Families Weigh Moves With Gender-Affirming Care Access Under Assault in US

May 21 (Reuters) – Confronted with Trump Administration threats to gender-affirming care for young transgender people, American families are ⁠weighing moves ⁠out of their states to gain access to needed healthcare, according to ⁠doctors, patients, policy experts and advocacy groups. Upon taking office for the second time, President Donald Trump issued an executive order aimed …

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World Cup expected to generate more in sports bets than the Super Bowl

The players won’t be the only ones looking to score when the World Cup kicks off on June 11 across 16 cities in three continents. Held this year in Canada, Mexico and the U.S., the quadrennial soccer tournament is expected to become one of the biggest gambling events of all time. Bookies.com predicts Americans will …

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Is Trump’s $1.7+ billion “anti-weaponization fund” legal? Experts weigh in.

Washington — The Justice Department’s new $1.776 billion fund to provide payouts to people alleging the legal system was “weaponized” against them was met with immediate scrutiny and questions surrounding its legality, enforcement and implementation. The Justice Department has said that there are no “partisan requirements” to seek compensation, but if its past settlements and …

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EU Can Freeze Russian Assets Held by Trusts, Court Rules

AMSTERDAM, May 21 (Reuters) – The European ⁠Union ⁠can freeze assets linked ⁠to Russians sanctioned over the war in ​Ukraine, even if those assets are held by a trust and ‌there is no direct ‌legal link to the persons involved, the EU’s ⁠Court of ⁠Justice ruled on Thursday. • The court said assets can ​also …

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Family of US Ebola Patient Admitted to Berlin Isolation Ward

BERLIN, May 21 (Reuters) – The family ⁠of ⁠a U.S. citizen ⁠who contracted Ebola in the Democratic Republic ​of Congo, where an outbreak of a rare strain ‌of the virus has ‌killed over 130 people, has been admitted ⁠to ⁠an isolation ward at the Berlin hospital where he ​is being treated. The German health ministry …

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Russia Says It Will Support Cuba as U.S. Tightens the ‘Noose’

MOSCOW, May 21 (Reuters) – Russia ⁠said ⁠on Thursday that ⁠it would provide active support to ​Cuba despite attempts by the United States ‌to intimidate and tighten ‌the “sanctions noose” around the Communist‑run island ⁠republic. The ⁠United States announced murder charges against former President ​Raúl Castro on Wednesday, a major escalation in Washington’s campaign against …

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Nigeria Busts Meth Cartel in Largest Seizure, Arrests Kingpin

ABUJA, May 21 (Reuters) – Nigeria’s ⁠anti-drug ⁠agency said it had ⁠dismantled a methamphetamine syndicate in the largest seizure ​of its kind in the country, seizing drugs and chemicals worth ‌about $363 million and arresting ‌10 suspects, including three Mexicans. The National Drug Law Enforcement ⁠Agency said ⁠late on Wednesday that coordinated raids on a …

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Gaza Flotilla Activists to Be Deported After Taunting by Israeli Minister

JERUSALEM, May 21 (Reuters) – Gaza flotilla activists who were detained by Israel and later ⁠pinned ⁠to the ground to the taunts of Israel’s far-right police ⁠minister have been released from prison and will be deported to Turkey on Thursday, officials said. The activists were arrested at ​a port in southern Israel after the Israeli …

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