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SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia has banned DeepSeek from all government devices over concerns that the Chinese artificial intelligence startup poses security risks, the government said on Tuesday. The Secretary of the Department of Home Affairs issued a mandatory direction for all government entities to “prevent the use or installation of DeepSeek products, applications and web …

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By Lewis Krauskopf and Davide Barbuscia NEW YORK (Reuters) – Investors are seeking to protect portfolios from the potential economic fallout from President Donald Trump’s tariff plans even as many on Wall Street doubt the situation will erupt into a sustained trade war that cripples assets. Announcements on tariffs have whipsawed markets this week as …

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By Simon Lewis SAN JOSE (Reuters) -The Trump administration is assessing whether it could take up El Salvador’s offer to house U.S. citizens convicted of crimes in its jails, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Tuesday, despite the apparent illegality of such a move. El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele on Monday offered the U.S. …

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By Jessica DiNapoli (Reuters) – Tulsa, Oklahoma’s new mayor said on Tuesday that he is backing parts of a plan that aims to pay reparations to the survivors and descendants of a 1921 race massacre in the city, after other efforts to ensure compensation for victims have failed. Survivors of a white mob’s attack on …

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By Brendan Pierson (Reuters) – A medical advocacy group on Tuesday sued the main U.S. health agencies over the sudden removal of websites containing public health information in response to an executive order by President Donald Trump targeting what his administration deemed to be “gender ideology extremism.” Doctors for America said in the lawsuit filed …

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By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) – The family of an American killed when a Malaysian Airlines plane was shot down over Ukraine in 2014 can sue Russia’s largest bank for allegedly providing money transfers to a group blamed for downing the plane, a U.S. appeals court ruled on Tuesday. In a 3-0 decision, the …

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By Ramadan Abed and Dawoud Abu Alkas GAZA (Reuters) – The Mohammed family sat up talking late into the night before their journey north to the ruins of their Gaza home, a trudge across a desolate landscape that hundreds of thousands of Palestinians embarked on last week after a ceasefire. Crowding around the fire and …

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By Jeff Mason and Michelle Nichols WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump is expected on Tuesday to stop U.S. engagement with the United Nations Human Rights Council and continue a halt to funding for the U.N. Palestinian relief agency UNRWA, a White House official said on Monday. The move coincides with a visit to Washington …

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