A demonstrator waves a Mexican flag as he participates in a protest in Charlotte, North Carolina. REUTERS/Sam Wolfe |
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The latest flashpoint in Charlotte, North Carolina, follows a bruising summer showdown in the state over whether local sheriffs should cooperate with federal authorities in raids against illegal immigration.
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Political Correspondent Jim Oliphant tells the Reuters World News podcast how the crackdown is poised to shape one of next year’s most competitive Senate races.
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President Donald Trump assailed Democratic lawmakers who told members of the US military they must refuse any illegal orders, calling them traitors who could face execution.
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Our Chart of the Week delves into the detail of what Republicans like - and don't like - about Trump 2.0.
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy's top security official denied he had agreed to the outline of a Trump administration peace plan, after US officials said he had accepted most of its terms.
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At least five people, including a child, were killed and around 100 injured when a magnitude 5.7 earthquake struck Bangladesh, with buildings damaged in many areas including the densely populated capital Dhaka.
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Gunmen in Nigeria kidnapped students from a Catholic school, in the latest attack after Trump threatened military action over the treatment of Christians in the West African country.
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COP30 summit president Brazil released a draft text for a proposed deal for this year's U.N. climate summit, dropping a proposal to develop a global plan to shift away from fossil fuels that had been included in an earlier version.
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A Japanese regional governor gave the green light for a partial restart of the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant, the world's biggest, as Japan tries to revive its nuclear sector and reduce fossil fuel imports.
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Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson oversaw a toxic, chaotic and dithering response to the COVID pandemic, with a delay to locking the country down resulting in about 23,000 more deaths, a report by a public inquiry concluded.
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Shares extended a global rout as a highly anticipated US jobs report failed to provide clarity on the near-term path for interest rates, with investors dumping risk assets even after Nvidia's earnings dazzled.
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Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's cabinet approved a $135 billion economic stimulus package, marking the first major policy initiative under the new leader, who has pledged to pursue expansionary fiscal measures.
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Trump removed his 40% tariffs on Brazilian food products, including beef, coffee, cocoa and fruits. The tariffs were imposed in July to punish Brazil over the prosecution of its former president, Trump ally Jair Bolsonaro.
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Warner Bros Discovery has received preliminary buyout bids from rivals Paramount Skydance, Comcast and Netflix, a source familiar with the matter said, kicking off a potential sale of the century-old Hollywood studio.
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Starbucks must face a lawsuit claiming it defrauded shareholders by concealing declining sales in the United States and China, its largest markets, leading to a 16% drop in its stock price after the coffee chain revealed the unexpected weakness.
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China scraps concerts with Japanese musicians as diplomatic tensions mount |
A woman points to an advertisement poster for a cancelled concert by Japanese musician Yoshio Suzuki in Beijing. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov |
Japanese jazz musician Yoshio Suzuki and his band were in the midst of a sound check for some long-awaited performances in Beijing when the venue was visited by plain-clothes police.
"After less than one minute, the venue owner came to me and said the police told him all concerts with Japanese people are canceled - and there is no discussion," said Christian Petersen-Clausen, a Norwegian concert promoter and documentary filmmaker who has lived in China for 13 years. About a dozen concerts with Japanese musicians in major Chinese cities have been abruptly cancelled this week as diplomatic tensions between Beijing and Tokyo escalate. |
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