By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) -U.S. prosecutors on Thursday unveiled a new indictment against Sean “Diddy” Combs, accusing the hip-hop mogul of forcing employees to work long hours and threatening to punish those who did not assist in his two-decade sex trafficking scheme. Combs, 55, still faces a scheduled May 5 trial in Manhattan …
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By Nidal al-Mughrabi CAIRO (Reuters) – Hamas said on Thursday U.S. President Donald Trump’s repeated threats against Palestinians constituted support for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to back out of the Gaza ceasefire and intensify the siege of Gazans. Trump demanded in a social media post on Wednesday that Hamas “release all of the hostages …
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By Sarah Morland and Natalia Siniawski MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -Latin American rights activists on Thursday warned of growing political threats to reproductive rights across the region, as the United States rolls back access to abortion. “What we are seeing is a lot of backlash of progress after many years of human rights struggles,” Paula Avila-Guillen, …
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By Daphne Psaledakis WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. is reviewing all existing sanctions waivers that provide Iran any degree of economic relief, and urging the Iraqi government to eliminate its dependence on Iranian sources of energy as soon as possible, the U.S. State Department spokesperson said on Thursday. State Department spokesperson Tammy Bruce made the comments …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Thursday dismissed as “garbage” accusations that Washington had taken a pro-Russia stance, saying President Donald Trump was pursuing a peaceful end to Russia’s three-year-old invasion of Ukraine. Trump has piled pressure on Ukraine, pausing all U.S. military and intelligence assistance to Kyiv, as his administration pushes …
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By David Ljunggren and Promit Mukherjee OTTAWA (Reuters) -Canada will be in a trade war with the United States for the foreseeable future, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Thursday, speaking shortly before U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent called him “a numbskull”. Trudeau said Canada would continue to engage with senior Trump administration officials about …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff said that direct U.S. discussions with Hamas militants were in recent days and the message to the Palestinian militant group was that the United States wants to get hostages home. Witkoff also said the U.S. does not believe Hamas has been forthright. He spoke a …
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(Reuters) – President Volodymyr Zelenskiy called on EU leaders on Thursday to support the idea of a truce between Russian and Ukrainian forces in the air and at sea, saying it would be a chance to test Moscow’s will to end its three-year invasion. “Everyone needs to make sure that Russia, as the sole source …
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By Shivam Patel NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Action to curb global warming is at risk from a “triple negative” effect triggered by the return of U.S. President Donald Trump to the White House, Brazil said on Thursday, as it prepares to host U.N. climate talks later this year. Trump has withdrawn from the Paris Agreement …
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By Jennifer Rigby and Aaron Ross LONDON (Reuters) -Some lifesaving health projects that had their U.S. funding contracts abruptly terminated last week have received letters reversing that decision, several of the groups told Reuters. The aid recipients said the decisions were promising, but that their work remains in limbo as funding for their projects from …
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