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JAKARTA, March 12 (Reuters) – Indonesia and Australia are planning to expand their security cooperation to include Japan and Papua New Guinea, Jakarta’s Defence Minister said on Thursday after a meeting with his Australian counterpart. (Reporting by Ananda Teresia; Writing by Martin Petty; Editing by David Stanway) Copyright 2026 Thomson Reuters. Photos You Should See …
MOSCOW, March 12 (Reuters) – Russian presidential envoy Kirill Dmitriev said on Thursday he had discussed the current energy crisis with his U.S. counterparts as part of a meeting of the U.S.-Russia working group on economy that took place in Florida. Nearly 20 million barrels per day (bpd) of supply – roughly a fifth of …
March 12 (Reuters) – Roughly one-third of Americans cut back on food, utilities or other daily expenses to pay for healthcare last year, research from the West Health-Gallup Center showed on Thursday, as steeper prices and rising living costs hit households. A nationally and state-representative survey of nearly 20,000 U.S. adults in all 50 states and …
Like many school systems facing teacher shortages, South Carolina’s Allendale County has looked overseas for help. A quarter of the teachers in the rural, high-poverty district come from other countries. The superintendent praises the international educators — mostly from Jamaica and the Philippines — for their skill and dedication, but she is preparing to lose …
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — For more than a century, Utah has kept gambling almost entirely out of the state. There are no casinos, no lotteries and no racetracks that allow bets, a prohibition rooted in the conservative ideals of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, which views gambling as a vice that …
President Donald Trump announced early last year an end to penny production, saying it was wasteful. It cost 3.7 cents to make each 1-cent coin in 2024, according to the U.S. Mint. The move led to a shortage of pennies in cash registers last summer, forcing consumers and businesses to confront a penniless future in …
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran have damaged at least four cultural and historical sites, including palaces and an ancient mosque, raising alarms about the impact of the widening war on protected landmarks that are important to Iranian identity and world history. The speed and extent of the damage have so …
HAVANA (AP) — Several dozen people stood in circle in a room at a Havana psychiatric hospital, their hands held together as they chanted in unison, vowing to rid their bodies from “the toxins that enslave.” The collective plea to reclaim their freedom for just the next 24 hours was the first step of a …
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration on Wednesday opened a new trade investigation into manufacturing in foreign countries — an effort that comes after the Supreme Court struck down President Donald Trump’s previous use of tariffs by declaring an economic emergency. Trump and his team have made clear that they’re seeking to replace the hundreds …
Senators are venting their frustrations about the shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security as travelers endure long lines at airports