White House denounces takeover of campus building as protests escalate
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House denounced non-peaceful efforts to protest the war in Gaza on Tuesday as students at Columbia University occupied a campus building, saying it was "the wrong approach." White House spokesman John Kirby said the...
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Factbox-Columbia building barricaded by students has long history of occupation
By Joseph Ax (Reuters) - The building that Columbia University protesters seized early on Tuesday morning, Hamilton Hall, has a history of student takeovers over the decades. The current demonstration on the Ivy League campus in Manhattan echoes th...
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U.S. House Democrats will not support a motion to eject Speaker Mike Johnson, leadership says
By Moira Warburton WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. House Democrats will not support a proposed motion to eject Republican Speaker Mike Johnson if it comes to a vote, Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries said in a statement on Tuesday. (Reporting by Moira W...
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Australian researchers eye sustainable aviation fuel from landfill gases
By James Redmayne SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australian researchers have developed a chemical process that could produce sustainable aviation fuel from landfill gases as a way of cutting carbon emissions, they said on Wednesday. The global aviation industr...
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US consumer confidence deteriorates in April
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. consumer confidence deteriorated in April, falling to its lowest level in more than 1-1/2 years amid worries about the labor market and income, a survey showed on Tuesday. The Conference Board said that its consumer conf...
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Cocoa prices slump 20% in two days amid record low liquidity
By Maytaal Angel LONDON (Reuters) - World cocoa prices headed for falls of around 20% in two days on Tuesday as technical triggers prevailed thanks to record low liquidity, with even hedge funds having largely exited the market during its breathtak...
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Pro-Palestinian protesters occupy building at Columbia University - CNN
(Reuters) - Pro-Palestinian protesters at Columbia University were occupying a building on the New York City campus on Tuesday as officials limited access to students who live there and essential employees. The protesters who were occupying Hamilto...
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Trump does not rule out building detention camps for mass deportations
By Tim Reid WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump does not rule out building detention camps on U.S. soil for migrants in the country illegally if he wins a second White House term, he told Time magazine in an interv...
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US labor costs increase more than expected in first quarter
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. labor costs increased more than expected in the first quarter amid a rise in wages and benefits, confirming the surge in inflation early in the year. The Employment Cost Index (ECI), the broadest measure of labor costs, ...
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G7 agree deal to quit coal by 2035, but with caveat
By Francesca Landini TURIN (Reuters) - Energy ministers from the Group of Seven (G7) major democracies agreed on Tuesday to end the use of coal in power generation "during the first half of (the) 2030s", according to an official communique. However...
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Walmart to close 51 US health centers
(Reuters) - Walmart said on Tuesday it plans to close 51 health centers across five states in the U.S., as well as shut virtual care centers, as the company looks to optimize its business operations in the country. "This is a difficult decision, an...
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Forest fires raze parts of India amid heat, dry weather
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Frequent fires are razing forests in India's Uttarakhand state in the north and Odisha in the east amid high temperatures and long dry spells, and the blazes have been worsened by people burning the forest to collect a flower ...
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NotTurtle: NotCo releases AI-designed 'turtle' soup
SANTIAGO (Reuters) - It tastes like sought-after turtle soup but there is no trace of shelled critters in the bowl: Chilean plant-based food firm NotCo recreated this famous dish using artificial intelligence and in doing so hopes to help raise awa...
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China misses air quality goals as economy takes priority, report says
By Colleen Howe BEIJING (Reuters) - Half of the Chinese cities targeted by the government for air quality improvements have missed their targets as the country prioritised strengthening the economy over cutting pollutants, research by a non-profit ...
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Trump NYC hush money trial to resume with banker's testimony
By Jack Queen (Reuters) - Donald Trump's hush money criminal trial is set to resume in New York on Tuesday with testimony from a banker familiar with accounts involved in the former U.S. president's alleged scheme to influence the 2016 election by ...
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Florida abortion clinics and funds face uncertain future on eve of six-week ban
By Gabriella Borter and Joseph Ax (Reuters) - Florida's ban on abortions past six weeks of pregnancy takes effect this week, threatening the future of the state's clinics and abortion funds and forcing patients to travel hundreds of miles to get th...
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EU and national consumer watchdogs starts action against 20 airlines for misleading greenwashing practices
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Commission and national consumer protection authorities have started action against 20 airlines for misleading greenwashing practices, the EU said in a statement on Tuesday. It did not immediately specify to which ...
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UK water sports call for clean-up as sewage crisis deepens
LONDON (Reuters) - British water sports groups have joined forces to call on the government to clean-up rivers and seas, blaming the country's sewage crisis for causing illness and cancelling events. Raw sewage has been dumped into rivers and seas ...
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Kenya searches for more than 90 missing after floods
NAIROBI (Reuters) - Rescuers were searching on Tuesday for at least 91 people missing in heavy flooding across Kenya, the interior ministry said. At least 46 people were killed on Monday morning in a mudslide and flash floods in Mai Mahiu town in c...
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Countries grapple with who should pay to tackle plastic pollution crisis
By Valerie Volcovici OTTAWA (Reuters) - Whether clearing trash washing up on beaches or replacing plastic products with eco-friendly alternatives, developing countries grappling with plastic pollution have one common demand - money. The billions of...
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US reforms environmental law to speed up clean energy, infrastructure approval
By Timothy Gardner embargo WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House on Tuesday reformed the U.S. environmental review process for major projects which officials said would speed up approval of everything from transmission of power from wind and solar...
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Reported Indian role in assassination plots a 'serious matter', White House says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House said on Monday it viewed the reported role of the Indian intelligence service in two assassination plots in Canada and the United States as a serious matter. The Washington Post reported that an officer in In...
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Indonesia's Ruang volcano erupts again, alert status at highest
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia's Ruang volcano off the island of Sulawesi erupted on Tuesday, spewing ash and lava, after an eruption earlier this month led to hundreds of evacuations and an airport closure. The country's Center for Volcanology and ...
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Biden to deliver Morehouse commencement address over student, faculty concerns
By Andrea Shalal and Jeff Mason WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden has no plans to abandon giving the commencement address at Morehouse College, a historically Black men's college in Georgia on May 19, White House officials said on Mon...
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Former US NSA employee gets nearly 22 years in prison for attempted espionage
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A former employee of the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) was sentenced on Monday to nearly 22 years in prison for attempting to transmit classified information to someone he thought to be a Russian agent but turned out to...
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