Netanyahu seeks to avoid snap vote as Iran war gives no boost in polls
By Maayan Lubell and Steven Scheer JERUSALEM, March 25 (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is racing to pass a state budget and stave off early elections he would likely lose, with the war in Iran so far doing little to improve his st...
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Brazil's Bolsonaro expected to leave hospital on Friday, says doctor
SAO PAULO, March 25 (Reuters) - Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro is expected to be discharged from hospital on Friday, the doctor treating him told reporters on Wednesday. Bolsonaro, 71, has been hospitalized since March 13 for treatm...
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NAACP hires DOJ civil rights chief in Biden administration
By David Thomas March 25 (Reuters) - Kristen Clarke, who led the U.S. Justice Department's Civil Rights Division under Democratic President Joe Biden, will serve as the NAACP's general counsel as the largest U.S. civil rights group looks to counter wh...
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Meta to lay off hundreds of employees, The Information reports
March 25 (Reuters) - Meta Platforms will lay off a few hundred people across its Reality Labs division, social media teams and recruiting operations on Wednesday, The Information reported, citing two people familiar with the matter. Reuters reported ...
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US Democratic lawmaker Warren presses Fed official over conflicts
By Chris Prentice NEW YORK, March 25 (Reuters) - U.S. Democratic Senator Elizabeth Warren on Wednesday pressed top Federal Reserve official and former veteran Wall Street bank attorney Randall Guynn to explain how he is handling potential conflicts...
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Russia evacuates 163 more staff from Iran's Bushehr nuclear plant, 300 remain
MOSCOW, March 25 (Reuters) - Russia's state nuclear corporation Rosatom evacuated a further 163 of its staff from Iran's Bushehr nuclear power plant on Wednesday, the state-run RIA news agency reported. It cited Rosatom chief Alexei Likhachev as ...
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Once inspired by Orban, Hungary's Peter Magyar now leads the charge to unseat him
By Anita Komuves BUDAPEST, March 25 (Reuters) - When Peter Magyar was a child, he taped a photo of Viktor Orban, then an anti-Communist firebrand, on his bedroom wall, thrilled by Hungary's first democratic elections in 1990. Decades later, he hopes to...
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Hungary's Orban faces pivotal battle against ally-turned-foe
By Gergely Szakacs BUDAPEST, March 25 (Reuters) - Prime Minister Viktor Orban, a self-styled country boy who put Hungary on the world map of right-wing populism, is facing the toughest fight of his 16-year rule against a former ally looking to oust him...
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Explainer-Can the US government be held liable for the LaGuardia Airport collision?
By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK, March 25 (Reuters) - Investigators are probing the potential causes of Sunday's collision between an Air Canada Express plane and a fire truck at LaGuardia Airport in New York. The two pilots were killed. Air Canada said 3...
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US current account deficit contracts sharply in the fourth quarter
WASHINGTON, March 25 (Reuters) - The U.S. current account deficit narrowed sharply in the fourth quarter, hitting the lowest level in nearly five years, amid a rise in primary income and a reduction in the goods trade deficit partly because of tariffs...
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