By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) – In Earth’s upper atmosphere, a fast-moving band of air called the jet stream blows with winds of more than 275 miles (442 km) per hour, but they are not the strongest in our solar system. The comparable high-altitude winds on Neptune reach about 1,200 miles (2,000 km) per hour. …
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BERLIN (Reuters) – Friedrich Merz, the leading candidate for the chancellery in Germany’s upcoming election, said a leaked briefing by Germany’s ambassador to the United States heavily criticising Donald Trump was damaging to the German government’s reputation. Reuters exclusively reported on Saturday details from the briefing by Ambassador Andreas Michaelis, dated Jan. 14, which said …
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BERLIN (Reuters) – German opposition leader Friedrich Merz, tipped to become chancellor in next month’s election, said on Tuesday U.S. President Donald Trump could prove an interesting partner for Europe provided the region had a strong common negotiating position. “He is a dealmaker, so let’s think about what we can offer,” Merz said in a …
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By Matthew Lewis (Reuters) -Garth Hudson, the organist and multi-instrumentalist whose wizardry enhanced some of the best-known songs of 1960s and 1970s rock group the Band, including “Up on Cripple Creek,” “Chest Fever” and “Ophelia,” died on Tuesday at age 87, the Band announced. Hudson, a Canadian who died in Woodstock, New York, where he …
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By Alessandra Galloni DAVOS, Switzerland (Reuters) -Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, who is seeking a meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump, said on Tuesday that at least 200,000 European peacekeepers would be needed to prevent a new Russian attack after any ceasefire deal. The Ukrainian leader, speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland a …
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By Steven Scheer JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Israel’s army chief Herzi Halevi said on Tuesday he would resign on March 6, taking responsibility for the massive security lapse on Oct. 7, 2023, when Palestinian Hamas gunmen from Gaza carried out a cross-border attack on Israel. Halevi, who had been widely expected to step down in the wake …
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By Joyce Lee SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol attended on Tuesday a Constitutional Court hearing of his impeachment trial where he denied ordering military commanders to drag lawmakers out of parliament during his short-lived bid to impose martial law. Near the start of the hearing, Yoon said he had worked in public …
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(Repetition) WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Donald Trump ordered the U.S. to withdraw from the Paris climate agreement on Monday, once again placing the world’s top historic emitter of greenhouse gases outside the global pact aimed at pushing nations to tackle climate change. Here are some reactions to the announcement of the second U.S. withdrawal from the …
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ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkish authorities have ramped up investigations and detentions of opposition figures, with three such actions on Monday alone, raising concerns about a widening crackdown on dissent against the government. The main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) youth branch head was briefly detained for a social media post about the Istanbul prosecutor, the …
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By Joe Cash and Xiuhao Chen BEIJING (Reuters) – Donald Trump unexpectedly held off tariffs on China on his first day back at the White House and did not single it out as a threat, raising the prospect of a rapprochement as both sides look to gain from each other rather than rain harm on …
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