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Guam Department of Labor officials emphasize that the low unemployment rate confirms what many employers are experiencing: there are fewer available workers for open positions, particularly at the entry level.

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) — Two cases of the deadly hantavirus have been confirmed, and five more are suspected, among people who fell ill on ​a cruise ship now marooned off the Cape Verde islands and unable to put passengers ashore, the World Health Organization said.

TAIPEI  (Reuters) — Taiwan is a “trusted and capable” partner of the United States and Taipei’s global relationships, including with Eswatini, provide significant benefits, the U.S. State Department said ​of President Lai Ching-te’s trip to the southern African kingdom.

TAIPEI (Reuters) — Taiwan has a right to engage with the world and no ‌country can stop that, President Lai Ching-te told Eswatini’s king after he arrived for a surprise trip that Taipei says Beijing tried to stop, as China condemned him as a “rat.”

WASHINGTON (Reuters) — President Donald Trump, who has criticized Germany and other NATO allies for not ​sending their navies to help open the Strait of Hormuz, said on Wednesday his administration is looking at reducing the number of ‌U.S. troops in Germany.

Since its creation in 1979, the Islamic Republic has revolved around a supreme leader with final authority on all key matters of state. But the killing of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on the first day of the war, and the ‌elevation of his wounded son, Mojtaba, have ushered in a different order dominated …

BERLIN (Reuters) — German Chancellor ‌Friedrich Merz said on Monday Iran’s leadership was humiliating the United States and getting U.S. officials to travel to Pakistan and then leave without results, in an unusually abrupt rebuke over the conflict.

NADI (Fiji Sun/Pacnews) — Fiji’s Minister for Employment, Productivity and Industrial Relations Agni Deo Singh says claims that there are no jobs in Fiji are false, pointing to labor shortages and unfilled vacancies across key sectors.

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi left mediator Pakistan empty-handed at the weekend, and President Donald Trump canceled a planned visit ​to Islamabad by his envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, dealing back-to-back blows to peace prospects.

LONDON/NEW DELHI (Reuters) — The U.S. military has intercepted at least three Iranian-flagged tankers in ‌Asian waters and is redirecting them away from their positions near India, Malaysia and Sri Lanka, shipping and security sources said on Wednesday.