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Pelicot rape trial shifts France’s practices around drug-facilitated assaults

19 Dec 2024

By Juliette Jabkhiro PARIS (Reuters) – Around late September, staff manning the phones at 39 19, France’s main anonymous hotline for women who are victims of violence, began noticing a new type of case. “The caller thinks she’s been drugged and potentially raped. She had suspicions a few months ago and all the information around …

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US requests USMCA dispute settlement talks with Mexico on labor issues

18 Dec 2024

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. said on Wednesday it has requested the establishment of dispute settlement panels under the U.S.-Mexico-Canada trade deal after failing to reach agreement with Mexico on alleged labor rights violations by auto parts suppliers Pirelli Neumaticos and Bader de Mexico, as well as small arms manufacturer Industrias Tecnos. (This story has …

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EU states must coordinate against Russian election meddling, Romanian president says

18 Dec 2024

BUCHAREST (Reuters) -Romania’s President Klaus Iohannis said EU states must work together to counter Russian interference in their elections, after Romanian lawmakers said its annulled presidential vote was the target of cyber attacks, misinformation and propaganda. Iohannis, who will remain in office after his term ends on Dec. 21 until the election is re-run, said …

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Trump must maintain vital fentanyl progress with China, White House says

18 Dec 2024

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – While it is important to keep pressure on China to help further reduce U.S. fentanyl deaths, the incoming Trump administration must be careful to maintain the progress President Joe Biden has made with Beijing on the issue, the head of the White House’s drug-control policy said on Wednesday. China is the dominant …

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NATO command in Germany to assist Ukraine is up and running, says Rutte

18 Dec 2024

BRUSSELS (Reuters) – A new NATO command in the German city of Wiesbaden has taken up its work to coordinate Western military aid for Ukraine, the alliance’s Secretary-General Mark Rutte said on Wednesday. The command takes over coordination of the aid from the United States, in a move widely seen as aiming to safeguard the …

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WTO fails on dispute reforms before Trump takes office, US ambassador says

18 Dec 2024

By David Lawder WASHINGTON (Reuters) – World Trade Organization members failed to agree on reforms to revive a broken trade dispute settlement system during the last General Council meeting before U.S. President-elect Donald Trump takes office in January, outgoing U.S. WTO ambassador Maria Pagan said on Wednesday. Pagan also told reporters in a briefing that …

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Syrian mass graves expose “machinery of death” under Assad, top prosecutor says

18 Dec 2024

(This Dec. 17 story has been corrected to fix the number of missing in Syria, provided by the International Commission on Missing Persons, to more than 150,000, in paragraph 11) By Timour Azhari and Anthony Deutsch QUTAYFAH, Syria (Reuters) – An international war crimes prosecutor said on Tuesday that evidence emerging from mass grave sites …

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Israeli troops remove Israeli settler group who crossed into Lebanon

18 Dec 2024

JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israeli soldiers removed a small far-right group of Israeli civilians who had crossed into Lebanon, appearing to put up a tent settlement, in what the military said on Wednesday was a serious incident now under investigation. The Times of Israel reported 10 days ago that the group, advocating the annexation and settlement …

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Seeing Trump 2.0 tariffs coming, America’s toymakers gird for ruckus

18 Dec 2024

By Timothy Aeppel (Reuters) – With the incoming Trump administration promising an entirely new round of tariffs on U.S. imports, Atlanta-based Kids2 and other toymakers are reviewing product lines, looking for ways to limit the cost of new levies. In the last trade war, Kids2 redesigned an infant chair so it could be converted into …

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Congress to vote on new restrictions on US investment in China

18 Dec 2024

By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Congress is set to vote in the coming days on legislation restricting U.S. investments in China as part of a bill to fund government operations through mid-March, lawmakers said late on Tuesday. In October, the Treasury finalized rules effective Jan. 2 that will limit U.S. investments in artificial …

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