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SEOUL, April 13 (Reuters) – South Korean President Lee Jae Myung has sparked a diplomatic row with Israel and criticism at home after comparing Israeli military actions against Palestinians to the Holocaust in a post on social media platform X. The controversy began on Friday after Lee said “wartime killings” by the Israel Defense Forces …
MANILA, April 13 (Reuters) – ASEAN foreign ministers called on Monday for the United States and Iran to continue negotiating a permanent end to their conflict, and to implement the ceasefire fully and effectively. The ministers, who met virtually to discuss the war in the Middle East, also called for the restoration of safe, unimpeded …
By Maria de los Angeles Ramirez PUERTO ORDAZ, Venezuela, April 13 (Reuters) – Venezuela’s https://www.reuters.com/world/venezuela/ effort to attract foreign investors to develop its gold, iron and bauxite seams has enthusiastic backing from the Trump administration but faces big challenges, including armed groups with deep interests in the chaotic, largely illegal prospecting industry that has developed …
BUDAPEST (AP) — After an election earthquake in which voters overwhelmingly rejected pro-Russian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, Hungarians are contemplating what to expect from the country’s incoming leader, Péter Magyar — a pro-European reformer who has promised a fundamental transformation in Hungary’s political culture. Magyar’s win was met with jubilation on the streets of Budapest …
The number of people in Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody declined by 12% from a record-high in January to the end of March, data released by the agency on Thursday shows, driven largely by a decline in detentions of those without criminal records. The drop follows the nationwide, bipartisan backlash to the massive immigration enforcement …
WASHINGTON (AP) — Logan Thompson stopped 24 shots, and the Washington Capitals kept their slim playoff hopes alive by beating the Pittsburgh Penguins 3-0 Sunday in perhaps the final home of Alex Ovechkin’s brilliant career. To reach the postseason, the Capitals must defeat Columbus in the season finale Tuesday night and hope Philadelphia fails to …
ABOARD PAPAL PLANE, April 13 (Reuters) – Pope Leo told Reuters on Monday that he plans to continue speaking out against war after U.S. President Donald Trump’s direct attack nL1N40W00Q on the leader of the 1.4-billion-member Church. In comments aboard the papal flight to Algiers, where the first U.S. pope is starting a 10-day tour …
BUENOS AIRES, April 13 (Reuters) – Gonzalo Martinez, a 37-year-old teacher, hopes that one day when he opens his bank account, he’ll have no more debt looming over him. Martinez is one of a growing number of Argentines falling behind on bank loans as shrinking purchasing power – the result of rising inflation and lower …
SANTIAGO, April 13 (Reuters) – Chilean state copper miner Codelco was fined by labor authorities after last year’s deadly collapse at its El Teniente mine, while three contractors whose workers were killed or injured were sanctioned more heavily, according to inspection records obtained by Reuters through public-records requests. The previously unreported sanctions were imposed in …
JERUSALEM, April 13 (Reuters) – Nearly two-thirds of Israelis oppose the Iran https://www.reuters.com/world/iran/ ceasefire but the public is divided over whether Israel should respect the two-week truce or resume attacks on Iran, according to a poll from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. The poll was the first national survey of Israelis conducted after the U.S. …