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French presidential hopeful sparks outcry with idea to deport migrants to remote island
PARIS (Reuters) - French presidential hopeful Laurent Wauquiez has caused an outcry in France, including within his own conservative camp, for suggesting sending migrants awaiting deportation to the remote island of Saint Pierre and Miquelon off Canada's coast.
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Suspicious financial activity at Vatican falls by a third, watchdog says
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Reports of suspicious financial activity in the Vatican fell by a third in 2024, an internal watchdog report said on Wednesday, though 79 reports were still made and two bank accounts holding a combined 2.12 million euros ($2.34 million) were frozen.
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Ecuador's violence-hit coastal region focus of presidential candidates
GUAYAQUIL/QUITO (Reuters) - The two candidates battling it out to win Ecuador's presidency in this Sunday's run-off have focused their energies on the populous coastal provinces, where voters are pleading for action to tackle spiraling drug-related violence.
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Exclusive-Water looms as new front in Mexico's trade negotiations with the US
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -Mexican officials are scrambling to come up with a plan to increase the amount of water the country sends to the United States because of growing concern that President Donald Trump could drag a dispute over an 81-year-old water treaty into trade negotiations, according to three sources familiar with the matter.
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Russia says it is investigating eight civilian deaths during Ukrainian occupation of Kursk region
(Reuters) - Russian investigators said on Wednesday that they were probing the alleged killing of eight Russian civilians by Ukrainian soldiers in Russia's Kursk region, parts of which were controlled by Kyiv before Russia regained ground this year.
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Nigeria's Boko Haram making gains again in Borno state, governor says
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) - Nigeria's Islamist group Boko Haram has renewed attacks and kidnappings in northeastern Borno state with little push back from security forces, suggesting that authorities in the region were losing ground to insurgents, the state's governor has said.
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Peace talks between Congo and M23 rebels in Doha delayed, sources say
(Reuters) - Peace talks between Congo's government and Rwanda-backed M23 rebels planned for Wednesday in Doha have been postponed, sources from both sides told Reuters this week, with no future date set.
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Bombing Iran will not pave the way for peace, says Russia
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Wednesday that bombing Iran would not pave the way to peace with, and that Moscow hoped that talks between the U.S. and Iran may help to avoid a crisis.
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From France to Mali, a deportee's struggle far from home
BAMAKO/MONTREUIL (Reuters) - In December, Moussa Sacko spent his birthday in Mali scrolling through messages from friends with whom he celebrated a year earlier on Paris' Champs-Elysees. He hasn't seen any of them since being deported from France in July.
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Germany's Merz unveils coalition deal to spur growth and tackle migration
BERLIN (Reuters) -German conservatives under Friedrich Merz agreed a coalition deal with the centre-left Social Democrats (SPD) on Wednesday, aiming to revive growth in Europe's largest economy just as a global trade war threatens recession.
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US sanctions hit Serbian oil firm NIS' operations despite waivers
LONDON/BELGRADE (Reuters) - Serbian oil firm NIS is struggling to buy oil from traders abroad, while at home its former clients are seeking alternative fuel suppliers as pending U.S. sanctions have impacted operations, sources familiar with the matter told Reuters.
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Hackers spied on 100 US bank regulators’ emails for over a year
Hackers intercepted about 103 bank regulators' emails for more than a year, gaining access to highly sensitive financial information, according to two people familiar with the matter and a draft letter to Congress seen by Bloomberg News.
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AI
Google AI search shift leaves website makers feeling ‘betrayed’
The now-ubiquitous AI-generated answers – and the way Google has changed its search algorithm to support them – have caused traffic to independent websites to plummet, according to Bloomberg interviews with 25 publishers and people who work with them.
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South Korea opposition leader Lee signals presidential run as race starts
SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korea's main opposition party head Lee Jae-myung said on Wednesday he was stepping down as party leader, amid expectations that the current populist front-runner for the presidency in opinion polls would soon declare his run.
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US says it is alarmed by American academic's arrest in Thailand
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. State Department said on Tuesday it was alarmed by the arrest in Thailand of American academic and U.S. citizen Paul Chambers who was charged with insulting the monarchy, in a rare prosecution of a foreigner under one of the world's strictest lese-majeste laws.
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Trump says US will soon announce tariffs on pharmaceutical imports
(Reuters) - President Donald Trump on Tuesday said the U.S. will soon announce a "major" tariff on pharmaceutical imports.
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South Sudan cholera patients died walking to clinic after US cut aid, charity says
NAIROBI (Reuters) -Eight people in South Sudan, including five children, died on a three-hour walk to seek medical treatment for cholera after U.S. aid cuts forced local health services to close, the UK-based charity Save the Children said on Wednesday.
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US rates El Salvador safer for U.S. travelers
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States gave El Salvador a safer travel rating on Tuesday that groups it with the least dangerous countries for Americans to visit, citing reduced gang activity and violent crime.
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Brazil's minister for communications resigns after charges unveiled against him
BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazilian Minister for Communications, who oversees services including telecommunication and postal, said in a statement on Tuesday he decided to resign from his role to focus on his legal defense after charges against him had became public.
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U.S. crude oil inventories down last week: API
HOUSTON, April 8 (Xinhua) -- The American Petroleum Institute (API) on Tuesday reported a decrease of 1.057 million barrels of crude oil in U.S. inventories for the week ending April 4.
