telegram platform 7 million roubles ($80,000) for refusing to remove content calling for terrorist attacks and participation in protests aiming to overthrow the Russian government, news agency TASS reported on Tuesday. “Telegram Messenger Inc., being the owner of an information resource, failed to remove information or channels containing …

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Costa Rica government used development bank funds for kickbacks, prosecutor alleges

8 Apr 2025

SAN JOSE (Reuters) -Costa Rican officials awarded kickbacks to a top government ally using funds from the Central American Bank for Economic Integration (CABEI), prosecutors alleged on Monday, filing charges against the president and a top minister. The attorney general’s office said that a former presidential adviser, Federico Cruz, was paid $32,000 to buy a …

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Haiti humanitarian crisis worsening as violence escalates, says aid group

8 Apr 2025

(Reuters) – The humanitarian situation in Haiti is dramatically worsening, aid group Save the Children said, with underfunded security forces increasingly overwhelmed by powerful gangs and capital Port-au-Prince on the brink of collapse. In the first three months of this year, more than 78,500 people were displaced, more than double that of the same period …

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