(Reuters) – Actress Louise Fletcher, who won an Academy Award for her role in the 1975 film “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest,” has died at 88, the Associated Press reported late Friday. Fletcher died in her sleep surrounded by family at her home in Montdurausse, France, her agent David Shaul told the news agency, …
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The leaders of the United States, United Kingdom and Australia said in a statement on Friday marking the one-year anniversary of the AUKUS security pact that they have made “significant progress” towards Australia acquiring a nuclear-powered submarine. “We are steadfast in our commitment to Australia acquiring this capability at the earliest possible date,” …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States is prepared to impose additional economic costs on Russia in conjunction with U.S. allies if Moscow moves forward with annexing portions of Ukrainian territory, the White House said on Friday. Russia has been planning what Washington describes as sham referendums in portions of eastern Ukraine in what is seen as …
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(Reuters) -Ukraine said on Friday it would downgrade diplomatic ties with Iran and strip the ambassador of his accreditation over what it called Tehran’s “unfriendly” decision to supply Russian forces with drones. Earlier in the day, Ukraine said it had downed four Iranian-made “kamikaze” unmanned aerial vehicles, prompting President Volodymyr Zelenskiy to complain Tehran was …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden said on Friday that Russian referendums aimed at annexing four occupied regions of Ukraine are a sham and said Washington “will never recognize Ukrainian territory as anything other than part of Ukraine.” In a statement, Biden said Washington “will work with our allies and partners to impose additional …
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By Daphne Psaledakis and Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – Countries on the front lines of the climate crisis are fed up. During the annual gathering of world leaders at the United Nations this week, low-lying island nation Vanuatu stepped up a fight to get the world to focus on combating global warming by calling …
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DUBAI (Reuters) -The Iranian army said on Friday it will “confront the enemies” to ensure security, the toughest warning yet to nationwide protesters enraged by the death of a woman held by police. Iranians have staged nationwide demonstrations over the case of Mahsa Amini, 22, who died last week after being arrested by the morality …
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By Jiraporn Kuhakan BANGKOK (Reuters) -A beauty queen who spoke out against Myanmar’s military rulers was stranded at Thailand’s international airport for a third day on Friday, hoping to be granted entry, as activists and her employer urged authorities not to send her back to her homeland. Han Lay, who gained international attention last year …
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SYDNEY (Reuters) – The World Anti-Doping Agency will add the painkiller tramadol to the list of banned substances for athletes in competition from 2024 and has maintained its ban on cannabis after a review. The decisions were taken by WADA’s executive committee after a meeting in Sydney on Friday and followed recommendations from the body’s …
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By Kinda Makieh and Laila Bassam BEIRUT (Reuters) – Syrian authorities have found 34 bodies and rescued more than a dozen migrants off the coast of the northern port city of Tartus on Thursday suspected of having left north Lebanon bound towards Europe earlier this week. Samer Qubrusli, the Syrian director-general of ports, told Reuters …
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