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Executive Editor @Reuters. Give thanks for the twin pillars of civilization: literature and cricket.
Food in China is not just sustenance, but symbolism.
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Beijing state banquet sets the table for Trump-Xi diplomacy
When Presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinping sit down to a lavish state banquet in Beijing on Thursday, one Chinese cuisine is likely to feature on the menu: Huaiyang food, from the region surroundin...
https://www.reuters.com/world/china/beijing-state-banquet-sets-table-trump-xi-diplomacy-2026-05-14/
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Washington Hilton attack spotlights hotel industry's nagging and costly security problem
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Washington Hilton attack spotlights hotel industry's nagging and costly security problem
The suspect charged with storming a security checkpoint and firing a shotgun near the White House Correspondents' Association dinner on Saturday mocked security measures at the Washington Hilton that allowed him to get close to President Donald Trump.
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A robust argument in favour of the em dash
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Friends, Romans, Copy Editors — Lend Me Your Em-Dashes
I come to defend two of my favorite literary devices from the evil that LLMs do.
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Follow live updates on Hungary election. Orban concedes. Ramifications well beyond Hungary — for the EU, Ukraine, Russia and even in Washington. Hungary election: Orbán concedes defeat to Magyar's Tisza -
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Hungary election results live: Orbán concedes to Magyar's Tisza after projections show opposition winning two-thirds majority
Veteran nationalist leader Viktor Orbán conceded defeat after a landslide election victory by the upstart opposition Tisza party, in a setback for his allies in Russia and U.S. President Donald Trump'...
https://www.reuters.com/world/hungary-election-2026-live-viktor-orbans-fidesz-faces-challenge-opposition-peter-2026-04-12/
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Khamenei's face was disfigured in the attack on the supreme leader's compound in central Tehran and he suffered a significant injury to one or both legs, all three sources said. Iran's new supreme leader has severe and disfiguring wounds, sources say -
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Iran's new supreme leader has severe and disfiguring wounds, sources say
Iran's new Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei is still recovering from severe facial and leg injuries suffered in the airstrike that killed his father at the beginning of the war, three people close to his inner circle told Reuters.
https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/irans-new-supreme-leader-has-severe-disfiguring-wounds-sources-say-2026-04-11/
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Exclusive: Coordinated Telegram posts push pro-Orban narratives on eve of Hungary vote, research shows -
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Israel's creation of "buffer zones" in Gaza, Syria and now Lebanon reflects a strategic shift after the attacks of October 7, 2023, one that puts the country in a semi-permanent state of war, six Israeli military and defence officials told Reuters.
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https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/us-iran-talk-truce-israel-digs-forever-war-2026-04-09/
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It's time to end the world's delusions over the Iran energy crisis
The U.S. and Israeli war against Iran has been characterised by a series of miscalculations by most of the involved and peripheral parties, but the real danger is the delusion over the scale of the re...
https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/its-time-end-worlds-delusions-over-iran-energy-crisis-2026-04-07/
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India’s studios are transforming filmmaking by using AI to slash production time, cut costs and dub movies into numerous languages. While union rules constrain Hollywood's use of the technology, Indian cinema is racing ahead
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AI is rewiring the world’s most prolific film industry
India's film studios are upending industry economics by deploying the technology at scale to slash movie costs and production timelines, pitting questions of efficiency against audience acceptance.
https://www.reuters.com/technology/ai-is-rewiring-worlds-most-prolific-film-industry-2026-04-04/
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US to leave Iran 'pretty quickly' and return if needed, Trump tells Reuters -
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US to leave Iran 'pretty quickly' and return if needed, Trump tells Reuters
The United States will be "out of Iran pretty quickly" and could return for "spot hits" if needed, President Donald Trump told Reuters on Wednesday, hours before he was scheduled to make a primetime ...
https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/us-leave-iran-pretty-quickly-return-if-needed-trump-tells-reuters-2026-04-01/
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Drones and mines: taking Kharg Island would pose risks for US troops -
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Drones and mines: taking Kharg Island would pose risks for US troops
President Donald Trump has been weighing whether to use ground forces to seize Iran's strategic oil hub of Kharg Island, an operation analysts say could be achieved quickly, but leave U.S. troops in g...
https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/drones-mines-taking-kharg-island-would-pose-risks-us-troops-2026-03-27/
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Lovely to spend the day in Reuters Sydney office, not least because it’s my home town bureau!
