By Jody Godoy (Reuters) – Apple has asked to participate in Google’s upcoming U.S. antitrust trial over online search, saying it cannot rely on Google to defend revenue-sharing agreements that send the iPhone maker billions of dollars each year for making Google the default search engine on its Safari browser. Apple does not plan to …
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By Lizbeth Diaz MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Amid a fresh wave of violence, Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum has sent her security chief and thousands of troops to stem a bloody escalation of drug cartel crime in Sinaloa state, signaling a shift in security strategy in the Latin American nation. On the campaign trail, Sheinbaum had …
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ISTANBUL (Reuters) -A blast ripped through an explosives factory in northwest Turkey on Tuesday, killing 11 people and injuring seven, Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said, adding that an investigation had been launched. Yerlikaya said that an initial death count of 12 people had been announced mistakenly and that in fact 11 people had been killed …
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By Mark Bendeich LONDON (Reuters) – Democracy looks bruised but not beaten as it heads into 2025. In a year in which countries representing almost half the world’s population called voters to the polls, democracies endured violence and major scares, but also proved resilient. Former U.S. President Donald Trump survived two assassination attempts and, despite …
By Brad Brooks (Reuters) – A New Mexico criminal case against actor Alec Baldwin stemming from a fatal shooting on the set of his movie “Rust” in 2021 ended on Monday, with a prosecutor dropping her appeal of the case’s dismissal. Special Prosecutor Kari Morrissey withdrew that appeal, according to a statement from the Frist …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. military said on Monday it conducted an airstrike in Syria that killed two Islamic State operatives and wounded one. The Islamic State operatives were moving a truckload of weapons in Dayr az Zawr Province, an area formerly controlled by the Syrian government and Russians, when they were targeted with the …
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(Reuters) -Former Democratic U.S. President Bill Clinton, 78, was hospitalized on Monday with a fever, according to his deputy chief of staff. It is not an emergency situation, NBC News reported. “President Clinton was admitted to Georgetown University Medical Center this afternoon for testing and observation after developing a fever,” Angel Ureña wrote on X. …
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By Brendan Pierson (Reuters) -A federal judge in Texas ruled that Democratic President Joe Biden’s administration likely exceeded its authority by issuing a rule strengthening privacy protections for women seeking abortions and for patients who receive gender transition treatments. U.S. District Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk in Amarillo on Sunday agreed to block the U.S. Department of …
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QUITO (Reuters) -Ecuador President Daniel Noboa said on Monday that Vice President Veronica Abad will be sent to work in Turkey, a decision that came the same day that a judge overturned her temporary suspension from office. Abad’s overturned suspension could stymie Noboa’s plan to take a leave of absence to campaign for reelection, as …
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By David Ljunggren OTTAWA (Reuters) -The head of a Canadian political party that has been keeping Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in power says he will vote in favor of a motion of no-confidence, effectively assuring the Liberals will be removed from power early next year. Trudeau has been under increasing pressure to quit since Finance …
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