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(Reuters) – The U.S. said it would soon start training Ukrainian troops to use its Abrams tank and Germany announced a deal to establish a hub in Poland to repair tanks deployed in Ukraine. TANKS, BATTLE * The U.S. decision to provide Ukraine with 31 advanced M1A2 Abrams tanks will make a difference in the war but is no silver bullet, U.S. Army General Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint […]

SYDNEY (Reuters) -Australia announced on Saturday a direct pathway to citizenship for New Zealanders living in the country, reversing controversial visa rules a day before a visit by New Zealand Prime Minister Chris Hipkins. Hipkins, set to visit Queensland state’s capital Brisbane on Sunday, hailed the move as “the biggest improvement in the rights of New Zealanders living in Australia in a generation”. The changes, effective from July, meant New […]

(Corrects to add dropped letter in Brooke in fourth paragraph) (Reuters) -South Korea’s Kim A Lim posted the round of the week to jump to the top of the Chevron Championship leaderboard on Friday before second round play at the year’s first women’s major was halted due to darkness at Houston’s The Club at Carlton Woods. Kim, who won the 2020 U.S. Open at another Houston area layout the Champions […]

By Steve Holland and David Brunnstrom WASHINGTON (Reuters) – At a summit next week with South Korean leader Yoon Suk Yeol U.S. President Joe Biden will pledge “substantial” steps to underscore the U.S. commitment to deter a North Korean nuclear attack on South Korea, a senior U.S. official said on Friday. “We are working extraordinarily and intensively with the South Koreans to take the necessary steps to buttress both public […]

(Corrects spelling of Asan Institute for Policy Studies, paragraph 8) By Steve Holland and David Brunnstrom WASHINGTON (Reuters) -At a summit next week with South Korean leader Yoon Suk Yeol U.S. President Joe Biden will pledge “substantial” steps to underscore the U.S. commitment to deter a North Korean nuclear attack on South Korea, a senior U.S. official said on Friday. “We are working extraordinarily and intensively with the South Koreans […]

(Reuters) – Climate change campaigners gathered outside Britain’s parliament building ahead of Earth Day to urge action on global warming, while volunteers worldwide geared up to plant trees and clear trash to mark the 54th annual celebration of the environment. Earth Day this year, officially on Saturday, follows weeks of extreme weather with temperatures soaring to record highs in Thailand and a punishing heatwave in India, where at least 13 […]

(Reuters) – Bed Bath & Beyond Inc is considering sales of assets and intellectual property as part of a potential bankruptcy filing that could come as soon as this weekend, Bloomberg News reported, citing people with knowledge of the situation. The home goods retailer is also looking to secure funding from U.S.-based investment firm Sixth Street Partners to support its operations through Chapter 11 proceedings but the plans could still […]

By Khalid Abdelaziz and Nafisa Eltahir KHARTOUM (Reuters) – Sporadic shelling rang out late on Friday in Sudan’s capital even though warring factions announced a truce, while one force said it was willing to allow airports to reopen for the evacuation of foreign nationals. The United Nations, U.S., UK, Japan, Switzerland, South Korea, Sweden and Spain have said they were making preparations or attempting to remove their personnel after almost […]

By Sharon Bernstein (Reuters) – Abortion rights supporters expressed relief on Friday after the U.S. Supreme Court preserved access to a widely used abortion pill but warned of a long fight ahead as a legal challenge to the medication continues. The move by the court to halt new restrictions on the drug set by lower courts was welcome news less than a year after its conservative majority upended U.S. abortion […]