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Topless anti-Russia protesters damage monument outside UN in Geneva

13 Dec 2024 13 Dec 2024

(Editor’s Note: Please note potentially offensive language in paragraph 2) GENEVA (Reuters) – Topless members of the Ukrainian feminist protest group Femen took chainsaws to a giant wooden sculpture outside the United Nations in Geneva on Friday, prompting police to intervene, witnesses said. The two women wearing the Ukrainian flag as garters shouted “Keep Russia …

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Blinken says he discussed Gaza ceasefire agreement with Turkish top officials

13 Dec 2024 13 Dec 2024

ANKARA (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Friday that he discussed the imperative of Palestinian militant group Hamas’ saying ‘yes’ to the Gaza ceasefire agreement in his talks with Turkey’s President and Foreign Minister. “In my discussions with President Erdogan and with Minister Fidan we talked about the imperative of Hamas …

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Assad’s final hours in Syria: Deception, despair and flight

13 Dec 2024 13 Dec 2024

By Samia Nakhoul, Maya Gebeily, Parisa Hafezi and Suleiman Al-Khalidi DUBAI (Reuters) – Bashar al-Assad confided in almost no one about his plans to flee Syria as his reign collapsed. Instead, aides, officials and even relatives were deceived or kept in the dark, more than a dozen people with knowledge of the events told Reuters. …

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US data has Fed striding toward rate cut next week, and tip-toeing into 2025

13 Dec 2024 13 Dec 2024

By Howard Schneider WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Investors view it as a near given that the U.S. Federal Reserve will cut interest rates by a quarter of a percentage point at its Dec. 17-18 meeting, with more attention focused on policymakers’ new economic projections released alongside the decision. Those projections will include an updated look at …

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U.S. navy aircraft flew through Taiwan Strait on Friday

13 Dec 2024 13 Dec 2024

TAIPEI (Reuters) – A U.S. Navy P-8 aircraft flew through the Taiwan strait on Friday, Taiwan’s defence ministry said. (Reporting by Ben Blanchard; Editing by Kevin Liffey)

Blinken says US working to bring Travis Timmerman home from Syria

13 Dec 2024 13 Dec 2024

By Simon Lewis and Eric Cox AQABA, Jordan (Reuters) -The United States is working to bring home an American citizen found on Thursday in Syria, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in Jordan, where he held meetings to discuss the political transition in Syria. In media reports, the man was identified as Travis Timmerman. …

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Trump to meet widow of former Japan PM Abe on Sunday, source says

13 Dec 2024 13 Dec 2024

By Nandita Bose (Reuters) – U.S. President-elect Donald Trump is planning to meet with Akie Abe, the widow of the late Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, on Sunday over a private dinner at his resort in Florida, a person familiar with the matter told Reuters. The meeting comes as Tokyo seeks to forge close ties …

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US couple shot dead while on visit in western Mexico

13 Dec 2024 13 Dec 2024

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – A U.S. couple was shot dead in the violence-plagued western Mexican state of Michoacan, state prosecutors said on Thursday, just after the country’s president had wrapped up a meeting with security officials aimed at addressing a wave of violence. Identified as Gloria A., 50, and Rafael C., 53, the couple was …

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Private Medicare plans must cover Biogen’s ALS drug, US agency says

13 Dec 2024 13 Dec 2024

(Reuters) – The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has directed private insurers providing Medicare Advantage plans to cover Biogen’s amyotrophic lateral sclerosis drug Qalsody after finding instances of coverage denial. Qalsody received the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s accelerated approval last year, but CMS said it found many Medicare Advantage plans, which cover adults …

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Summit carbon project would be reassessed if tax credits repealed, attorney says

13 Dec 2024 13 Dec 2024

By Leah Douglas (Reuters) – Summit Carbon Solutions’ massive carbon dioxide pipeline proposal would need to be reassessed if the United States repeals tax credits for carbon capture and storage, a company attorney said on Thursday. Summit intends to capture carbon dioxide from 57 ethanol plants across the Midwest and transport it along a pipeline …

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