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By Olivia Le Poidevin and Yesim Dikmen GENEVA (Reuters) -The U.N. children’s charity UNICEF called on Friday for all crossings for food aid into war-shattered Gaza to be opened, saying children in the territory were especially vulnerable because they have gone without proper food for long periods. “The situation is critical. We risk seeing a…

(Reuters) -Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for promoting democratic rights in her country and her struggle to achieve a transition to democracy, the Norwegian Nobel Committee said. Following are some facts about the democracy campaigner: WHAT IS HER BACKGROUND? Maria Corina Machado, 58, was born in Caracas,…

(Corrects company name in paragraph 12 to Benchmark Mineral Intelligence; restores dropped word “factory” in first paragraph) By Nora Eckert STANTON, Tenn. (Reuters) -Stanton, Tennessee – population 450 – welcomed a massive new neighbor a few years ago: a Ford electric-truck factory and a joint-venture battery plant slated to employ 6,000 workers. Ford’s 2022 groundbreaking…

By Heather Schlitz CHICAGO (Reuters) -On a chilly morning outside Nash Elementary School in a working-class Chicago neighborhood, teachers greeted students with the usual high-fives and hugs, while handing out sheets with red-bolded words proclaiming in capital letters: “Defend your rights under the threat of occupation.” Four weeks into President Donald Trump’s “Operation Midway Blitz” deportation…

By Trevor Hunnicutt, Gram Slattery and Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Donald Trump was found to be in “exceptional health” in a medical evaluation, the U.S. president’s doctor said in a memo released by the White House on Friday, with his “cardiac age” 14 years younger than in “chronological age.” Trump, 79, was the oldest person…

By Lewis Krauskopf NEW YORK (Reuters) -Investors will look to major banks’ quarterly earnings reports in the coming week to help gauge the U.S. economy’s health as the federal government shutdown has interrupted the flow of new data. Major U.S. equity indexes slumped on Friday, stalling the market’s momentum, after comments from President Donald Trump…

(Fixes typographical error in paragraph 15) By Luc Cohen and Andrew Goudsward (Reuters) -Donald Trump achieved a long-sought goal when federal prosecutors brought criminal charges against former FBI Director James Comey, but the U.S. president’s loud campaign against his adversary may have undermined the case by opening the door to a claim of vindictive prosecution.…

By Stephen Culp NEW YORK (Reuters) -Wall Street slumped on Friday after U.S. President Donald Trump escalated his trade conflict with China after Beijing tightened its rare earth restrictions. Late on Friday after Wall Street’s official trading session, Trump said he would impose an additional 100% tariff on imports from China, as well as export…

By Joanna Plucinska, Toby Sterling and David Jeans LONDON (Reuters) -Drones have increasingly disrupted airspace across Europe in recent weeks, raising alarm over the repeated incursions of uncrewed aerial vehicles and prompting airport shutdowns and flight cancellations. Fingers have been pointed at Russia as tensions with the West have risen over its war in Ukraine,…

BRUSSELS (Reuters) -NATO’s annual nuclear deterrence exercise, Steadfast Noon, will be hosted by the Netherlands and start next week, with 71 aircraft from 14 nations taking part, officials from the Western military alliance said on Friday. The exercise “sends a clear signal to any potential adversary that we will and can protect and defend all…