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Australia to amend export-finance laws to boost fuel security, PM Albanese says
2+ hour, 46+ min ago (219+ words) SYDNEY, March 28 (Reuters) " Australia will amend its export-finance laws in an effort to bolster fuel security as the "Iran war continues to affect the "nation's supply chain, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Saturday. Australia, which imports about 90% of its…...
US issues new Venezuela-related general licenses for critical minerals, says US Treasury Department
3+ hour, 40+ min ago (114+ words) LOS ANGELES, March 27 (Reuters) - The U.S. on Friday "issued new, Venezuela-related "general licenses for critical mineral investment and operations, according to "the "U.S. "Treasury Department. The licenses "authorize "the supply of certain items and... LOS ANGELES, March 27 (Reuters) " The U.S. on Friday "issued…...
Twelve US troops wounded in Iran strike on base in Saudi Arabia, US official says
3+ hour, 23+ min ago (150+ words) WASHINGTON, March 27 (Reuters) - Twelve U.S. troops were wounded, "two of "them seriously, in an Iranian military strike on Prince Sultan "Air "Base in "Saudi Arabia, "a U.S. official told Reuters on Friday. The latest casualties add "to the more than ... WASHINGTON, March…...
Many losers, few winners in political battle over ICE funding
4+ hour, 10+ min ago (886+ words) By Richard Cowan and Nolan D. McCaskill WASHINGTON, March 27 (Reuters) " Democrats in Congress have waged a battle to place new legal restrictions on President Donald Trump's immigration agents, knowing that they were unlikely to win Republican support but hopeful they might…...
Secret Service agent assigned to Jill Biden shoots self in leg
4+ hour, 23+ min ago (203+ words) March 27 (Reuters) " A U.S. Secret Service agent assigned to former First Lady Jill Biden accidentally "shot himself in the leg "early on Friday near Philadelphia International Airport, according to a source familiar with the incident. In a statement that did not…...
Trump says ‘Cuba is next’ in speech touting US military successes
4+ hour, 31+ min ago (279+ words) By Steve Holland and Gram Slattery MIAMI, March 27 (Reuters) " U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday said "Cuba is next" during a speech at an "investment forum in Miami during which he touted "the successes of U.S. military action in Venezuela and Iran....
Brazil exporters reroute beef, chicken shipments to blunt Iran war impact
5+ hour, 29+ min ago (411+ words) SAO PAULO, March 27 (Reuters) " Brazilian beef and chicken exporters expect only limited disruption from the Iran war, even as the near-closure of the Strait of Hormuz forces companies to reroute shipments and absorb "higher costs to keep supplies moving. The…...
Center for Prevention of Abuse breaks ground on new Pekin location
5+ hour, 26+ min ago (175+ words) PEKIN, Ill. " An expanded emergency shelter from the Center for Prevention of Abuse is coming to Pekin. Community leaders broke ground on the new Carol House of Hope, located on South 2nd St., Friday morning." It is set to replace the current…...
Idaho passes legislation criminalizing transgender use of public bathrooms
5+ hour, 45+ min ago (361+ words) March 27 (Reuters) " Idaho's Republican-controlled legislature passed a bill on Friday to ban people in the state from using bathrooms or changing rooms that do not match the gender they were "assigned at birth, in the latest restriction targeting transgender people…...
Trump says ‘we don’t have to be there for NATO’
4+ hour, 9+ min ago (156+ words) By Steve Holland and Gram Slattery Speaking to an investment forum in Miami on Friday night, Trump said he was upset that European NATO countries had declined to provide material support to the U.S. "as "it nears the fourth week of…...