By Emma Farge GENEVA (Reuters) -U.N. cost savings plans for next year envisage far smaller cuts to senior staff than to lower ranks, a draft budget document shows, a contrast likely to fuel division just as financial support for the institution is slipping. Secretary General Antonio Guterres wants to shrink the regular budget by 15% …
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ANKARA (Reuters) -Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said he reached an understanding with U.S. President Donald Trump on how to achieve a ceasefire and lasting peace in Gaza and Palestine after talks at the White House on Thursday. “Our meeting was very important in terms of putting forth the will to end the massacres in Gaza. …
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By Aftab Ahmed KATHMANDU/NEW DELHI (Reuters) -At least 33 of the demonstrators killed during anti-corruption protests in Nepal this month were struck by “live bullets” fired from “high-velocity firearms,” the medical institute that conducted the postmortem examinations told Reuters. The findings were described to Reuters by a member of the forensic medicine department of the …
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DUBAI (Reuters) -Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi said on Friday that Tehran would scrap an agreement to let the U.N. watchdog inspect its nuclear sites if Western powers reinstated U.N. sanctions. A set of U.N. sanctions on Iran are due to be reimposed at 0000 GMT on Saturday after Britain, France and Germany accused Tehran …
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MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -Mexico’s National Service of Agro-Alimentary Health, Safety, and Quality (Senasica) said on Thursday that a confirmed case of an animal infested with the New World screwworm parasite in Nuevo Leon state was possible thanks to protocols it established with the United States. A fly-trapping system to detect screwworm flies in Mexico is …
By Siddhi Mahatole and Padmanabhan Ananthan (Reuters) -Eli Lilly said on Thursday the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved its treatment for a form of advanced breast cancer in adult patients who have received prior therapy. The therapy, Inluriyo, was approved based on data from a late-stage trial in which patients had a 38% …
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By Jeff Mason, Steve Holland and Tuvan Gumrukcu WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Donald Trump said on Thursday he believes Turkey will agree to his request to stop purchasing Russian oil and that he may lift U.S. sanctions on Ankara so it can buy advanced American F-35 jets. Trump told reporters after his two hours of talks …
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By Raphael Satter WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. government’s cyber defense agency has issued urgent guidance to other federal agencies over hackers exploiting a previously unknown vulnerability in Cisco security devices. In an emergency directive issued Thursday, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency said government cyber workers had just over one day to account for all such devices …
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By Luciana Magalhaes and Bernardo Caram SAO PAULO (Reuters) -A co-owner of Brazilian meatpacking giant JBS met privately with U.S. President Donald Trump about three weeks before Trump extended a surprise olive branch to Brazil’s president in his United Nations speech on Tuesday, three people with knowledge of the encounter told Reuters. That meeting helped …
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(Reuters) -UEFA appears poised for an emergency vote on suspending Israel from European competition next week, with national federations scrambling to position themselves amid mounting political pressure following calls for action. The brewing crisis intensified this week when United Nations experts called for Israel’s suspension from international football amid the unfolding genocide in occupied Palestinian …
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