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(Corrects geolocation of damaged vehicles in paragraph 10) By Andrew Osborn (Reuters) -The Kremlin said on Wednesday the use of U.S.-made military hardware by pro-Ukrainian fighters who conducted a raid on a Russian border region this week was testament to the West’s growing involvement in the Ukraine conflict. The Russian military said on Tuesday it had routed militants who attacked the Russian border region of Belgorod with armoured vehicles the […]

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Jabari Wamble, President Joe Biden’s pick for a federal judgeship in Kansas, asked on Tuesday to have his nomination withdrawn from consideration in the Senate, a letter obtained by Reuters showed. He became the second Biden judicial nominee to drop out in as many weeks. Michael Delaney, a former New Hampshire attorney general selected by Biden for a spot on the Boston-based 1st Circuit U.S. Court of […]

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said Wednesday his government aims to reach an agreement with company Grupo Mexico over the railway it partially took over last week. Lopez Obrador said that the compensation will not directly involve money during a regular press conference. (Reporting by Valentine Hilaire; Editing by Isabel Woodford) Brought to you by www.srnnews.com

By Leroy Leo and Aditya Samal (Reuters) -Sarepta Therapeutics Inc said the U.S. drug regulator could initially approve its gene therapy for a muscle wasting disorder for a smaller patient group after the agency deferred an accelerated approval decision, sending its shares down 7%. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has deferred the highly anticipated approval decision for the company’s gene therapy for Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) to June […]

By Jacqueline Thomsen WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Jabari Wamble, U.S. President Joe Biden’s pick for a federal judgeship in Kansas, asked on Tuesday to have his nomination withdrawn from consideration in the Senate, a letter obtained by Reuters showed. He became the second Biden judicial nominee to drop out in as many weeks. Michael Delaney, a former New Hampshire attorney general selected by Biden for a spot on the Boston-based 1st […]

By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Hidden below the brownish ammonia clouds blanketing Jupiter are clouds that like on Earth are made of water. And like on Earth, lightning often is generated within these clouds – an eerie sight spotted by various spacecraft that have visited our solar system’s largest planet, including NASA’s Juno probe. Data obtained by Juno is providing fresh information on how the lightning processes on Jupiter […]

By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS (Reuters) -Alphabet and the European Commission aim to develop an artificial intelligence (AI) pact involving European and non-European companies ahead of rules to govern the technology, EU industry chief Thierry Breton said on Wednesday. Breton earlier met Sundar Pichai, CEO of Google and its parent company Alphabet, in Brussels. “Sundar and I agreed that we cannot afford to wait until AI regulation actually becomes applicable, […]

DUBLIN (Reuters) – Ireland is planning to tender for floating hotels and ships to house asylum seekers, the government said on Wednesday, as it struggles to accommodate an unprecedented number of arrivals amid a years-long housing crisis. Close to 100,000 people fleeing the war in Ukraine and other conflicts have arrived in Ireland in the last year, a 25-fold increase on the average number seeking international protection in previous years. […]

KHARTOUM (Reuters) – Clashes between rival military factions broke out on Wednesday in Sudan’s capital, residents said, threatening to shatter a fragile ceasefire designed to allow for the delivery of aid and lay the ground for a more lasting truce. The ceasefire deal, which is being monitored by Saudi Arabia and the United States as well as the warring parties, comes after five weeks of intensive warfare in the capital […]