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Supporters of the drag community protest against Florida's 'Protection of Children' bill which would ban children at live adult performances, inside the state capitol in Tallahassee, Florida, U.S. April 25, 2023.

Florida sues Biden administration over new transgender healthcare rule

Brendan Pierson |Updated 10 minutes ago |2 min read

By Brendan Pierson (Reuters) - Florida's top prosecutor and a Catholic medical group on Tuesday sued the Biden administration in an effort to block a rule that they say will force doctors to provide gender transition care against their judgment ...

Novice bullfighter Marcos Linares prepares to take part in a bullfight with young bulls ("novillada"),  on the eve of the start of Sanfermines in Pamplona, Spain, July 5, 2023.

Spanish bullring to let children in free as 'best introduction' to bullfighting

Reuters |Updated 29 minutes ago |2 min read

MADRID (Reuters) - A firm managing bullfights at Seville's renowned bullring is to hand out free tickets to children under eight, adding further fuel to a national debate about the traditional, and gory, Spanish pastime. The company, Pages, said ...

Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks as Parliament's Question Period resumes, a day after Canada's Conservative Party of Canada leader Pierre Poilievre was ejected from the House of Commons, after he called Prime Minister Justin Trudeau "a wacko”, in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada May 1, 2024.

Chinese election meddling could undermine Canada democracy, says spy agency

Reuters |Updated 39 minutes ago |2 min read

OTTAWA (Reuters) - Persistent Chinese election meddling has the potential to undermine Canadian democracy, Canada's main spy agency said on Tuesday in the latest official warning about clandestine activity by Beijing. The Canadian Security ...

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Russia declares US NGO Freedom House an undesirable organisation

Reuters |Updated 59 minutes ago |1 min read

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian prosecutors said on Tuesday they had designated U.S. non-profit group Freedom House as an "undesirable" organisation in Russia. The move, amounting to a ban, could put anyone working for or collaborating with the NGO at ...

A sperm whale breathes in the sea near Rausu, Hokkaido, Japan, July 1, 2019.

Scientists document remarkable sperm whale 'phonetic alphabet'

Will Dunham |Updated 59 minutes ago |3 min read

By Will Dunham (Reuters) - The various species of whales inhabiting Earth's oceans employ different types of vocalizations to communicate. Sperm whales, the largest of the toothed whales, communicate using bursts of clicking noises - called codas ...

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Police clear protest from Swiss university as Gaza demonstrations spread

Reuters |Updated 1 hour ago |2 min read

ZURICH/LAUSANNE (Reuters) - Police began dispersing pro-Palestinian protesters at the Swiss university of ETH Zurich on Tuesday, management said, after student demonstrations spread to campuses in several cities. Students set up camp at Lausanne ...

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Russia puts veteran journalist in pre-trial detention for 'justifying terrorism'

Reuters |Updated 1 hour ago |2 min read

(Reuters) - Veteran Russian journalist Nadezhda Kevorkova was placed in pre-trial detention for two months by a Moscow court on Tuesday on suspicion of "justifying terrorism", her son said. Kevorkova, 65, is a war correspondent who has reported ...

Britain's Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, cries as she, Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, Queen Camilla and King Charles attend the state funeral and burial of Britain's Queen Elizabeth, in London, Britain, September 19, 2022.

King Charles too busy to see son Prince Harry during UK trip

Michael Holden |Updated 1 hour ago |2 min read

By Michael Holden LONDON (Reuters) - Prince Harry will not be seeing his father King Charles during his current visit to Britain as the monarch will be too busy, Harry's spokesperson said on Tuesday. Harry, 39, has returned to Britain to attend a ...

Students show messages from the windows of a building of Freie Universitat (FU) Berlin to the pro-Palestinian demonstrators as they occupy a courtyard with a protest camp, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Berlin, Germany, May 7, 2024.

German police clear pro-Palestinian camp at Berlin university

Philipp Krach |Updated 1 hour ago |2 min read

By Philipp Krach BERLIN (Reuters) - German police cleared a pro-Palestinian protest camp on Tuesday at a courtyard of the Freie Universitaet Berlin, which had called for a stop to Israel's military operation in Gaza. Some 100 people set up two ...

A combination photo shows adult film actress Stephanie Clifford, also known as Stormy Daniels speaking in New York City, and then- U.S. President Donald Trump speaking in Washington, Michigan, U.S. on April 16, 2018 and April 28, 2018 respectively.  .

Stormy Daniels: Woman at center of Trump hush money trial is porn star-turned-ghostbuster

Julia Harte, Luc Cohen |Updated 1 hour ago |3 min read

By Luc Cohen and Julia Harte (Reuters) - Adult film star Stormy Daniels has built a lucrative business empire around her alleged 2006 sexual encounter with Donald Trump and earned legions of fans for her breezy retorts to those who cast her as an ...

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