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Indonesian diplomats help keep multilateral diplomacy moving in UN

An assignment to the office of United Nations General Assembly’s president may help the holder of the forum’s presiding office to reflect a range of views among the body’s member states, including those of the Global South.

2 days ago
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On the campaign trail, JB Pritzker courts farmers like he's running for president

Illinois pursued trade ties with Indonesia, Japan and Mexico to cushion lost export markets ...

5 days ago
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Trump's new press secretary out after less than week

Zacharia took over the role from the combative Karoline Leavitt, who helped Trump reshape White House coverage by bringing in more friendly outlets and fiercely attacking critical media. ...

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A 'disaster': Biden's shaky start in debate with Trump rattles Democrats

Biden and Trump, 78, both have faced concerns about their age and fitness in the run-up to the Nov. 5 election, but they have weighed more heavily on Biden. 

2 years ago
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US presidential debates over the years: gaffes, chaos, scandals

Here are some of the most memorable moments from more than 60 years of modern American debates.

2 years ago
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New US envoy to take up RI post amid diplomatic letup

As the United States assigns a new envoy to assume the seven-month-long vacant position in Jakarta, analysts have urged the Indonesian government to immediately fill its ambassador post in Washington to improve bilateral ties between the two nations, which appear to be at a crossroads. 

2 years ago
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WikiLeaks founder Assange freed in US plea deal

Assange, who from 2010 published hundreds of thousands of confidential US documents on the whistleblowing website, was released this week from a high-security British prison.

2 years ago
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British explorer Shackleton's ship found off Canada coast

The Royal Canadian Geographical Society told a news conference that the shipwreck was found in the Labrador Sea at a depth of 390 meters (1,280 feet).

2 years ago
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Thousands of fish dead as lake dries in Mexican drought

The Bustillos lagoon was below 50 percent of its normal water level, local authorities said Wednesday, meaning pollutants were more concentrated and hazardous to the species that inhabit it.

2 years ago
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US President's son Hunter Biden convicted of lying about drug use to buy gun

Sentencing guidelines for the gun charges are 15 to 21 months, but legal experts say defendants in similar cases often get shorter sentences and are less likely to be incarcerated if they abide by the terms of their pretrial release.

2 years ago
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Sheinbaum's Mexico election win bolsters Latin American left

Sheinbaum will take office on October 1, replacing her political mentor Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, known by his initials AMLO, who became Mexico's first leftist president in 2018.

2 years ago
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In shakeup, Washington Post executive editor steps down

Assuming the job in 2021, Buzbee was the first female editor of the Post in 150 years. 

2 years ago
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Claudia Sheinbaum set to be Mexico's first woman president

The 61-year-old former Mexico City mayor, who was representing the ruling party, won around 58 percent of votes, according to an estimate by the Enkoll polling firm.

2 years ago
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Trump supporters call for riots and violent retribution after verdict

After Trump became the first US president to be convicted of a crime, his supporters responded with dozens of violent online posts, according to a Reuters review of comments on three Trump-aligned websites: the former president's own Truth Social platform, Patriots.Win and the Gateway Pundit.

2 years ago
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Trump guilty verdict fires up some Republican donors, favorable polling helps too

The verdict has spurred some donors to boost their financial support for Trump - and, in at least one case, make a big donation to him for the first time.

2 years ago
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Guilty on all counts, Donald Trump becomes first US president convicted of a crime

The verdict plunges the United States into unexplored territory ahead of the November vote, when Trump will try to win back the White House from Democratic President Joe Biden.

2 years ago
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Israeli leaders split over post-war Gaza governance

The Israeli army has been battling Hamas militants across Gaza for more than seven months while also exchanging near-daily fire with Iran-backed Hezbollah forces along the northern border with Lebanon.

2 years ago
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Biden and Trump are in a dead heat ahead of November, poll shows

Some 40 percent of registered voters in the eight-day poll, which closed on Tuesday, said they would vote for Biden, a Democrat, if the election were held today, with the same share picking former President Trump. The dead heat was little changed from a 1 point lead that Biden held in a Reuters/Ipsos poll conducted April 29-30.

