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MORENO, Argentina (AP) — Analía Celis, a 34-year-old with intellectual disability and cerebral palsy, cannot walk, but sports therapy eased her taut muscles. She cannot work, but baking gave her a sense of independence. She struggles to speak, but painting with her peers helped her connect without words. Now President Javier Milei of Argentina has taken his signature chain saw to these specialized therapy programs that for decades have represented […]

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Australia is suing U.S. conglomerate 3M for more than 2 billion Australian dollars ($1.4 billion) over so-called “forever chemical” contamination from firefighting foam at defense bases. the government said on Thursday. The government’s largest-ever claim for compensation relates to contamination with per- and polyfluoroaklyl substances, known as PFAS, at 28 bases. Human-made PFAS are commonly referred to as “forever chemicals” because they don’t break down naturally. […]

ATHENS, May 28 (Reuters) – U.S. oil major Chevron has filed an official request to take over a 70% stake from Greece’s Helleniq Energy  in an offshore block west of Greece, the Greek energy ministry said on Thursday. (Reporting by Angeliki KoutantouEditing by Tomasz Janowski) Brought to you by www.srnnews.com

BEIJING, May 28 (Reuters) – A Chinese delegation from the People’s Liberation Army National Defence University will attend Asia’s premier security forum, the Shangri-La Dialogue, to be held in Singapore from May 29 to 31, the Chinese defence ministry said on Thursday. The defence university’s Meng Xiangqing will head the Chinese delegation, the ministry’s spokesperson Jiang Bin told a press conference on Thursday. This marks the second year the Chinese […]

MOSCOW, May 28 (Reuters) – Sergei Naryshkin, head of Russia’s SVR foreign intelligence service, on Thursday accused the NATO military alliance of making practical preparations for what he called a “large-scale conflict in the east,” the state RIA news agency reported. Naryshkin was also cited as saying that the European Union was rapidly arming itself and turning into a military alliance “directed against Russia.” (Reporting by ReutersEditing by Andrew Osborn) […]

ISTANBUL, May 28 (Reuters) – Drone attacks were reported on three tankers in the Black Sea on Thursday near Turkey’s northern coast, shipping agency Tribeca said. The tanker James II, sailing under the Palau flag and in ballast, was some 50 miles (80 km) north of the Turkeli Area in the Black Sea when the incident occurred, the agency said. The tankers Altura and Velora, sailing under the Sierra Leone […]

ZURICH, May 28 (Reuters) – The world’s richest families are trimming exposure to the U.S. dollar as geopolitical tensions and rising sovereign debt drive a broader rethink of portfolio risk, UBS said in a report published on Thursday.     About two-thirds of family offices surveyed by the Swiss bank expect confidence in the dollar as a reserve currency to weaken over the year, UBS found. The survey was conducted between January […]

HONG KONG (AP) — PayPal users will be able to make cashless payments in China using QR codes through Tencent’s WeChat Pay’s extensive merchant network, the Chinese technology giant says, in a move calibrated to attract more foreign tourists. Apart from social media and messaging, Tencent’s WeChat offers payment services called WeChat Pay, or Weixin Pay, in mainland China. Tencent said in a statement that the feature will be available […]

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — An Australian woman was charged Thursday with traveling to Syria and joining the Islamic State group, police said. The 34-year-old woman was arrested at her Melbourne home eight months after she returned to Australia via Lebanon with another woman, Australia Federal Police Deputy Commissioner Hilda Sirec said. The arrest came two days after seven women and 12 children linked to IS returned to Australia from a […]