Myanmar Junta Leader Nominated for Presidential Vote by MP

March ⁠30 (Reuters) – ⁠Myanmar ⁠junta chief ​Min ‌Aung ‌Hlaing ⁠was nominated by ⁠a lawmaker ​on ​Monday for ⁠a parliamentary ⁠vote ⁠that will ​select the ​new ⁠president ⁠of the war-torn Southeast ⁠Asian nation. (Reporting by Reuters staff; Editing ⁠by John Mair and ​David ​Stanway) Copyright 2026 Thomson Reuters.

Golden Knights Fire Bruce Cassidy, Replace Him With John Tortorella

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Bruce Cassidy is out as coach of the Vegas Golden Knights, who fired him Sunday in an abrupt late-season change and replaced him with John Tortorella. General manager Kelly McCrimmon announced the move a day after the team lost three in a row and six of its past seven games. Vegas …

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Trump Reverses Course on Cuban Oil Blockade, Allows Russian Tanker to Pass

By Steve Holland and Daniel Trotta ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE, March 29 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump signaled ⁠he ⁠was reversing course on blocking oil shipments to Cuba on ⁠Sunday, saying he had “no problem” with any country sending in crude as a Russian tanker neared a Cuban port with a ​badly needed shipment. …

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Indonesian UN Peacekeeper Killed, Some Injured in Southern Lebanon

March 30 (Reuters) – The U.N. peacekeeping mission in Lebanon (UNIFIL) ⁠said ⁠a peacekeeper was killed when ⁠a projectile exploded at one of its positions near the southern ​Lebanese village of Adchit al-Qusayr on Sunday. Another peacekeeper was critically injured, it said in a statement early ‌on Monday. Indonesia’s foreign ministry said ‌on Monday the …

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Trump Says White House Ballroom Is Ahead of Schedule

ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE, March 29 (Reuters) – ⁠U.S. ⁠President Donald Trump said ⁠on Sunday that the planned White House ballroom ​was “ahead of schedule and under budget” despite a lawsuit that seeks ‌to halt the project. Trump ‌showed off new renderings of the ballroom as he ⁠defended the ⁠project, which required the demolition of …

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Trump Says Intel Chief Tulsi Gabbard ‘Softer’ Than Him on Iran Nuclear Issue

By Steve Holland and Trevor Hunnicutt ABOARD AIR FORCE ⁠ONE, ⁠March 29 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump ⁠on Sunday hinted at differences among his top aides on their ​approach to Iran, saying that his intelligence chief Tulsi Gabbard was “softer” than him on curbing Tehran’s nuclear ‌ambitions. Trump, who also suggested that a ‌deal …

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Israeli Parliament Approves 2026 State Budget, Spokesperson Says

March 30 (Reuters) – Israel’s parliament approved ⁠the ⁠2026 state budget, a ⁠Knesset spokesperson said in a statement early ​on Monday, allowing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government to ‌head off early elections ‌as his country’s joint war with the ⁠U.S. ⁠on Iran continues. The approval of the defence-heavy 699-billion shekel ​budget comes a month into the …

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