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WTO countries to reboot dispute reform negotiations
GENEVA (Reuters) - Countries in the World Trade Organization are resuming stalled negotiations on fixing its dispute settlement system by the end of this year, a document showed on Friday, after they overcame difficulties in choosing a chief ...
Supporters of Spain's Sanchez call rallies, leftists abroad urge him to stay
MADRID (Reuters) - Supporters of Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez prepared on Friday to hold rallies to urge him to stay on after he announced this week he was considering stepping down as a court looks into allegations of business corruption ...
Let us press on with UK migrant plan, Rwanda tells critics
By Philbert Girinema KIGALI (Reuters) - Rwandan President Paul Kagame's government said on Friday it would take as many migrants as Britain sends its way and urged "shouting" critics of the deportation plan to now let both nations proceed. ...
Fire at Brazil guesthouse leaves at least 10 dead, 11 injured
SAO PAULO (Reuters) - At least 10 people died and 11 were injured in the early hours of Friday morning in a major fire at a guesthouse in Brazil's southern city of Porto Alegre, said the Rio Grande do Sul state fire department, which is still ...
Blinken says Gaza protests a hallmark of democracy, decries 'silence' on Hamas
By Simon Lewis BEIJING (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Friday protests at U.S. universities over U.S.-ally Israel's war in Gaza are a hallmark of American democracy, but criticized what he called the "silence" about ...
US FDA says about 1 in 5 commercial milk samples tested positive for bird flu traces
(Reuters) - About one in five samples of commercial milk in the U.S. tested positive for traces of bird flu in a national survey, with a greater proportion coming from areas with infected herds, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said. There ...
Traders add to bets on September start to Fed rate cuts
(Reuters) - Traders added to bets that the U.S. Federal Reserve will deliver its first interest rate cut this year in September, after a government report on Friday showed U.S. inflation rose last month in line with expectations. Interest-rate ...
US inflation rises in line with expectations in March
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. inflation rose moderately in March, but that is unlikely to change financial markets' expectations that the Federal Reserve will hold off cutting interest rates until September. The personal consumption expenditures ...
Egyptian delegation in Israel for talks on Gaza hostages
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - An Egyptian delegation met Israeli officials on Friday, looking for a way to restart talks to end the war in Gaza and return the remaining Israeli hostages, an official briefed on the meetings said. The official, who spoke ...
Ukraine's Zelenskiy calls for air defense systems as allies meet
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Friday called for additional air defense systems to be sent to Kyiv to help protect against Russian strikes, adding that a pause in U.S. funding had helped Moscow seize the ...