By Nancy Lapid (Reuters) -Stillbirths in the U.S. are more common than previously reported, affecting roughly 1 in 150 pregnancies, and rates are even higher in lower-income areas, according to results from a large study published on Monday. The national average reported by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is 1 in 175 …
By Xinghui Kok KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney will meet Chinese President Xi Jinping later this week and is ready to sit down for trade talks with Donald Trump as soon as the U.S. President is prepared to do so, he said on Monday. While he is open to further talks …
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By Trevor Hunnicutt and Dmitry Antonov AIR FORCE ONE (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday Russian President Vladimir Putin should end the war in Ukraine instead of testing a nuclear-powered missile, and that the United States had a nuclear submarine positioned off Russia’s coast. Putin said on Sunday Russia had successfully tested its …
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MOSCOW (Reuters) -The Kremlin on Monday said that Russia would be guided by its own national interests after U.S. President Donald Trump said that President Vladimir Putin should end the war in Ukraine rather than testing a nuclear-powered cruise missile. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said there was nothing in the test of the Burevestnik missile …
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By Nicolás Misculin and Leila Miller BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) -Argentine President Javier Milei’s party cruised to victory in midterm legislative elections as voters handed him a mandate to keep pushing through his radical overhaul of the economy despite widespread discontent with his deep austerity measures. A relief to Milei, whose poll numbers had sagged in …
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ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE (Reuters) -U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Monday that Washington does not view a strike that Israel said targeted a member of a Palestinian militant group in Gaza as a violation of a U.S.-backed ceasefire. Israel said it struck a member of the Islamic Jihad group on Saturday, accusing …
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BEIJING/TAIPEI (Reuters) -A group of Chinese H-6K bombers recently flew near Taiwan to practice “confrontation drills”, Chinese state media reported late on Sunday, publicising the action just a few days before the U.S. and Chinese presidents are due to meet in South Korea. Taiwan’s defence ministry denounced the report as a propaganda ploy. Taiwan, which …
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TOKYO (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump is set to meet Japanese Emperor Naruhito on Monday in the Imperial Palace in Tokyo, six years after their previous meeting during the first Trump presidency. Here are some key facts about Japan’s monarchy. WHO IS CURRENT EMPEROR OF JAPAN? Emperor Naruhito assumed the reign in 2019, three years …
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BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) -The party of Argentina’s President Javier Milei’s has achieved a victory in Sunday’s midterm election, local media reported, virtually tying with the Peronist opposition in the key Buenos Aires province. Analysts said ahead of the election that winning more than 35% of the total vote would be positive for Milei’s administration, as …
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(Reuters) -Venezuela on Sunday condemned what it said was a military provocation by neighboring Trinidad and Tobago in coordination with the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency, aimed at spurring a full military confrontation with the Latin American nation. Joint military exercises between the U.S. and Trinidad and Tobago are currently underway in the Caribbean and Venezuela …
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