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Pakistan’s ex-PM Khan to appear in court, defusing political stand-off

By Mubasher Bukhari and Gibran Naiyyar Peshimam LAHORE, Pakistan (Reuters) -Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan will show up in court on Saturday, his lawyer said, defusing a volatile stand-off between his supporters and security forces who have tried to arrest him for evading the legal proceedings. Khan’s decision came after the high court in …

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UK’s Prince Harry’s libel case against publisher ‘built on sand’, London court told

By Michael Holden and Sam Tobin LONDON (Reuters) -Prince Harry’s libel claim over an article about his security arrangements is “built on sand”, lawyers for publisher Associated Newspapers told a London court on Friday as it fought the British royal’s bid to win the case without going to trial. Harry, King Charles’ younger son, sued …

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Veterans, carpenters and vaccines: What’s at stake if US COVID aid is canceled

By Andy Sullivan WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A Republican proposal to cancel unspent COVID-19 relief money could undercut healthcare for military veterans and pensions for blue-collar workers while doing little to improve the U.S. fiscal picture, a Reuters review of federal spending figures found. The flood of COVID-relief aid — $5.2 trillion in all — that Congress …

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England to end pre-departure COVID test rule for arrivals from China

LONDON (Reuters) – The British government said it would end the requirement for people flying from mainland China to England to provide proof of a negative pre-departure COVID-19 test from April 5. From Friday, the UK Health Security Agency’s voluntary, on-arrival testing programme of travellers arriving from China to London’s Heathrow airport will also end, …

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Biden administration tells Supreme Court Big Oil climate cases belong in state court

By Clark Mindock (Reuters) -A lawsuit filed by several Colorado municipalities accusing ExxonMobil Corp and Suncor Energy Inc. of exacerbating climate change belongs in state court where it was filed, the Biden administration told the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday. The administration urged the justices to reject the oil companies’ petition for review of a …

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Blinken brings U.S. aid to Sahel for fight against Islamist insurgencies

By Daphne Psaledakis NIAMEY (Reuters) -U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced $150 million in new humanitarian aid for Africa’s Sahel region during a visit on Thursday to Niger, a country Washington views as an important ally in the fight against Islamist insurgencies. Blinken’s visit to Niger is the first by a U.S. Secretary of …

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Analysis-DeSantis sharpens divide between Republican isolationists and hawks over Ukraine

By Gram Slattery WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The 2024 Republican presidential race could become a contest between isolationists and foreign policy hawks after Florida Governor Ron DeSantis sent his strongest signal yet he does not believe support for Ukraine is in the U.S. national interest, analysts, strategists and campaign aides said on Tuesday. The war in …

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India’s TCS CEO Gopinathan to step down, veteran Krithivasan to take over

BENGALURU (Reuters) -Rajesh Gopinathan, chief executive officer of Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), will resign, India’s largest IT services provider said on Thursday, just a year into his second five-year term at the helm of the company. The company named K Krithivasan as CEO-designate, effective March 16, and said he would take over as CEO and …

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