The announcement came just hours after two other major firms sued Trump's administration over executive orders against them, escalating a clash between the president and a large swath of the legal profession.
Signage is seen outside of the law firm Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP in Washington, D.C., U.S., August 30, 2020. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly/File Photo
U.S. Vice President JD Vance slammed Denmark during a visit to Greenland on Friday, saying it has not done a good job in keeping the semi-autonomous Danish territory and its people safe from incursions by China and Russia, while pledging respect for Greenland's sovereignty and asking its people to partner with the United States.
U.S. Vice President JD Vance, flanked by Secretary of Energy Chris Wright and US National Security Advisor Mike Waltz, speaks at the US military's Pituffik Space Base in Greenland on March 28, 2025. Jim Watson/Pool via REUTERS - World
Thirty-three-year old Jens-Frederik Nielsen is the youngest prime minister of Greenland.
Major automakers can deal with President Donald Trump's tariffs on U.S. auto imports in a number of ways, but all of them lead to higher prices, fewer choices of models or limits on features for consumers, industry experts said.
2025 Chevrolet Silverado pickup trucks are displayed at a Chevrolet dealership in Redford Township, Michigan, U.S., March 27, 2025. REUTERS /Rebecca Cook
The order singles out the National Museum of African American History and Culture as problematic, suggesting Trump is seeking to purge elements of what conservatives view as a revisionist history of the US that places systemic racism at the heart of its narrative.
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A powerful earthquake centred in Myanmar rocked Southeast Asia on Friday, killing several people and causing extensive damage, with rescuers in Bangkok searching for 81 people in the rubble of a collapsed building.At least three people were killed in the town of Taungoo in Myanmar when a mosque partially collapsed, witnesses said. Local media reported at least two people died and 20 were injured after a hotel collapsed in Aung Ban.
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A powerful earthquake killed more than 140 people in Myanmar on Friday, authorities said, toppling buildings and wrecking infrastructure across a wide area, including a skyscraper under construction in neighbouring Thailand.
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Bangkok ground to a halt on Friday after a strong earthquake shook the clogged Thai capital, causing chaos and triggering city-wide evacuations that left many thousands of people stranded for much of the day.
By capturing sites that produce roughly half of the world's heavy rare earths, rebels have been able to throttle the supply of minerals used in wind turbines and electric vehicles, sending prices of one key element skyward.
Israel on Friday carried out its first major airstrike on Beirut's southern suburbs in months, retaliating for an earlier rocket launch from Lebanon in the most serious test of a shaky ceasefire deal agreed in November.
Smoke billows over Beirut's southern suburbs following Israeli strike after issuing an evacuation warning for the area, as seen from Baabda, Lebanon. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir - World
The U.N. Human Rights Office accused Israel on Friday of violating international law by forcibly displacing Palestinians in Gaza under "mandatory evacuation orders".
Just as Ukrainian forces are losing their grip on the pocket of Russia's Kursk region they captured last year, they have staged a little-publicised incursion into the adjacent Belgorod region, according to Russian military bloggers.
Rubble lies the main hall of a culture centre damaged by a missile attack, by what local authorities called a Ukrainian military strike, in the course of Russia-Ukraine conflict, in the town of Rylsk in the Kursk region, Russia, March 19, 2025. REUTERS/Shamil Zhumatov/File Photo - World
President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said Ukraine would not accept any mineral rights deal that threatened its integration with the EU but said it was too early to pass judgment on a dramatically expanded minerals deal proposed by Washington.
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European leaders vowed on Thursday to strengthen Kyiv's army to ensure it was the cornerstone of future security in Ukraine, while France and Britain tried to expand support for a planned foreign "reassurance force" in the event of a truce with Russia.
The Memphis Grizzlies fired head coach Taylor Jenkins on Friday despite the club's 44-29 record.
Mar 27, 2025; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA; Memphis Grizzlies head coach Taylor Jenkins gestures to his team during a play against the Oklahoma City Thunder during the second quarter at Paycom Center. Mandatory Credit: Alonzo Adams-Imagn Images
It's Beijing's latest move to assert sovereignty over the hotly disputed atoll in the South China Sea, satellite images obtained by Reuters showed.
H-6 bombers fly at the eastern edge of the disputed Scarborough Shoal, March 24, 2025. Maxar Technologies/Handout
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