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By Brendan Pierson (Reuters) -A federal judge in Texas on Thursday blocked Obamacare’s mandate that health insurance plans cover preventive care, including pre-exposure prophylaxis against HIV (PrEP) and screenings for cancer, diabetes and depression at no cost to patients. U.S. District Judge Reed O’Connor in Fort Worth, Texas, previously found that the PrEP mandate violated a federal religious freedom law and that other preventive care mandates were based on recommendations […]

(Reuters) – An international fencing event in Copenhagen has been cancelled due to the participation of Russian and Belarusian athletes, the Danish Fencing Federation said on Thursday. Athletes from the two countries have been banned from most elite international sporting competitions since last March in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, which Moscow calls a “special military operation”. Yet fencers from Russia and Belarus were cleared to return to […]

(Reuters) – An international fencing event in Copenhagen has been cancelled due to the participation of Russian and Belarusian athletes, the Danish Fencing Federation said on Thursday. Athletes from the two countries have been banned from most elite international sporting competitions since last March in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, which Moscow calls a “special military operation”. Yet fencers from Russia and Belarus were cleared to return to […]

(Reuters) – Evan Gershkovich, a correspondent for the Wall Street Journal arrested in Russia on espionage charges, is a 31-year-old American who has reported on Russia for various outlets for six years. At the Journal, he has reported extensively on the consequences of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. In conversations with friends, he said he saw his role as telling the story of how the war was changing Russia, and that […]

(Reuters) – Evan Gershkovich, a correspondent for the Wall Street Journal arrested in Russia on espionage charges, is a 31-year-old American who has reported on Russia for various outlets for six years. At the Journal, he has reported extensively on the consequences of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. In conversations with friends, he said he saw his role as telling the story of how the war was changing Russia, and that […]

By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) -Indicted FTX cryptocurrency exchange founder Sam Bankman-Fried pleaded not guilty on Thursday to new U.S. charges of conspiring to violate campaign finance laws and bribe Chinese authorities. Bankman-Fried, 31, entered the plea to the new, 13-count indictment at a hearing before U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan in Manhattan federal court. He had earlier pleaded not guilty to eight counts of fraud and conspiracy for […]

By Sarah Marsh BERLIN (Reuters) – King Charles highlighted the historic ties between Britain and Germany while lauding their current unity in the face of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in a landmark address to the Bundestag on Thursday. The king, on the second day of a three-day trip to Germany, alternated between German and English for the half-hour speech, which won a standing ovation from lawmakers. The address made no […]

By Johann M Cherian (Reuters) – Canada’s benchmark index opened higher for a fifth straight session on Thursday, boosted by gains in Filo Mining following a brokerage’s bullish view on the stock, while easing worries over the banking sector turmoil also helped lift the mood. At 10:11 a.m. ET (14:11 GMT), the Toronto Stock Exchange’s S&P/TSX composite index was up 55.48 points, or 0.28%, at 19,893.13. Filo Mining Corp shares […]

By Lizbeth Diaz CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico (Reuters) – More than a thousand migrants in northern Mexico surrendered to U.S. border authorities, frustrated by recent asylum policies, and shaken by a fire at a nearby migrant detention center that killed dozens this week. A Customs and Border Protection (CBP) spokesperson said the agency was processing over a thousand migrants who turned themselves in on Wednesday in El Paso, Texas, reachable on […]