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By Christinne Muschi, Anna Mehler Paperny and Carlos Osorio CHAMPLAIN/NY/TORONTO (Reuters) – Asylum seekers warned by police they could be sent back continued to walk into Canada through the unofficial United States border crossing into Quebec at Roxham Road a day after the two countries amended a 20-year-old asylum pact trying to stem the influx. U.S. President Joe Biden and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced changes to the Safe […]

By Tyler Clifford (Reuters) – Oscar-winning actor Gwyneth Paltrow took the stand on Friday to testify that she was not at fault for a 2016 ski slope collision in Utah that left a man with a concussion and broken ribs, contradicting testimony from the lone witness to the incident. Paltrow, 50, said during cross examination that she was skiing with her two children, and said that in fact she was […]

By Idrees Ali and Phil Stewart WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden on Friday warned Iran that the United States would “act forcefully” to protect Americans, after the U.S. military carried out air strikes against Iran-backed forces in retaliation for an attack in Syria. Later, officials said that another U.S. service member was wounded on Friday in the latest tit-for-tat strike between Iran-backed forces and U.S. personnel in Syria. That comes […]

SAITAMA, Japan (Reuters) -Shoma Uno retained his men’s figure skating world title with a nerveless free skate on home ice on Saturday after Madison Chock and Evan Bates overcame a fall in their free dance to win their first ice dance world title. After overcoming an ankle injury this week, Uno was not at his best but landed four clean quads in his “Air on the G String”/”Mea tormenta, properate” […]

(Reuters) – England’s Reece James has withdrawn from the squad ahead of their European Championship qualifier against Ukraine due to an injury and will return to Chelsea, the team said on Saturday. James, who missed the World Cup due to a knee injury, has also struggled with a hamstring injury. He played only five minutes of England’s 2-1 win over Italy after coming on as a late substitute. “The full-back […]

SAINTE-SOLINE, France (Reuters) – Police in western France clashed with protesters on Saturday opposed to the creation of a large water reservoir for farm irrigation. Thousands of protesters converged on the site of the planned reservoir in the rural district of Sainte-Soline, where a similar protest last October resulted in injuries. Opponents marched on Saturday in defiance of a ban on gatherings in the Sainte-Soline district. Emmanuelle Dubee, the prefect […]

ZURICH (Reuters) – Switzerland’s finance minister defended the shotgun merger between the country’s two largest banks in an interview with Swiss newspaper Neue Zuercher Zeitung on Saturday, saying the use of emergency law was necessary to stabilise the situation. “Credit Suisse would not have survived Monday,” Karin Keller-Sutter said, explaining the need to find a swift solution for Credit Suisse’s woes. “Without a solution, payment transactions with CS in Switzerland […]

ZURICH (Reuters) – Switzerland’s finance minister defended the shotgun merger between the country’s two largest banks in an interview with Swiss newspaper Neue Zuercher Zeitung on Saturday, saying the use of emergency law was necessary to stabilise the situation. “Credit Suisse would not have survived Monday,” Karin Keller-Sutter said, explaining the need to find a swift solution for Credit Suisse’s woes. “Without a solution, payment transactions with CS in Switzerland […]

By Guillermo Martinez BARRACAS, Spain (Reuters) -Spain’s first major wildfire of the year scorched more than 4,000 hectares (9,900 acres) of forest and forced 1,500 villagers to leave their homes in the Valencia region. Residents recounted fleeing their houses and leaving animals behind. “Bad, how am I supposed to feel? Your town is burning, your life is burning, Our animals were there and noone can tell us anything,” Antonio Zarzoso, […]