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Brazil condemns handcuffing of deportees on flight from US By Reuters

By Luciana Magalhaes SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Brazilian officials demanded that U.S. agents remove handcuffs from a group of deportees who were flown to the South American country on Friday, with a prominent minister in President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva’s government calling the practice “blatant disrespect” for the rights of his fellow citizens. Federal […]

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Google pushes global agenda to educate workers, lawmakers on AI By Reuters

By Kenrick Cai SAN FRANCISCO – Alphabet’s (NASDAQ:) Google, already facing an unprecedented regulatory onslaught, is looking to shape public perception and policies on artificial intelligence ahead of a global wave of AI regulation.  A key priority, one executive told Reuters, comes in building out educational programs to train the workforce on AI.  “Getting more

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Trump makes 2,000-pound bombs available to Israel, undoing Biden pause By Reuters

By Steve Holland, Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Donald Trump has instructed the U.S. military to release a hold imposed by former President Joe Biden on the supply of 2,000-pound bombs to Israel, a White House source told Reuters on Saturday. The move was widely expected. Biden put the hold on the delivery of those

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Analysis-Trump, at zenith of power, moves quickly to ‘take over’ Washington By Reuters

By Gram Slattery WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Donald Trump has been in office for five days, and yet he has already imposed his will on Washington with ruthless speed and efficiency, showing that even his most radical campaign promises were far from just bluster. The Republican president has taken the first steps toward fulfilling his vow

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Trump says he may consider rejoining World Health Organization By Reuters

By Nandita Bose and Kanishka Singh LAS VEGAS (Reuters) – President Donald Trump said on Saturday he may consider rejoining the World Health Organization, days after ordering a U.S. exit from the global health agency over what he described as a mishandling of the COVID-19 pandemic and other international health crises. “Maybe we would consider

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White House in talks to have Oracle and US investors take over TikTok, NPR reports By Reuters

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The administration of U.S. President Donald Trump is working on a plan to save TikTok that involves tapping software company Oracle (NYSE:) and a group of outside investors to effectively take control of the app’s global operations, National Public Radio reported on Saturday. Under the deal being negotiated by the White House, TikTok’s

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