2 years ago
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Seinfeld speech at Duke commencement prompts walkout protesting his support for Israel

Figures in robes and caps, some waving Palestinian flags, were seen filing out of crowds of graduates assembled on the grass in the North Carolina University's football stadium in the video posted on X. Reuters was able to verify the video's date and location.

2 years ago
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Biden threatens to stop arm shipments if Israel invades Rafah

Biden, a self-described Zionist, had long resisted stopping any of the $3 billion in weapons the United States sends each year to Israel -- and pushed Congress for an increase in the wake of the October 7 attack by Hamas that triggered the major Israeli retaliation.

2 years ago
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How US campus protests over Gaza differ from Vietnam war era

Student bodies have changed, as has the Democratic Party. But given the tight rematch incumbent President Joe Biden, a Democrat, faces with Republican Donald Trump, they could hold political sway.

2 years ago
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70% of environment journalists report attacks, threats, pressure: UN

The UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization warned of an increase in violence against and intimidation of journalists reporting on the environment and climate.

2 years ago
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Gaza boycott continues to weigh on McDonald's sales

McDonald's has described the boycott's greatest impact as in the Middle East, while also pointing to effects in markets like Malaysia and Indonesia and in parts of France where the Muslim population is higher.

2 years ago
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New York City police enter Columbia University amid pro-Palestinian protests

The occupation began overnight when protesters broke windows, stormed inside and unfurled a banner reading "Hind's Hall," symbolically renaming the building for a 6-year-old Palestinian child killed in Gaza by the Israeli military.

2 years ago
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Columbia suspends pro-Palestinian protesters after encampment talks stall

Hundreds of demonstrators, many wearing traditional Palestinian keffiyeh scarves, marched around the perimeter of the encampment chanting, "Disclose! Divest! We will not stop, we will not rest."

2 years ago
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Biden stalls on menthol cigarette ban fearing Black vote backlash

Health secretary Xavier Becerra said in a statement the matter "has garnered historic attention and the public comment period has yielded an immense amount of feedback, including from various elements of the civil rights and criminal justice movement.

2 years ago
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Harvey Weinstein's rape conviction is overturned by top New York court

In a bitterly divided 4-3 ruling, the state Court of Appeals said the trial judge made a critical mistake by letting women testify that Weinstein assaulted them, even though their accusations were not part of the charges he faced.

2 years ago
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Biden's re-election campaign won't stop using TikTok

The decision comes as many young and left-leaning voters, a significant part of the user base for the short-video app, are agitated over Biden's handling of the war in Gaza and protests have escalated across universities around the country.

2 years ago
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Gaza protests grow at US colleges, thousands demonstrate in Brooklyn

The growing protests follow mass arrests of demonstrators at some East Coast universities in recent days, and show a deepening dissatisfaction in the United States, historically Israel's most important ally, with the course of the war with Hamas.

2 years ago
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Pro-Palestinian protesters arrested at Yale, NYU; Columbia cancels in-person classes

Demonstrators blocked traffic around Yale's campus in New Haven, Connecticut, demanding the school divest from military weapons manufacturers.

2 years ago
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When Facebook blocks news, studies show the political risks that follow

"Our numbers are growing and we're reaching more and more people every day," said Ballingall, who publishes up to 10 posts a day and has some 540,000 followers.

2 years ago
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Three wounded in shooting at US party for end of Ramadan

A shooting between rival groups left three people wounded at a celebration marking the end of Ramadan, police in the United States city of Philadelphia said.

2 years ago
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Loss of engine cover on Southwest Boeing 737-800 prompts FAA investigation

No one was injured and Southwest Flight 3695 returned safely to Denver International Airport around 8:15 a.m. local time (1415 GMT) on Sunday and was towed to the gate after losing the engine cowling.

2 years ago
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