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North Korea officials visit Iran in a rare public trip
SEOUL (Reuters) - A North Korean delegation led by the cabinet minister for international trade is visiting Iran, the North's official media said on Wednesday in a rare public report of an exchange between the two countries believed to have ...
Trump meets with Japan's former prime minister Aso
By Nathan Layne (Reuters) - Former Japanese prime minister Taro Aso, a senior figure in the country's ruling party, met with Donald Trump on Tuesday, becoming the latest U.S. ally seeking to establish ties with the Republican presidential ...
Tennessee lawmakers pass bill allowing teachers to carry guns in schools
By Brad Brooks (Reuters) - Tennessee lawmakers on Tuesday passed a bill that would allow the state's teachers to carry concealed handguns at school, as protesters yelled their opposition from the gallery. The bill was approved in a 68-28 vote ...
US FDA says commercial milk safe despite bird flu virus presence
(Reuters) - The US Food and Drug Administration said on Tuesday that it had found bird flu virus particles in some samples of pasteurized milk, but said that commercial milk supply remains safe. The FDA said that because the milk is pasteurized, ...
US, Russia set for a showdown at UN over nuclear weapons in space
By Michelle Nichols and Joey Roulette UNITED NATIONS/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States and Russia are set to face off over nuclear weapons in space on Wednesday at the United Nations Security Council, which is due to vote on a U.S.-drafted ...
P.E.I.'s spring sitting of the legislature has closed. Here are three takeaways.
The 27 members of P.E.I.’s legislature headed back to their districts for the summer after a 31-day sitting closed on April 23. The spring sitting saw the Progressive Conservative government of Premier Dennis King pass another record-high budget, ...
Trans Mountain oil shippers raise concerns about risk of delay to full service
By Nia Williams (Reuters) -Some shippers on Canada's Trans Mountain expansion project are raising concerns that the long-delayed oil pipeline will not be fully in service by its projected start date of May 1, according to a letter to the Canada ...
Rights concerns, costs undermine Turkey-EU migrant deal, say auditors
By Nette Noestlinger BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Turkey's poor human rights record and economic factors are undermining the effectiveness of the European Union's migration deal with Ankara, EU auditors said on Wednesday. Under the 2016 deal, Ankara ...
Argentina's Milei faces biggest protest yet as students march over budget cuts
By Nicolás Misculin BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Hundreds of thousands of Argentines took to the streets of Buenos Aires on Tuesday in an anti-government march against budget cuts to public universities, the biggest protest yet against President ...
Factbox-Biden administration races to safeguard environmental rules from congressional axe
(Reuters) - The Biden administration is racing to finalize a slew of major environmental regulations to help safeguard them from potential reversal should former President Donald Trump win the 2024 presidential election. Agency rules completed ...