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LONDON (AP) — Planning an international trip? Travelers should prepare for the possibility of extra scrutiny of their phones when crossing borders, especially when entering the United States. The Canadian government warned travelers in a recent travel advisory that U.S. border agents are entitled to search your electronic devices and “don’t need to provide a reason when requesting a password to open your device.” Some recent cases have made travelers […]

BRUSSELS (AP) — European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on Thursday welcomed President Donald Trump’s decision to temporarily halt most U.S. tariffs, but she did not say whether the European Union intends to press ahead with its own retaliatory measures. “I have authorized a 90 day PAUSE,” Trump said, after recognizing the more than 75 countries that he said have been negotiating on trade and had not retaliated against […]

BRUSSELS (AP) — Britain and France are convening a meeting of defense ministers from around 30 countries on Thursday to press ahead with plans to deploy troops to Ukraine to police any future peace agreement with Russia. The meeting at NATO headquarters — the first between defense ministers representing the so-called coalition of the willing — comes after a visit to Kyiv last week by senior British and French military […]

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand lawmakers dealt an overwhelming defeat Thursday to a controversial proposed law seeking to redefine the country’s founding treaty between Māori tribes and the British Crown. The Principles of the Treaty of Waitangi bill was rejected by Parliament in a 112 to 11 vote in Wellington, halting its progress to a third and final vote. Cheers and applause erupted before lawmakers and the public […]

By Joshua McElwee VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – The Catholic Church starts its busiest week of the year on Sunday with the countdown to Easter, but Pope Francis remains out of public view after surviving double pneumonia and it is unclear whether he will take any part in the celebrations. Doctors have prescribed the 88-year-old pontiff two months of rest to allow his ageing body to fully heal, meaning he may […]

By Sam Tabahriti LONDON (Reuters) – LGBTQ+ professionals in Britain still feel pressured to downplay their identity at work, with some changing their appearance, voice or behaviour to avoid discrimination or to be taken seriously, a new report said on Thursday. Pride in Leadership, a network of LGBTQ+ business leaders, called for stronger rights protecting members of the community and urged companies to do more to stamp out homophobia and […]

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -Pope Francis had a previously unannounced meeting at the Vatican on Wednesday afternoon with Britain’s King Charles and Queen Camilla, during their state visit to Italy, Buckingham Palace and the Vatican announced. Charles and Camilla had been due to make a formal state visit to the Vatican, but postponed their plans after doctors prescribed Francis two months of rest after the pontiff experienced a serious bout of […]

(Reuters) – STMicroelectronics’ supervisory board on Thursday denied allegations of insider trading concerning two member of its managing board. The statement came a day after Italy’s economy minister Giancarlo Giorgetti accused STMicro’s management of having sold shares it held a day before reporting negative results. “Stock sales done during company’s blackout period were made by company’s stock plan administrator, through an automatic procedure,” STMicro said in the statement. (Reporting by Nathan […]

SEOUL (Reuters) – Han Dong-hoon, a former leader of South Korea’s ruling People Power Party, announced his bid for the presidency on Thursday. South Korea will hold a presidential election on June 3, after former president Yoon Suk Yeol’s impeachment stemming from a December martial law declaration was upheld on April 4. (Reporting by Jack Kim; Editing by Ed Davies) Brought to you by www.srnnews.com