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By Jan Wolfe and Jason Lange WASHINGTON, April 26 (Reuters) – A majority of Americans believe all babies born in the country should automatically be granted citizenship, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll carried out as the U.S. Supreme Court prepares to rule on President Donald Trump’s effort to end the practice.The high court is poised to rule in the coming weeks on a range of polarizing issues – from immigration policy […]

LONDON, April 26 (Reuters) – Britain’s government remains in close cooperation with U.S. security services ahead of King Charles’ visit to the United States this week, a senior minister said on Sunday, after a shooting at the White House correspondents’ dinner. President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump were rushed out of the dinner ​in Washington by Secret Service agents on Saturday night after a man opened fire on […]

MOSCOW, April 26 (Reuters) – Russian Defence Minister Andrei Belousov has arrived in North Korea, Russia’s defence ministry said on Sunday, the second senior Russian official to visit Pyongyang in recent days. Earlier, North Korean state media KCNA reported that Russia’s State Duma Chairman Vyacheslav Volodin had also arrived in Pyongyang and will attend the opening ceremony of a newly built memorial for North Korean troops who died fighting in […]

SLAVUTYCH, Ukraine (AP) — People streamed into the central square of Slavutych in the early hours of Sunday, placing candles on a large radiation hazard symbol laid out on the ground as a midnight commemoration began for those killed in the Chernobyl disaster 40 years ago and the thousands who risked deadly radiation exposure to contain its aftermath. Residents show up for the vigil each year despite wartime curfews and […]

BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — An amateur pop choir that started with a couple dozen singers in a small Serbian town has found unexpected success across the country. Its motto? Anyone can sing. While community choirs are common in other countries, they are relatively rare in Serbia. The no-stress and fun approach has attracted hundreds of people, mostly women of all ages. Modeled after similar projects abroad, the choir is encouraging […]

U.S. President Donald Trump said he told his top envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner not to travel to Pakistan to negotiate with Iran, stating on Fox News that “they can call us any time they want.” Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian said his country won’t negotiate while the United States imposes a blockade on its ports. Pezeshkian told Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif during a phone call Saturday night that […]

MOSCOW, April 26 (Reuters) – A fertiliser plant in Russia’s Vologda region was damaged in a Ukrainian drone attack on Sunday, local governor Georgy Filimonov said. Filimonov said a high‑pressure sulphuric acid pipeline was damaged in the city of Cherepovets at an Apatit complex, a subsidiary of PhosAgro, one of the world’s largest producers of phosphate-based fertilisers. The leak has been contained and there were no releases of hazardous chemicals, […]

CAIRO, April 26 (Reuters) – Israeli military attacks killed at least four Palestinians in the Gaza Strip on Sunday, health officials in the enclave said. Medics said an airstrike carried out by Israel’s forces killed one person near the central village of Al-Mughraqa, while Israeli gunfire and tank shelling killed two others near Gaza City. In another incident, Israeli forces shot and killed a 40-year-old woman in Khan Younis, in […]

By Gram Slattery, Bo Erickson and Nandita Bose WASHINGTON, April 26 (Reuters) – The shooting on Saturday night of a Secret Service agent at the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner raises questions yet again about the protection afforded to America’s political leaders at a time of increased political violence. Hundreds of agents from several law enforcement agencies were tasked with protecting the annual bash, which President Donald Trump headlined this […]