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Exclusive: Iran attacks wipe out 17% of Qatar’s LNG capacity for up to five years, QatarEnergy CEO says -
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Exclusive: Iran attacks wipe out 17% of Qatar’s LNG capacity for up to five years, QatarEnergy CEO says
Iranian attacks have knocked out 17% of Qatar's liquefied natural gas (LNG) export capacity, causing an estimated $20 billion in lost annual revenue and threatening supplies to Europe and Asia, Qatar...
https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/iran-attack-damage-wipes-out-17-qatars-lng-capacity-three-five-years-qatarenergy-2026-03-19/
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“The cameras kept rolling as the Civil Guard officer in a tricorn hat strode into the chamber of Spain's parliament brandishing a pistol on Feb 23, 1981, then ordered its lawmakers to get on the floor.” Antonio Tejero, leader of Spain's failed 1981 coup, dies at 93 -
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Antonio Tejero, Franco loyalist and leader of Spain's failed 1981 coup, dies at 93
The cameras kept rolling as the Civil Guard officer in a tricorn hat strode into the chamber of Spain's parliament brandishing a pistol at 6:23 p.m. on February 23, 1981, then ordered its lawmakers to...
https://www.reuters.com/world/leader-spains-failed-1981-coup-dies-government-declassifies-papers-2026-02-25/
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“His advisers, some of whom have long pushed him to dial down his rhetoric so as not to turn off middle-of-the-road and independent voters, were likely relieved.” Takeaways from Trump's State of the Union address to Congress -
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Takeaways from Trump's State of the Union address to Congress
President Donald Trump delivered his State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress on Tuesday, a potentially pivotal moment as the White House seeks to firm up support among Republican vot...
https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/takeaways-trumps-state-union-address-congress-2026-02-25/
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As lights go out on Milano Cortina, IOC bets on LA28 to reboot Olympic business model -
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As lights go out on Milano Cortina, IOC bets on LA28 to reboot Olympic business model
As the lights go out on the Winter Games this weekend, the Olympic movement is already pivoting towards Los Angeles 2028 — a privately financed showpiece the IOC is betting will reboot a commercial mo...
https://www.reuters.com/sports/lights-go-out-milano-cortina-ioc-bets-la28-reboot-olympic-business-model-2026-02-20/
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Exclusive: A palace in Marrakesh: How Schwab moved $27.7 million in payments for Epstein days before his arrest -
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Exclusive: A palace in Marrakesh: How Schwab moved $27.7 million in payments for Epstein days before his arrest
Charles Schwab wired about $27.7 million on behalf of Jeffrey Epstein to a realtor in Morocco as the disgraced financier tried to purchase a palace in the 10 days before his 2019 arrest, including one...
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/palace-marrakesh-how-schwab-moved-277-million-payments-epstein-days-before-his-2026-02-19/
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How Reuters captured the photo of former Prince Andrew leaving custody -
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How Reuters captured the photo of former Prince Andrew leaving custody
Slumped in the back seat of his Range Rover, a visibly shaken man once referred to as the "Playboy Prince" stares ahead of him as the car leaves Aylsham police station in Norfolk, England.
https://www.reuters.com/world/uk/how-reuters-captured-photo-former-prince-andrew-leaving-custody-2026-02-20/
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"The store, school, city hall, zoo, ballet, gym, racetrack, park and court." Frederick Wiseman, who has died at 96, made documentaries about all of those places, immersive, dispassionate explorations of how institutions work
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Frederick Wiseman, American documentary filmmaker, dies at 96
Wiseman made immersive, dispassionate explorations of how institutions work.
https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/frederick-wiseman-american-documentary-filmmaker-dies-96-2026-02-16/
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Exclusive: US military preparing for potentially weeks-long Iran operations -
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Exclusive: US military preparing for potentially weeks-long Iran operations
The U.S. military is preparing for the possibility of sustained, weeks-long operations against Iran if Trump orders an attack, two U.S. officials told Reuters, in what could become a far more serious ...
https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/us-military-preparing-potentially-weeks-long-iran-operations-2026-02-13/
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Exclusive: US military preparing for potentially weeks-long Iran operations -
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Exclusive: US military preparing for potentially weeks-long Iran operations
The U.S. military is preparing for the possibility of sustained, weeks-long operations against Iran if President Donald Trump orders an attack, two U.S. officials told Reuters, in what could become a ...
