OTTAWA (Reuters) – Canada plans to work more closely with the United States in the Arctic to ensure regional security in the face of an increasingly aggressive Russia, Ottawa said on Friday. As part of a renewed strategy, Canada will appoint an Arctic ambassador and open new consulates in Anchorage, Alaska and Nuuk, Greenland. Canada’s …
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By Jonathan Spicer ISTANBUL (Reuters) – A rapid rebel advance in northwest Syria poses risks for the United States, which was “caught unaware”, and other countries including Turkey, Russia and Iran, former U.S. ambassador James Jeffrey told Reuters. Jeffrey, former U.S. Ambassador to the Coalition to Defeat Islamic State under the previous Trump Administration, said …
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(Reuters) – Iran sent into space on Friday its heaviest-ever payload using the Simorgh carrier rocket including an advanced module for transferring satellites to higher-altitude orbits, state television reported. The Samān-1 transfer module, along with a CubeSat and a research payload “were successfully placed in an elliptical orbit with a high point of 410 km …
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ANKARA (Reuters) – The foreign ministers of Turkey, Iran, and Russia will meet in Doha on Saturday to discuss a lightning rebel advance in Syria, a Turkish diplomatic source said on Friday. Syrian rebels have made their biggest battlefield gains since the civil war began 13 years ago, striking a devastating blow to President Bashar …
By Joey Roulette WASHINGTON (Reuters) -NASA Administrator Bill Nelson announced on Thursday new delays in the U.S. space agency’s Artemis program to return astronauts to the moon for the first time since 1972, pushing back the next two planned missions amid potential policy changes under President-elect Donald Trump’s administration. Nelson told a news conference at …
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MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexican health officials on Thursday reported the deaths of 13 children in medical centers in central Mexico due to the possible contamination of IV bags in four health centers. They linked the children’s deaths, which took place in three public facilities and one private clinic in the state of Mexico, to …
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By Kylie Madry and Ted Hesson MEXICO CITY/WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Mexico is seeking an agreement with U.S. President-elect Donald Trump to ensure it does not receive deportees from third countries in case of large-scale deportations of migrants from the United States, President Claudia Sheinbaum said on Thursday. The Bahamas rejected taking third-country deportees if Trump carries …
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By Lais Morais and Amanda Perobelli SAO PAULO (Reuters) -When Brazilian Rebeca Mendes became pregnant in 2017, she fought for the right to have an abortion in her home country. The Supreme Court denied her request, so she flew to Colombia to terminate her pregnancy. Now she helps other women do the same, as well …
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UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – There is an urgent need for immediate humanitarian access to all civilians in need in Syria and a return to a U.N.-facilitated political process to end the bloodshed, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Thursday. He urged “all those with influence to do their part for the long-suffering people” of …
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By Stephanie van den Berg THE HAGUE (Reuters) – Amnesty International accused the state of Israel of committing genocide against Palestinians in the Gaza war in a report published on Thursday, an allegation Israel angrily denied. The London-based human rights group said it reached the conclusion after months of analysing incidents and statements of Israeli …
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