The major cases the Supreme Court will decide in the coming weeks

Washington — The final weeks of the Supreme Court’s term are fast approaching, and the justices are poised to hand down decisions in some of its most significant cases before they go their separate ways for the summer. The high court has already struck down President Trump’s sweeping tariffs and weakened the Voting Rights Act. …

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Chinese Personnel Swim, Use Boats to Evacuate People in Flood-Hit Areas

HONG KONG, May 20 (Reuters) – Rescue workers used ⁠boats ⁠or swam through floodwaters to ⁠evacuate people in waterlogged areas across central and southwest ​China on Wednesday after torrential rain killed at least 25 people and shut businesses, ‌schools and transport links. Heavy rain ‌is expected to continue across southern and central parts of the …

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Ukraine, Hungary Kick off Expert-Level Consultations

May 20 (Reuters) – Kyiv and Budapest ⁠began ⁠expert-level consultations online on ⁠Wednesday, the countries’ foreign ministers said. • Ukrainian ​Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said he focused his opening statement ‌on three key issues – ‌bilateral relations, minority rights, and Ukraine’s EU accession. • ⁠Both ⁠countries look to rebuild ties following a change of ​government …

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Russia and China Scold the United States Over ‘Golden Dome’ Plans

MOSCOW, May 20 (Reuters) – Russia and China said on ⁠Wednesday ⁠that U.S. President Donald Trump’s Golden ⁠Dome missile-defence shield plans threatened strategic stability and that Washington had ​been irresponsible not to work on a replacement for a landmark nuclear treaty. The rebuke was issued in ‌a joint statement after President Xi ‌Jinping welcomed President …

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US Homeland Security Says It Assisted Spain in Probe of Former PM Zapatero

WASHINGTON/MADRID, May 20 (Reuters) – The United States’ Department of ⁠Homeland ⁠Security assisted Spanish police in ⁠a money-laundering probe that led to an investigation by Spain’s High ​Court of former Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, a DHS spokesperson said. The Spanish court said ‌on Tuesday Zapatero was being investigated ‌for allegedly leading an influence-peddling …

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Trump’s Portrait Hits New Delhi Traffic as US Embassy Rolls Out ‘Happy Birthday America!’ Rickshaws

NEW DELHI (AP) — In New Delhi’s chaotic traffic, where the backs of auto-rickshaws sometimes double as mobile billboards, some commuters are now being greeted by an unlikely face: U.S. President Donald Trump. Splashed beneath his portrait is the slogan, “Happy Birthday America!” About 100 auto-rickshaws carrying large images of Trump and the Statue of …

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