NEW DELHI (Reuters) -At least seven people were killed and around 10 injured in a pre-dawn stampede at the Maha Kumbh Mela in the northern Indian city of Prayagraj on Wednesday, an official said, the most auspicious day of the six-week Great Pitcher Festival. Hindus believe that taking a dip at the confluence of three …
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CAIRO/ANKARA (Reuters) – At least 14 civilians were killed and 29 wounded in attacks by Turkish-backed forces in northern Syria on Monday and Tuesday, the U.S.-backed Kurdish militia group said. The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) said Turkish-backed forces targeted a market in the city of Sarrin with drones on Tuesday, killing eight civilians and …
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By Saurabh Sharma LUCKNOW, India (Reuters) – Bodies, clothes and bags lay scattered on the ground after a deadly stampede at the world’s largest gathering of humanity, the Maha Kumbh Mela in northern India, on one of the most auspicious days in Hinduism. Witnesses described a mass of people rushing to take a pre-dawn dip …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Trump administration has revoked an extension of deportation protections that the previous administration granted to more than 600,000 Venezuelans already in the United States, the New York Times reported on Tuesday, citing a copy of the decision. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem rescinded a Biden administration move to grant Venezuelans in the …
By Sarah Morland and Marianna Parraga (Reuters) -Newly inaugurated U.S. President Donald Trump is pushing to “take back” the Panama Canal, the world’s second busiest interoceanic waterway, spurring concerns that the United States could invade the Central American nation. Trump argues that Panama has broken a pledge of neutrality made when the United States transferred …
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BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazil will not use its air force planes to assist with the deportation of Brazilian migrants in the United States, the South American country’s top diplomat said on Tuesday, just days after a major flare up in neighboring Colombia over the issue. On Sunday, Colombia and the United States pulled back from …
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By Kanishka Singh and Simon Lewis WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s trip to Central America, including Panama, is partially about countering China, a State Department spokesperson told Fox Business, as new President Donald Trump is pushing to “take back” the Panama Canal. KEY QUOTE “Part of this trip is about countering …
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BOGOTA (Reuters) – Two Colombian air force planes carrying deportees from the United States arrived in Bogota on Tuesday, the government said, paving the way for U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration to lift visa restrictions and other measures on Colombian citizens. Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro averted an economic disaster over the weekend after diplomats from …
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By Dan Peleschuk KYIV (Reuters) -Ukraine’s government on Tuesday sacked a deputy defence minister in charge of weapons purchases amid infighting over procurement that is complicating Kyiv’s attempt to reassure key Western partners at a critical moment in the war with Russia. The dispute burst into the open last week after Defence Minister Rustem Umerov …
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By Daniel Wiessner (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump has fired two Democratic officials at the National Labor Relations Board, a major shakeup that will bring hundreds of cases accusing companies of unlawful labor practices to a standstill and paves the way for Republican control of the agency. Trump removed NLRB Member Gwynne Wilcox and General …
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