Trump announces Russia-Ukraine prisoner swap as part of 3-day ceasefire

Washington — President Trump on Friday announced Russia and Ukraine will swap 1,000 prisoners as a part of a three-day ceasefire for the observation of Victory Day in Russia this weekend. Russia and Ukraine previously announced separate ceasefires on different days, so the timeline isn’t entirely clear. Mr. Trump said the temporary ceasefire will suspend …

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Trump administration ramps up denaturalization campaign, targeting U.S. citizens accused of crimes, fraud, terrorism

The Trump administration on Friday announced a major expansion of its denaturalization campaign targeting foreign-born American citizens accused of fraudulently obtaining U.S. citizenship. The Justice Department unveiled denaturalization cases in federal courts across the country against roughly a dozen U.S. citizens born overseas. Officials said they had committed serious crimes or immigration fraud, or had …

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What’s the required minimum distribution from a $300,000 retirement account?

Knowing the required minimum distributions on your retirement account will better help you plan for the future. Getty Images/iStockphoto Millions of American workers spend a good portion of their careers focused on a single goal – building their retirement funds as robustly as possible. In recent years, with inflation at a decades-high, interest rates surging …

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Pro-Independence Parties Surge Across Britain

By Andrew MacAskill, Elizabeth Piper and Amanda Ferguson LONDON/BELFAST, May 8 (Reuters) – Three of the United Kingdom’s four nations are set for the ⁠first ⁠time to be governed by pro-independence parties after elections on Friday which ⁠nationalists said marked the death knell of the centuries-old union. A breakup of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern …

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Argentina Intercepts Airplane With 400 Kilos of Cocaine With DEA Help, Security Head Says

BUENOS ⁠AIRES, ⁠May 8 (Reuters) – ⁠Argentina has ​intercepted ‌an ‌airplane ⁠with 400 ⁠kilos of cocaine ​with ​help from the ⁠U.S. ⁠Drug ⁠Enforcement Administration, Argentina’s ​security minister ​Alejandra ⁠Monteoliva ⁠told a press conference on ⁠Friday. (Reporting by Leila Miller, Writing by ⁠Daina Beth Solomon, Editing ​by Iñigo ​Alexander) Copyright 2026 Thomson Reuters.