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VP Harris visits Florida as abortion ban limits southern women's options
By Nandita Bose WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris visits Florida on Wednesday to denounce the state's six-week abortion ban that takes effect on May 1, and will accuse Republican opponent Donald Trump of being responsible ...
Russian guided bombs kill two in Ukraine's Kharkiv region, governor says
KYIV (Reuters) - Russia attacked the Kharkiv region in northeastern Ukraine with guided bombs on Wednesday, killing at least two people and wounding two others, the regional governor said. The two people were killed when a car was struck in the ...
Edmonton police seek 'person of interest' after World War Two-era Hangar 11 fire
Edmonton city police are seeking a ‘person of interest’ after the city’s historic Hangar 11 was razed in a suspicious fire last week. Police almost immediately deemed the blaze suspicious after it incinerated the Second World War-era building at ...
Hamas official says Blinken ceasefire comments are attempt to pressure the group
CAIRO (Reuters) - Senior Hamas official Sami Abu Zuhri said on Wednesday that U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is blaming the delay of a Gaza ceasefire agreement on the Palestinian group unfairly. Blinken, meeting Israeli leaders to discuss ...
Clashes erupt on UCLA campus between pro-Palestinian supporters and counter-protesters
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -Violent clashes erupted on Wednesday on the campus of the University of California in Los Angeles (UCLA) between pro-Palestinian protesters and a group of counter-demonstrators, according to live video coverage provided by a ...
For Turkish performer, drag is a political act
By Dilara Senkaya and Burcu Karakas ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Ilker Yazici - stage name Miss Putka - was in secondary school when he discovered he was gay. There he met LGBT advocacy groups and joined street protests in Turkey's capital Ankara to ...
Irish police start to dismantle Dublin's migrant ‘tent city’
By Padraic Halpin DUBLIN (Reuters) - Irish police started dismantling about 200 tents housing asylum seekers in Dublin early on Wednesday, tackling what has become a focal point for heated debate around migration. The government said police and ...
Ukrainian forces near besieged Chasiv Yar say they badly need ammunition
By Volodymyr Pavlov NEAR CHASIV YAR, Ukraine (Reuters) - Ukrainian forces defending the strategic eastern stronghold of Chasiv Yar say they are still waiting for fresh ammunition after the United States approved a major military aid package, amid ...
34,568 Palestinians killed in Gaza since Oct. 7, Gaza health ministry says
DUBAI (Reuters) - At least 34,568 Palestinians have been killed and 77,765 wounded in Israel's military offensive on Gaza since Oct. 7, the Gaza health ministry said in a statement on Wednesday. (Reporting by Jana Choukeir; Editing by Alison ...
UK's Smith+Nephew retains annual forecasts despite Q1 revenue miss
(Reuters) - British medical equipment maker Smith+Nephew retained its annual revenue and profit forecasts on Wednesday, despite marginally missing market expectations for first-quarter revenue due to a softness in its advanced wound management ...