(Reuters) – NASA and SpaceX are proceeding with plans to launch the space agency’s Crew-10 mission to the International Space Station on Friday, March 14 at 7:03 p.m. EDT (2303 GMT), the U.S. agency said in a blog post on Thursday. (Reporting by Chandni Shah in Bengaluru; Editing by Sandra Maler)
By Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Donald Trump told NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte on Thursday that U.S. control of Greenland is necessary to enhance international security, escalating his campaign to annex the strategic Arctic island. “You know, Mark, we need that for international security, not just security – international – we have a lot of …
SAO PAULO (Reuters) -A panel of five judges on Brazil’s Supreme Court will gather on March 25 to decide whether they will accept or deny charges against former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro for an alleged coup attempt, the court said on Thursday. Last month, prosecutor General Paulo Gonet charged the far-right firebrand with leading a …
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By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The conflict in Sudan has created the “largest and the most devastating humanitarian crisis in the world” as the warring parties lay siege to towns and block aid deliveries, top aid officials told the U.N. Security Council on Thursday. The war erupted in April 2023 amid a power …
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By Ahmed Aboulenein WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Dr. Mehmet Oz, the celebrity physician nominated by President Donald Trump to oversee the government’s Medicare and Medicaid health plans, appears to have underpaid his own Medicare taxes by over $400,000, Democratic staffers on a U.S. Senate committee said in a memo reviewed by Reuters on Thursday. Oz is due …
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TORONTO (Reuters) – The number of migrants apprehended by the U.S. Border Patrol after entering the United States from Canada dropped to the lowest point since 2022 last month, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection statistics published on Thursday. The number of those apprehended after crossing into Canada, however, appears to be ticking up. …
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(Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Thursday that cooperation with Mexican authorities has improved and he sees tangible results on migration, but that work still needs to be done on curtailing the flow of illegal drugs. U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration has used the threat of tariffs to pressure Mexico, its …
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TIRANA (Reuters) – TikTok users in Albania are experiencing difficulties accessing the popular short video app after a one-year government ban took effect on Thursday, prompted by concerns that social media is fuelling youth violence in and outside school. Albania’s move follows bans or partial bans in at least 20 other countries amid worries about …
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By Lizbeth Diaz MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -The families of many Mexicans who have been missing for years are looking for answers in the discovery of piles of clothes, shoes and skeletal remains at a ranch in western Mexico that may have been a base to burn bodies and bury the remains. Civilian activists searching for …
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By Patricia Zengerle and Emily Green WASHINGTON/MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – President Donald Trump’s nominee for U.S. ambassador to Mexico on Thursday did not rule out unilateral U.S. military action in Mexico if U.S. citizens were in danger, bringing to the fore simmering tensions between the two countries over how to fight drug cartels. “Our first …
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