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A general view of Charles De Gaulle, the French aircraft carrier docked in the French Navy base of Toulon, France, November 9, 2022.

With Russia in mind, French carrier joins drills under NATO command

Andrew Gray |Updated 7 minutes ago |3 min read

By Andrew Gray ABOARD THE AIRCRAFT CARRIER CHARLES DE GAULLE, off southern France (Reuters) - NATO on Friday launched one of its biggest naval deployments since Russia's invasion of Ukraine, with French aircraft carrier the Charles de Gaulle ...

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UN seeks to deescalate Sudan tensions amid reports of possible attack

Reuters |Updated 15 minutes ago |1 min read

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The United Nations is increasingly concerned about escalating tensions in al-Fashir in Sudan's North Dafur region amid reports that the Rapid Support Forces are encircling the city, signaling a possible imminent attack, ...

Former U.S. President Donald Trump gestures as he returns from a break in his trial at Manhattan Criminal Court in New York, U.S., on Thursday, April 25, 2024. Trump faces 34 felony counts of falsifying business records as part of an alleged scheme to silence claims of extramarital sexual encounters during his 2016 presidential campaign. Spencer Platt/Pool via

Trump allies drafting plans to erode Fed's independence, WSJ reports

Reuters |Updated just now |1 min read

(Reuters) - The allies of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump are drafting proposals that would attempt to erode the Federal Reserve's independence if he wins, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday, citing people familiar with ...

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UK police charge five men with national security offences linked to Russia

Reuters |Updated 48 minutes ago |1 min read

LONDON (Reuters) - British police said on Friday five men, including a British national, have been charged in relation to alleged hostile state activity intended to benefit Russia. Dylan Earl, 20, appeared in a London court on Saturday charged ...

A medic holds a Palestinian newborn girl after she was pulled alive from the womb of her mother Sabreen Al-Sheikh (Al-Sakani), who was killed in an Israeli strike, along with her husband Shokri and her daughter Malak, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, at a hospital in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, in this still image taken from a video recorded April 20, 2024. Reuters TV via

Gaza baby saved from dead mother's womb dies

Mohammad Salem and Nidal al-Mughrabi |Updated 1 hour ago |2 min read

By Mohammad Salem and Nidal al-Mughrabi RAFAH, Gaza (Reuters) - A baby girl who was delivered from her dying mother's womb in a Gaza hospital following an Israeli airstrike has herself died after just a few days of life, the doctor who was caring ...

Signage is seen outside of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) headquarters in White Oak, Maryland, U.S., August 29, 2020.

US FDA approves Pfizer's gene therapy for rare bleeding disorder

Reuters |Updated 9 minutes ago |1 min read

(Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Pfizer's gene therapy for hemophilia B on Friday, the second such therapy for the rare bleeding disorder that typically requires regular infusions of a blood-clotting protein. People with ...

View of ambulances and police at the scene after an explosion on busy pedestrian Istiklal street in Istanbul, Turkey, November 13, 2022.

Turkish court convicts Syrian woman over Istanbul bombing, media says

Reuters |Updated 7 minutes ago |1 min read

ISTANBUL (Reuters) -A Turkish court sentenced Ahlam Albashir, a Syrian national, to life in prison on Friday over a 2022 bombing that killed six people in Istanbul's main shopping street, Demiroren news agency (DHA) and other media said. Six Turkish ...

A Palestinian man carries belongings as he walks through the rubble of a destroyed residential building following an Israeli raid, in Qatari-funded Hamad City, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip March 13, 2024.

UN official says it could take 14 years to clear debris in Gaza

Reuters |Updated 1 hour ago |2 min read

GENEVA (Reuters) - The vast amount of rubble including unexploded ordnance left by Israel's devastating war in the Gaza Strip could take about 14 years to remove, a United Nations official said on Friday. Israel's military campaign against ...

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Missile launched from Yemen's Houthi area, no injuries reported, CENTCOM says

Reuters |Updated 1 hour ago |1 min read

(Reuters) - One anti-ship ballistic missile was launched from a Houthi-controlled area of Yemen into the Gulf of Aden on Thursday, with no injuries or damage reported by U.S, coalition, or commercial ships, U.S Central Command (CENTCOM) said on ...

A sign showing the name of German truck maker Daimler is pictured at the IAA truck show in Hanover, September 22,  2016.

Daimler Truck faces imminent strike by over 7,300 US workers

Nathan Gomes |Updated 1 hour ago |2 min read

By Nathan Gomes (Reuters) - Daimler Truck must reach a new labor contract with over 7,300 hourly workers at six facilities in the U.S. South by the end of Friday or face a possible strike by the United Auto Workers (UAW) union members. The ...

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