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CAIRO (Reuters) -The United States struck targets in the Yemeni capital of Sanaa on Wednesday, Houthi-run Al Masirah TV reported, the latest in a wave of strikes carried out in retaliation for attacks by the Iran-aligned group on shipping in the Red Sea. Three residents told Reuters that the strikes had hit the Al-Jarraf district …

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By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Mahmoud Khalil, the Columbia University Palestinian graduate student who the Trump administration is seeking to deport for his role in pro-Palestinian protests, called himself a political prisoner on Tuesday, in his first direct comments since his detention. The detention of Khalil, a U.S. permanent resident, has been condemned by …

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By Steve Holland and Nandita Bose WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The White House blasted “activist” federal judges and called on the U.S. Supreme Court to rein them in on Wednesday as President Donald Trump and his allies escalated their attacks against judges who have ruled against his administration. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters …

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By Nicolás Misculin BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) -Argentina’s lower house on Wednesday gave its stamp of approval for the government to kick off talks with the International Monetary Fund (IMF), a key hurdle for the program the country needs to get its finances in order. The lower Chamber of Deputies, in a divided vote, passed a …

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WELLINGTON (Reuters) – New Zealand Foreign Minister Winston Peters said his country’s relationship with the United States is on a “strong footing” as he wrapped up a trip to Washington. Peters met with Secretary of State Marco Rubio, National Security Adviser Mike Waltz, Head of the U.S. Office of Foreign Assistance Peter Marocco, and a …

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By Ahmed Aboulenein WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Seven U.S. Senate Democrats demanded on Wednesday that President Donald Trump’s administration reinstate all of the employees it fired from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention since he took office. The decision to fire hundreds of CDC employees has put the lives of Americans and other people across …

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By Lizbeth Diaz and Cassandra Garrison MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -Mexico’s top prosecutor said on Wednesday there had been flaws in the investigation of a ranch in the western state of Jalisco, which activists have called a cartel-run “extermination camp,” and vowed to uncover the truth of what happened there. Earlier this month, a group of …

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By Nate Raymond (Reuters) -A U.S. judge on Tuesday temporarily blocked the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency from recovering grant funds issued as part of a $20 billion climate funding program that President Donald Trump’s administration has moved to terminate. U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan in Washington issued a temporary restraining order halting the EPA’s termination …

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By Julia Payne and Philip Blenkinsop BRUSSELS (Reuters) -The European Union will tighten steel import quotas to reduce inflows by a further 15% from April, a senior EU official said on Wednesday, in a move aimed at preventing cheap steel flooding the European market after Washington imposed new tariffs. European steel producers already battling high …

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