By John Irish and Daphne Psaledakis LA MALBAIE, Quebec (Reuters) – It could have been disastrous. Just a day before the end of a three-day meeting of G7 foreign ministers in a remote snowy Canadian resort, some of the United States’ closest allies wondered whether their divisions could explode into public. Wranglings over wording on …
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(Reuters) – British police said on Friday that they have charged the Russian captain of a container ship that crashed into a U.S. tanker earlier this week. The captain of the Portuguese-flagged Solong, the 59-year-old Russian Vladimir Motin, has been charged with gross negligence, manslaughter and been remanded in police custody to appear at Hull …
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(Reuters) – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a warning on Friday, advising consumers against inhaling products containing nitrous oxide, commonly known as ‘laughing gas,’ due to potentially serious side effects, including death. Nitrous oxide is an odorless, colorless gas that leads to euphoria, relaxation, and dissociation from reality when inhaled. The gas …
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By David Lawder WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Internal Revenue Service is taking a “strategic pause” in its technology modernization investments to re-evaluate its operating approach in light of new artificial intelligence technologies, a senior IRS career technology official said on Friday. The agency will review a number of technology modernization initiatives that have been taken …
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By Alexandra Valencia QUITO (Reuters) – Ecuador’s security forces will “very soon” receive advice from Erik Prince, the private security executive, on fighting criminal gangs that are attempting to increase violence ahead of an April presidential runoff vote, Interior Minister John Reimberg said. President Daniel Noboa, who is locked in a tight contest with his …
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KYIV (Reuters) – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Friday that he saw a good chance to end the war with Russia after Ukraine accepted a U.S. proposal for a 30-day interim ceasefire and Moscow said it would only agree if certain conditions were met. “Right now, we have a good chance to end this …
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HELSINKI (Reuters) -Russia accused Norway of militarising the Svalbard archipelago, a claim Norway denied in a comment to news agency NTB after Russia on Friday had summoned the Norwegian ambassador to Moscow over the matter. “Moscow called on the Norwegian side to renounce any activity that undermines the international legal foundations of the archipelago’s regime,” …
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(Reuters) – The United States is proposing a “bridge” plan to extend the ceasefire in Gaza into April beyond Ramadan and Passover and allow time to negotiate a permanent cessation of hostilities, the White House said in a statement on Friday. The proposal was presented on Wednesday by U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff and National …
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BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Syria’s foreign minister made his first visit to Iraq since the fall of Bashar al-Assad, and called on Baghdad to reopen the border between the two countries that it had shut in the wake of the revolt that toppled him. Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shibani said the aim of Friday’s visit was to …
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By Mustafa Abu Ganeyeh JULIS, Israel (Reuters) – A delegation of Druze religious elders from Syria crossed into Israel on Friday for the first such visit in more than 50 years, underscoring Israel’s backing for the community amid growing tensions with the new government in Damascus. Around 100 Druze sheikhs from villages on the slope …
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