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South Korea forest agency says wildfire in southeastern county contained
SEOUL (Reuters) - A forest fire in South Korea's Yeongdeok county, one of a number of wildfires that have engulfed the countr...
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Lengthy tremors felt in Thai capital Bangkok, Reuters witnesses say
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Tremors were felt in the Thai capital Bangkok on Friday, with buildings in the central business area sway...
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Strong earthquake in central Myanmar, panic in Bangkok
(Reuters) - An earthquake of magnitude 6.9 struck Myanmar, the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) said on Friday, w...
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Singer Cynthia Erivo honored with GLAAD Award for LGBTQ+ advocacy
By Danielle Broadway LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - "Wicked" actor Cynthia Erivo received the Stephen F. Kolzak Award at t...
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University of Michigan shuts DEI office, citing Trump orders and funding warning
By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The University of Michigan - long seen as a bastion of diversity, equity and inclusi...
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Crime families clash in Guy Ritchie's starry new series 'MobLand'
By Hanna Rantala LONDON (Reuters) - British filmmaker Guy Ritchie takes viewers back into the dark world of organised crime i...
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Nikola founder Trevor Milton says granted full pardon by Trump
(Reuters) - Trevor Milton, the founder of bankrupt electric and hydrogen-powered truck maker Nikola who was convicted of frau...
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Pop star Selena's murderer denied parole in Texas, 30 years after shooting
By Rich McKay (Reuters) - Yolanda Saldivar, the convicted murderer of Latin pop star Selena Quintanilla-Perez, known as the q...
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South Korea hopes to use break in weather to contain deadly wildfires
By Minwoo Park and Daewoung Kim ANDONG, South Korea (Reuters) - Light rain offered some relief to South Korean authorities ta...
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US Attorney General Bondi tells Fox News many judges need to be removed
By Jasper Ward WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi said on Thursday that many of the judges who have recent...
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Judge blocks Trump's Labor Department from requiring grant recipients to abandon DEI
By Luc Cohen (Reuters) -A U.S. judge on Thursday temporarily allowed Labor Department grant recipients to continue their dive...
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Skadden Arps in talks with Trump team to avoid executive order, New York Times reports
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Law firm Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom has had discussions with advisers to U.S. President ...
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Earthquake of magnitude 5.2 strikes central Kazakhstan, EMSC says
(Reuters) - An earthquake of magnitude 5.2 struck central Kazakhstan on Friday, the European-Mediterranean Seismological Cent...
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Musk says $1 trillion in US spending cuts possible without touching services
(Reuters) -Tech billionaire Elon Musk, who was tapped by U.S. President Donald Trump as his cost-cutting czar, said on Thursd...
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Trump suspends security clearances of law firm WilmerHale employees
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump issued a proclamation on Thursday suspending the security clearances of emp...
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US Justice Dept probing admissions policies at Stanford and University of California schools
(Reuters) - U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi has launched investigations into the admissions policies at Stanford University a...
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Trump signs executive order to form task force on crime in Washington, D.C
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Thursday that the White House said would esta...
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Trump signs order aiming to eliminate 'anti-American ideology' from Smithsonian institutions
(Reuters) -President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order directing Vice President JD Vance - a member of the S...
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US SEC votes to stop defending climate disclosure rules
(Reuters) - Wall Street's top regulator said on Thursday it had voted to cease legal efforts to defend regulations that requi...
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Sundance Film Festival waves goodbye to Park City in favor of Boulder, Colorado
(Reuters) - The Sundance Film Festival announced on Thursday it is moving location from Park City, Utah, to the university to...
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