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WASHINGTON (Reuters) — Republican U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump recently spoke with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, the New York Times reported on Wednesday, citing two people briefed on the discussion. The newspaper reported that it was unclear what Trump and the prince, known a…

WASHINGTON (Reuters) — The State Department’s No. 2 diplomat suggested on Wednesday that the AUKUS submarine project between Australia, Britain and the U.S. could help deter any Chinese move against Taiwan. The project, unveiled by the three countries in 2023, involves Australia acquiring nuc…

CHICAGO (Reuters) — Texas and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Monday reported a case of avian influenza in a person who had contact with dairy cows presumed to be infected with the virus. It was the second case of the H5N1 strain of avian influenza, commonly known as bi…

BRUSSELS (Reuters) — NATO not only strengthens Europe’s security, but also makes North America stronger, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said on Thursday at the commemoration of the alliance’s 75th anniversary. “Europe needs North America for its security,” Stoltenbe…

HELSINKI (Reuters) — One child was killed and two seriously wounded in a shooting at a school outside the Finnish capital on Tuesday, police said, with a 12-year-old fellow pupil suspected of the attack taken into custody. The arrest of the boy was made without further violence in the Helsinki subu…

GREEN BAY, Wisconsin (Reuters) — Donald Trump called immigrants illegally in the United States “animals” and “not human” in a speech in Michigan on Tuesday, resorting to the degrading rhetoric he has employed time and again on the campaign trail. The Republican presidential …

WASHINGTON (Reuters) — U.S. job openings edged up in February, though labor market conditions are gradually easing in support of expectations that the Federal Reserve will start cutting interest rates by June. The Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, or JOLTS report, from the Labor Department on…

WASHINGTON (Reuters) — TikTok and its ownership came up as a topic of conversation in the call between U.S. President Joe Biden and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping on Tuesday, the White House said, adding Biden raised American concerns about the app’s ownership. In March, the U.S. House of…

WASHINGTON (Reuters) — The White House on Tuesday directed NASA to establish a unified standard of time for the moon and other celestial bodies, as the United States aims to set international norms in space amid a growing lunar race among nations and private companies. The head of the White House O…