https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/us-military-preparing-potentially-weeks-long-iran-operations-2026-02-13/
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The Kyiv family, with its pets and pigs, defying Russia and the cold -
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The Kyiv family, with its pets and pigs, defying Russia and the cold
A Kyiv family shelters in their pig cafe with kids and pets, enduring blackouts and brutal cold as Russian strikes leave their home unlivable.
https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/ukraine-crisis-cold-kyiv/
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"It seems sheer idiocy to me.” US ICE agents to support security at Winter Olympics in Italy, source confirms -
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US ICE agents to support security at Winter Olympics in Italy, source confirms
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) personnel will help protect U.S. delegations at the Winter Olympics in Italy, a U.S. embassy source said on Tuesday, confirming local media reports and p...
https://www.reuters.com/sports/us-ice-agents-support-security-winter-olympics-italy-source-confirms-2026-01-27/?utm_source=braze
4 months ago
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American approval of U.S. President Donald Trump's immigration policy fell to its lowest level since his return to the White House in a new Reuters/Ipsos poll, with a majority of Americans saying his crackdown on immigration has gone too far.
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He was gloriously ferocious.
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"I was praying. I was like, God, please help me, I didn't do anything wrong. Why do they do this to me?"
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ICE broke into Minnesota home, dragged barely clothed man into snow
A Minnesota man told Reuters on Monday he felt fear, shame and desperation a day after ICE officers broke down his door with guns drawn, handcuffed him and dragged him into the snow wearing shorts and...
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/ice-broke-into-minnesota-home-dragged-barely-clothed-man-into-snow-2026-01-20/
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“Ghana is in the middle of a heated debate over (Wahsington's) use of so-called third-country removals to hasten the departure of unauthorised immigrants who cannot easily be sent to their home countries."
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Ghana took in Trump's deported West Africans. Then it forced them home
Ghana is in the middle of a heated debate over President Donald Trump's use of so-called third-country removals to hasten the departure of unauthorised immigrants who cannot easily be sent to their ho...
https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/ghana-took-trumps-deported-west-africans-then-it-forced-them-home-2026-01-16/
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Trump questions Reza Pahlavi's ability to garner support in Iran -
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Exclusive: Trump questions Reza Pahlavi's ability to garner support in Iran
Speaking with Reuters in the Oval Office, Trump said Iran's clerical government may collapse, blamed Ukraine President Zelenskiy for the stalemate in Russia talks and dismissed Republican criticism of...
https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/trump-questions-reza-pahlavis-ability-garner-support-iran-2026-01-15/
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Denmark's dilemma: Defending a territory on its way out -
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Denmark's Greenland dilemma: Defending a territory already on its way out
President Trump's threats to seize Greenland have forced Copenhagen to rally support among its European allies, but it won't have much to gain if the territory declares independence.
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/denmarks-greenland-dilemma-defending-territory-already-its-way-out-2026-01-10/
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“We (English) grow up with the narrative that Australian cricket has always reflected its red-rock interior: a place where hard men toil on hard wickets.” But an
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England ruthlessly privatised cricket – Australia embraces it with constant public displays of affection | Emma John
If there is one takeaway for England from this Ashes tour it should be how cricket thrives in a nation where it is readily and freely available as the dominant summer pastime
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Can the US put a price tag on Greenland? -
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Can the US put a price tag on Greenland?
Discussion of the hypothetical sale rapidly encounters imponderables such as how a meaningful price tag could even be established.
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/can-us-put-price-tag-greenland-2026-01-09/
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$100,000 for your support? Exclusive: Trump administration mulls payments to sway Greenlanders to join US -
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Exclusive: Trump administration mulls payments to sway Greenlanders to join US
U.S. officials have discussed sending lump sum payments to Greenlanders as part of a bid to convince them to secede from Denmark and potentially join the United States, according to four sources famil...
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/trump-administration-mulls-payments-sway-greenlanders-join-us-2026-01-08/
5 months ago
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5 months ago
China says it cannot accept countries acting as 'world judge' after US captures Maduro
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China says it cannot accept countries acting as 'world judge' after US captures Maduro
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said Beijing cannot accept any country acting as the "world's judge" after the United States captured Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro.
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Disbelief as fire exploded inside Swiss bar: 'We thought it was a joke' -
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Disbelief as fire exploded inside Swiss bar: 'We thought it was a joke'
A video shows a young man using his shirt to try to beat back flames that are beginning to form in the ceiling as others record the scene on their phones. Loud music plays in the background.
