(Reuters) -American citizen Faye Hall said on Saturday she had been released by the Taliban administration after being detained in Afghanistan last month. “I’ve never been so proud to be an American citizen,” Hall said in a video posted by President Donald Trump on Truth Social. “Thank you, Mr President,” she added. “God bless you.” …
By Olivia Le Poidevin and Emma Farge GENEVA (Reuters) -The World Health Organization (WHO) is proposing to reduce staff numbers and the scale of its work as it slashes its budget by just over one fifth due to the impact of U.S. funding cuts, according to an internal memo seen by Reuters. U.S. President Donald …
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BANGKOK (Reuters) -Myanmar’s military rulers let in hundreds of foreign rescue personnel on Saturday after an earthquake killed more than 1,600 people, the deadliest natural disaster to hit the impoverished, war-torn country in years. Friday’s 7.7 magnitude quake, among the biggest to jolt the Southeast Asian nation in the last century, crippled airports, bridges and …
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By Ben Blanchard and Jun Yuan Yong NEW TAIPEI, Taiwan (Reuters) -Win Win has been glued to social media for the past day, trying to work out whether her family in Myanmar’s Mandalay survived Friday’s powerful earthquake, distracting herself at the Taiwan restaurant where she works by serving samosas and other snacks. “We spoke last …
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By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Columbia University’s interim president, Katrina Armstrong, has stepped down – a departure that comes one week after it agreed to significant changes amid a heated battle with the Trump administration over its federal funding. The government this month canceled $400 million in funding for Columbia and threatened to withhold billions …
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said on Friday that she had a “fruitful meeting” with U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem. In on a post on X, Sheinbaum remarked that the neighboring countries have a good relationship amid growing tensions as U.S. President Donald Trump widens a trade war with tariff announcements. The …
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BOGOTA (Reuters) – Carlos Lehder, former drug trafficker and one of the founding leaders of the Medellin Cartel, was arrested on Friday by Colombian authorities upon his arrival from Germany on a warrant in the Latin American country. Lehder was sentenced to life plus 135 years in prison in 1988 after a Florida court convicted …
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PANAMA CITY (Reuters) – Panama’s maritime authority said on Friday that it has canceled the registrations of 107 vessels that were flying under the Panamanian flag and were included in international sanctions lists, the entity said in a statement. The authority added that another 18 vessels are still in the process of cancellation. (Reporting by …
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By Nate Raymond BOSTON (Reuters) – A former Haitian mayor was convicted on Friday of U.S. charges that he had lied about having led a brutal campaign to kill and torture his political opponents in order to secure a green card allowing him to reside in the United States. Jean Morose Viliena, now a lawful …
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By Valerie Volcovici WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Department of Energy is weighing cuts of hundreds of millions of dollars in grants to two projects in Texas and Louisiana aimed at demonstrating technology to capture carbon from the atmosphere at commercial scale, three sources familiar with the matter said. The Direct Air Capture hubs, part …
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