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U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken talks with U.S. Ambassador to China Nicholas Burns with U.S. Consulate General in Shanghai Scott Walker, while attending a basketball game between the Shanghai Sharks and the Zhejiang Golden Bulls at Shanghai Indoor Stadium, in Shanghai, China, April 24, 2024. Mark Schiefelbein/Pool via REUTERS

Blinken to meet businesses in Shanghai as he kicks off a tough China trip

Simon Lewis |Updated 37 minutes ago |2 min read

By Simon Lewis SHANGHAI (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken will meet business leaders in Shanghai on Thursday as ties between Washington and Beijing stabilise, pushing to resolve a raft of issues threatening the newly gained ...

Women dance while holding carnations in Carmo square to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Portugal's Carnation Revolution that resulted in the overthrow of dictatorship and transition to democracy, in Lisbon, Portugal, April 24, 2024.

Portugal's democracy turns 50: Thousands to commemorate Carnation Revolution

Miguel Pereira, Sergio Goncalves |Updated 57 minutes ago |2 min read

By Sergio Goncalves and Miguel Pereira LISBON (Reuters) - Thousands are expected to take to the streets to celebrate the 50th anniversary on Thursday of Portugal's "Carnation Revolution" that toppled the longest fascist dictatorship in Europe and ...

The logo of Brazilian mining company Vale SA is seen in Sao Goncalo do Rio Abaixo, Brazil February 4, 2019.

Vale expects to reach final agreement for Mariana dam reparations in first half of year

Reuters |Updated 57 minutes ago |1 min read

RIO DE JANEIRO/BRASILIA (Reuters) - Mining company Vale expects to reach a final agreement with authorities for reparations for the collapse of the Samarco tailings dam by the end of the first half of this year, the company told Reuters in a ...

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Haiti transition council to be installed on Thursday, says PM office

Reuters |Updated 1 hour ago |1 min read

PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - A ceremony to install a stalled presidential transition council in Haiti will take place Thursday morning on the outskirts of the capital Port-au-Prince, the office of outgoing Prime Minister Ariel Henry announced in a ...

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US Army says coalition vessel engaged anti-ship ballistic missile launched from Yemen

Reuters |Updated 1 hour ago |2 min read

CAIRO/DUBAI (Reuters) -A coalition vessel successfully engaged one anti-ship ballistic missile (ASBM) launched from the Iranian-backed Houthi "terrorist-controlled areas" in Yemen over the Gulf of Aden, the U.S. Central Command (USCENTCOM) said on ...

Former president Donald Trump speaks upon arriving at Manhattan criminal court, Tuesday, April 23, 2024, in New York. Yuki Iwamura/Pool via

Grand jury indicts 18 in alleged Arizona fake elector scheme to re-elect Trump

Reuters |Updated 7 minutes ago |1 min read

(Reuters) - A grand jury has indicted 18 people on charges that they took part in an Arizona fake elector scheme to re-elect then-U.S. President Donald Trump in 2020, the state's attorney general said on Wednesday. The court papers list a "former ...

A Palestinian flag flies over a group of pro-Palestinian demonstrators as they march outside the Israeli embassy to call for a ceasefire in Gaza, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, during a protest in Washington, U.S., March 2, 2024.

Pro-Palestinian US high school students accuse school of censoring speech

Kanishka Singh |Updated 2 hours ago |2 min read

By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Some U.S. students at Washington, D.C.'s Jackson-Reed High School filed a lawsuit on Wednesday alleging the public high school's administrators censored them by prohibiting pro-Palestinian events. The ...

Brazil's Finance Minister Fernando Haddad attends an interview with Reuters in Brasilia, Brazil, October 18, 2023.

Brazil's government submits rules to streamline consumption taxes

Reuters |Updated 2 hours ago |2 min read

BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil's government submitted proposed rules to Congress on Wednesday to carry out a historic tax overhaul approved last year, a key element of President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's strategy to foster growth in Latin ...

Residents hold US and North Korean flags while they wait for motorcade of North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un en route to the Metropole Hotel for the second US- North Korea summit in Hanoi, Vietnam February 28, 2019.

North Korean official lambasts US over sanctions, state media says

Reuters |Updated 2 hours ago |2 min read

SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea will take more action to maintain its military power despite U.S. sanctions pressure that has only made the country stronger, a North Korean foreign ministry official said on Thursday. "U.S. heinous sanctions served ...

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Molina Healthcare beats profit estimates aided by higher premiums

Reuters |Updated 2 hours ago |2 min read

(Reuters) - Molina Healthcare beat Wall Street estimates for first-quarter earnings on Wednesday, aided by higher premiums in its government-backed Medicaid insurance plans for people with low income. The company also reaffirmed its 2024 outlook, ...

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