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A Palestinian flag flies over a group of pro-Palestinian demonstrators as they march outside the Israeli embassy to call for a ceasefire in Gaza, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, during a protest in Washington, U.S., March 2, 2024.

Pro-Palestinian US high school students accuse school of censoring speech

Kanishka Singh |Updated 3 minutes ago |2 min read

By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Some U.S. students at Washington, D.C.'s Jackson-Reed High School filed a lawsuit on Wednesday alleging the public high school's administrators censored them by prohibiting pro-Palestinian events. The ...

Brazil's Finance Minister Fernando Haddad attends an interview with Reuters in Brasilia, Brazil, October 18, 2023.

Brazil's government submits rules to streamline consumption taxes

Reuters |Updated 33 minutes ago |2 min read

BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil's government submitted proposed rules to Congress on Wednesday to carry out a historic tax overhaul approved last year, a key element of President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's strategy to foster growth in Latin ...

Residents hold US and North Korean flags while they wait for motorcade of North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un en route to the Metropole Hotel for the second US- North Korea summit in Hanoi, Vietnam February 28, 2019.

North Korean official lambasts US over sanctions, state media says

Reuters |Updated 52 minutes ago |2 min read

SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea will take more action to maintain its military power despite U.S. sanctions pressure that has only made the country stronger, a North Korean foreign ministry official said on Thursday. "U.S. heinous sanctions served ...

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Molina Healthcare beats profit estimates aided by higher premiums

Reuters |Updated 52 minutes ago |2 min read

(Reuters) - Molina Healthcare beat Wall Street estimates for first-quarter earnings on Wednesday, aided by higher premiums in its government-backed Medicaid insurance plans for people with low income. The company also reaffirmed its 2024 outlook, ...

Spain's Socialist leader and Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez looks on as his wife Begona Gomez votes during the general snap election in Madrid, Spain, July 23, 2023.

Explainer-Why Spain's Prime Minister Sanchez is taking a break from public duties

Reuters |Updated 1 hour ago |3 min read

MADRID (Reuters) - Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez on Wednesday said he will suspend public duties until next week to decide whether he wants to continue leading the government after a court launched a preliminary probe of his wife. Sanchez, ...

A collective of groups organised by Jewish students at Columbia and Barnard in solidarity with Gaza and the protest encampment host Passover Seder at Columbia University, during the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in New York City, U.S., April 22, 2024,

‘Stop arming Israel’ Passover protest in Brooklyn harkens back to 1969 Freedom Seder

Aurora Ellis |Updated 1 hour ago |3 min read

By Aurora Ellis NEW YORK (Reuters) - Gathered around a banner emblazoned with the words “stop arming Israel,” thousands of protesters joined with Jewish-led peace groups in Brooklyn, New York, on Tuesday evening to attend a Passover protest that ...

The McKinsey & Company logo is displayed at the 54th International Paris Airshow at Le Bourget Airport near Paris, France, June 21, 2023.

McKinsey faces US criminal probe over opioids work, sources say

Mike Spector, Nate Raymond and Chris Prentice |Updated 1 hour ago |3 min read

By Mike Spector, Nate Raymond and Chris Prentice NEW YORK (Reuters) - McKinsey & Co is under criminal investigation in the United States over allegations that the consulting firm played a key role in fueling the opioid epidemic, with federal ...

A train passes in front of Battersea Power Station as it enters Victoria station in London, Britain, February 10, 2023.

UK's Labour outlines plan to renationalise railways within 5 years

Reuters |Updated 1 hour ago |2 min read

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's opposition Labour Party said it planned to renationalise the country's rail network within five years without paying compensation to private operators as it set out its plans to fix the troubled railway system. Labour ...

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US Air Force narrows list to General Atomics, Anduril to build autonomous aircraft

Reuters |Updated 1 hour ago |2 min read

(Reuters) - The U.S. Air Force (USAF) said on Wednesday that it narrowed down its list to choose General Atomics and Anduril, which will be funded for detailed designs, manufacture, and testing of production representative test vehicles for the ...

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Universal Health Services quarterly results beat on higher hospital admissions

Reuters |Updated 1 hour ago |2 min read

(Reuters) - Universal Health Services on Wednesday beat Wall Street estimates for first-quarter profit aided by higher patient admissions, amid a resurgence in demand for some non-urgent surgeries and easing staff shortages. Shares of the company ...

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