By Jasper Ward -Vaughn Miller, The Bahamas’ minister for the environment, has died at the age of 64, the country’s Office of the Prime Minister said on Sunday. According to a police statement, an unnamed man, whom the Office of the Prime Minister identified as Miller, was found unresponsive shortly after 1 a.m. Eastern Daylight …
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(Reuters) -Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Sunday he did not raise the issue of Australia severing ties with Britain to become a republic in a meeting with King Charles in Scotland. King Charles is head of state in Australia, New Zealand and 12 other Commonwealth realms outside the United Kingdom, although the role …
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By Parisa Hafezi and John Irish UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) -Iran’s clerical rulers face one of their gravest crises since the 1979 Islamic Revolution, caught between growing discontent at home and a stalled nuclear deal that together have left the country more isolated and divided. The United Nations reimposed sanctions on Iran on Saturday after last-ditch …
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By Parisa Hafezi, John Irish and Francois Murphy UNITED NATIONS/VIENNA (Reuters) -The “snapback” re-imposition of U.N. sanctions on Iran lifted under a 2015 nuclear deal sends Western powers back to the drawing board on how to contain and monitor Iran’s nuclear programme, diplomats and analysts say. European powers France, Britain, and Germany – known as …
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By Marco Aquino and Alexander Villegas LIMA (Reuters) -Peru’s youth are rallying for another round of protests against President Dina Boluarte on Saturday, a week after demonstrations in the capital led to clashes with police, leaving over a dozen police officers, protesters and journalists injured. The protests erupted on September 20 following reforms to the …
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(Reuters) -UAE Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed stressed the urgent need for ending the Gaza war during a meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York, UAE state news agency WAM reported on Saturday. It was Netanyahu’s first meeting with a senior Arab official …
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By Emily Green and Lizbeth Diaz MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -Mexico’s former immigration chief publicly apologized on Friday for a fire at a migrant detention center in the border city of Ciudad Juarez that killed 40 people and injured 27 others in 2023, part of a court order that allowed him to avoid prison time. Speaking …
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By Amy Tennery and Trevor Hunnicutt FARMINGDALE, New York (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump attended the Ryder Cup to a chorus of cheers from his supporters at Bethpage Black on Friday, as the home team trailed Europe 2-1/2 to 5-1/2 points after the first day of the biennial golf event. Trump flew over the course …
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(This Sept 25 story has been repeated with no changes to text.) WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The head of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission said on Thursday he had yet to review a call from the White House for mass layoffs at federal agencies during a possible government shutdown but believed the agency was working to …
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By Catarina Demony (Reuters) -Hundreds of environmental and human rights groups have urged COP30, the global climate summit to be held in Brazil this November, to confront the historical roots of the climate crisis, and put reparations on the agenda. The letter argues that historical crimes, such as enslavement and colonialism, created global inequalities in …
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