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US and Russian officials began talks in Saudi Arabia aimed at making progress towards a broad ceasefire in Ukraine with Washington eyeing a separate Black Sea maritime ceasefire deal before securing a wider agreement.
The US Supreme Court is set to hear a bid by Louisiana officials and civil rights groups to preserve an electoral map that raised the number of Black-majority congressional districts in the state and prompted a challenge by non-Black voters.
New Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney called a snap election for April 28, saying he needed a strong mandate to deal with the threat posed by US President Donald Trump, who "wants to break us so America can own us."
Greenlandic leaders have criticised a planned trip this week by a high-profile US delegation to the semi-autonomous Danish territory that Trump has suggested the US should annex.
Some companies will absorb losses. REUTERS/Vincent Alban/File Photo
US retailers Walmart and Target are bickering behind the scenes with their suppliers over proposed price hikes on everything from cake pans, tote bags and toys to other merchandise.
The US has almost doubled imports of Brazilian eggs once used only for pet food and is considering relaxing regulations for eggs laid by chickens raised for meat, as Trump's administration seeks to bring down sky-high prices spiked by bird flu.
The Bank of Japan's meeting last week passed with no surprises, but for a careful BOJ watcher its message on the need to remain vigilant on food-driven inflationary pressures had an important takeaway: Rates could be raised sooner than expected.
Some Europeans reconsider trips to US in protest against Trump
Tourists visit the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. REUTERS/Daniel Becerril/File Photo
Danish traveler Kennet Brask loved his fishing trip to Florida two years ago and was planning to return this year. But after watching Trump's explosive meeting with Zelenskiy in the White House, he called it off.
"When I saw this meeting, I told myself, 'I'm never going to go to the United States as long as Mr. Trump is the President there,'" Brask told Reuters.
Brask is one of a number Europeans who are reconsidering travel plans as a result of Trump's actions, according to travel agents.
O'Brien speaks during the Oscars. REUTERS/Carlos Barria/File Photo
Conan O'Brien accepted the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor with a not-so-subtle broadside against President Donald Trump, whose takeover of the Kennedy Center, which awarded the prize, has shaken the arts world.
A host of comedians including David Letterman, Adam Sandler, Sarah Silverman and Stephen Colbert celebrated O'Brien for comic greatness while ribbing the Trump administration.
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