By Simon Lewis TEL AVIV (Reuters) – Israel must make “hard choices” if it wants to normalize relations with more of its neighbors and should support Palestinian leaders who are willing to live side-by-side with Israelis, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Tuesday in Tel Aviv. Blinken in recent days has toured Israel’s …
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By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) – Advances in artificial intelligence may facilitate hacking, scamming and money laundering by reducing the technical know-how required to carry out such crimes, top U.S. law enforcement and intelligence officials said on Tuesday. Rob Joyce, director of cybersecurity at the National Security Agency, said at the International Conference on …
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By Ben Blanchard and Liz Lee TAIPEI/BEIJING (Reuters) -China on Tuesday threatened new trade measures against Taiwan, which accused Beijing of “economic coercion” ahead of pivotal weekend elections on the island and also voiced anger at a surprise Chinese satellite launch over its air space. Saturday’s presidential and parliamentary polls are taking place against a …
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By Ricardo Brito BRASILIA (Reuters) -Brazilian authorities celebrated their country’s democratic system on Monday, a year after a right-wing crowd invaded and vandalized its Supreme Court, Congress and presidential palace in protest against an election result. Under a screen that said “Democracy Unshaken” Congressional leaders, Supreme Court justices and government officials led by President Luiz …
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By Idrees Ali and Phil Stewart WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Pentagon said on Monday it was not currently planning to withdraw its roughly 2,500 troops from Iraq, despite Baghdad’s announcement last week it would begin the process of removing the U.S.-led military coalition from the country. “Right now, I’m not aware of any plans (to …
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By Alexandra Valencia QUITO (Reuters) – Ecuador’s “most-wanted prisoner”, the leader of the Los Choneros criminal group, disappeared from the jail where he was being held, authorities said on Sunday and launched an operation to locate him. General Cesar Zapata, the national commander of police, told a press conference that the country’s armed forces had …
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By Simon Lewis and Tuvan Gumrukcu CHANIA, Greece (Reuters) -Middle Eastern nations need to use their influence over regional actors to ensure the Gaza conflict is contained and prevent “an endless cycle of violence,” U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Saturday. Blinken spoke late in the day after meeting the leaders of Turkey …
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By Khushi Mandowara and Deena Beasley (Reuters) – Florida on Friday won authorization from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to directly import prescription drugs from Canada, the first state to get such approval for a strategy that could lower prices for medicines. Drug costs in the U.S. are higher than in Canada and …
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By Nancy Lapid (Reuters) – A large U.S. study found no evidence that taking Novo Nordisk’s Ozempic or Wegovy is tied to an increase in suicidal thoughts, researchers reported on Friday. Both Ozempic for type 2 diabetes and the obesity treatment Wegovy have the same active ingredient, semaglutide. Instead, the analysis of electronic medical record …
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By Josh Smith SEOUL (Reuters) – Russia has launched multiple North Korea-made ballistic missiles at Ukraine recently, the White House said on Thursday, the first time the North’s latest weapons have been used in battle. Here is what we know about the missiles, and where they came from. WHAT MISSILES DID RUSSIA USE? While the …
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