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US approves precision rocket sale to Saudi Arabia amid Houthi conflict

By Mike Stone WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. State Department has approved what would be the first sale of advanced precision kill weapon systems to Saudi Arabia for an estimated cost of $100 million, the Pentagon said on Thursday. The potential sale comes as the U.S. continues a wave of strikes on Houthi targets in …

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US stocks end down on economic worry; oil up on Middle East tensions

By Stephen Culp NEW YORK (Reuters) -U.S. stocks posted modest losses and the dollar strengthened on Thursday as investors weighed solid data against notes of caution about trade from world central bank leaders. Gold eased from record highs and crude prices advanced as the afternoon progressed. Geopolitical tensions heated up with reports of Israeli airstrikes …

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Ukraine’s Zelenskiy to meet European leaders in Paris next week – diplomats

PARIS (Reuters) -Ukraine’s President Volodymr Zelenskiy will be in Paris next week to hold talks with key European leaders and discuss ongoing efforts to end the war, security assurances for Kyiv and how to boost aid for his country, two diplomats said. The diplomats said Zelenskiy would arrive in the evening of March 26 and …

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US, Israel to hold high-level talks on Iran at White House next week

By Matt Spetalnick WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States and Israel will hold high-level talks on Iran’s nuclear program at the White House early next week, a person familiar with the matter said on Thursday. The planned meeting follows U.S. President Donald Trump’s letter to Iran’s leadership earlier this month in which he warned Tehran …

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Spanish Prime Minister Sanchez to meet Xi in China next month

(Reuters) – Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez will travel to China in April to meet with President Xi Jinping, a government spokesperson said. Sanchez will also visit Vietnam during his trip to Asia, the spokesperson said. Sanchez last visited China in September when he sought to defuse trade tensions between the European Union and Beijing …

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Erdogan dismisses as ‘theatrics’ criticism of Istanbul mayor detention

ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Thursday the main opposition party was seeking to cover up its own mistakes and deceive people with “theatrics”, in his first comments on the detention of Istanbul’s mayor. “We have neither the time to waste on pointless debates nor stacks of money to recklessly throw around,” …

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Delaware corporate law overhaul heads to final vote amid criticism it favors billionaires

By Tom Hals WILMINGTON, Delaware (Reuters) -Delaware lawmakers are expected to vote as soon as next week to overhaul the state’s corporate law to protect its business-friendly reputation, but opponents have called the bill a giveaway to billionaires. The bill makes it hard for investors to sue over certain transactions involving controlling shareholders, such as …

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American citizen Glezmann freed by Taliban, returning to US

By Andrew Mills and Mohammad Yunus Yawar DOHA/KABUL (Reuters) -The Taliban on Thursday freed an American citizen detained in Afghanistan for over two years following direct talks between U.S. hostage envoy Adam Boehler and Taliban officials in Kabul, a source briefed on the release told Reuters.  George Glezmann, who was detained in 2022 while visiting …

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