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/disbelief-fire-exploded-inside-swiss-bar-we-thought-it-was-joke-2026-01-03/
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Follow our live coverage here: US strikes Venezuela, deposes Maduro -
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Live: Trump says US has captured Venezuela's President Maduro after 'large scale' strike
It was Washington's most direct intervention in Latin America since the 1989 invasion of Panama.
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/live-trump-says-us-has-captured-venezuela-president-maduro-2026-01-03/
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Important scoop on China's Manhattan Project to build AI chips. "The breakthrough marks the culmination of a 6-year initiative to achieve semiconductor self-sufficiency, one of President Xi Jinping's highest priorities."
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Exclusive: How China built its ‘Manhattan Project’ to rival the West in AI chips
In a high-security Shenzhen laboratory, Chinese scientists have built what Washington has spent years trying to prevent: a prototype of a machine capable of producing the cutting-edge semiconductor ch...
https://www.reuters.com/world/china/how-china-built-its-manhattan-project-rival-west-ai-chips-2025-12-17/
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In affectionate remembrance of Bazball which died at The Gabba, 6 December, 2025. Deeply lamented by a large circle of sorrowing friends and acquaintances. R.I.P. N.B. The body will be cremated and the Ashes will remain in Australia.
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More details on that March OBR slip. @Reuters spotted the statement was published before Reeves spoke back then too… UK budget watchdog head quits over early release of Reeves' budget -
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UK budget watchdog head quits over early release of Reeves' budget
The head of Britain's fiscal watchdog resigned on Monday after the agency last week inadvertently released key details of the government's annual tax and spending budget before finance minister Rachel...
https://www.reuters.com/world/uk/uks-obr-says-early-release-budget-due-leadership-failings-2025-12-01/
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"I would like ultimately, before being carried out feet first, to have done a bit of absolutely everything." Tom Stoppard, playwright who dazzled with verbal gymnastics, dies aged 88 -
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Tom Stoppard, playwright who dazzled with verbal gymnastics, dies aged 88
"What's it about?" was a frequent response from bemused theatre-goers to "Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead", Tom Stoppard's first stage triumph.
https://www.reuters.com/world/uk/british-playwright-tom-stoppard-dies-88-2025-11-29/
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Does home ownership and not class now drive voting patterns?
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Trump promised retribution. He delivered. -
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“Dozens of men… launched an attack, beating people with sticks and repeatedly striking Reuters photographer Raneen Sawafta as she tried to protect herself, witnesses said.
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Track Typhoon Fung-wong here:
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"Elizabeth Bagley, then U.S. ambassador to Brazil, objected to the deal, according to a 2024 State Department memo. That memo describes BOPE as "among the most notorious police units in Brazil in regard to killings of civilians."
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Meta itself estimates that its platforms show users 15 billion scam ads a day. That's 15,000,000,000.
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Meta is earning a fortune on a deluge of fraudulent ads, documents show
Meta projected 10% of its 2024 revenue would come from ads for scams and banned goods, and it internally estimates that its platforms show users 15 billion scam ads a day, company documents show.
https://www.reuters.com/investigations/meta-is-earning-fortune-deluge-fraudulent-ads-documents-show-2025-11-06/
7 months ago
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Australia has so much electricity from solar power that it is going to start offering free electricity to everyone for at least three hours during the day as the wholesale price of power goes negative
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Australia has so much solar that it's offering everyone free electricity
Australia's extensive solar power penetration makes so much energy that the government wants to offer free electricity at peak hours.
https://electrek.co/2025/11/04/australia-has-so-much-solar-that-its-offering-everyone-free-electricity-3h-day/
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Join our live coverage of Reuters NEXT Gulf for conversations with world leaders on the challenges and opportunities in the Middle East and beyond.
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8 months ago
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8 months ago
Buenos Aires like a local
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Buenos Aires like a local
Our correspondent’s tips on tango halls, theaters and asado barbecue.
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How the United States is eating Trump's tariffs
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How the United States is eating Trump's tariffs
U.S. companies and consumers are bearing the brunt of the country's new import tariffs, early indications show, contradicting assertions by President Donald Trump and complicating the Federal Reserve's fight against inflation.
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Live updates on the political chaos in France:
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Live: France’s new Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu resigns, sparking fresh political chaos
France's new Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu resigned on Monday, just hours after appointing his new cabinet, after allies and foes alike threatened to topple his government.
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/live-frances-new-prime-minister-sebastien-lecornu-has-resigned-2025-10-06/
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