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| Tens of thousands of visas revoked in Trump travel ban | | | Tens of thousands of visas were revoked under U.S. President Donald Trump's travel ban affecting seven Muslim-majority countries, the State Department said on Friday. "Fewer than 60,000 individuals' visas were provisionally revoked to comply with the executive order," said William Cocks, a spokesman for consular affairs at the State Department. Earlier news reports, citing a government attorney at a federal court hearing, put the figure at more than 100,000 visas. |
| U.S. National Security Agency's deputy director is retiring | |  The deputy director of the U.S. National Security Agency, the intelligence agency in charge of electronic surveillance and code-breaking, is retiring, an NSA spokesman said on Friday. Richard Ledgett, who just turned 59, will retire in the spring, spokesman Michael Halbig said in an emailed statement. "It has been anticipated that he would retire in 2017 and he decided the time is right this spring after nearly 40 years of service to the nation." Ledgett played a central role in the agency's response to massive leaks of U.S. surveillance programs by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden.
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| Judge orders White House to list people excluded by Trump ban | |  By Scott Malone and Dan Levine BOSTON/SEATTLE (Reuters) - A federal judge in Virginia ordered the White House to provide a list of all people stopped from entering the United States by a travel ban imposed last week on citizens of seven majority-Muslim countries by President Donald Trump. The ruling came on a day that attorneys from four states were in courts challenging the executive order. The Trump administration justified the action on national security grounds, but opponents labelled it an unconstitutional targeting of people based on the religious beliefs.
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| Louvre attack suspect identified as 29-year-old Abdullah Reda - Egypt sources | | | CAIRO (Reuters) - The man suspected of attacking a soldier in Paris's Louvre museum on Friday has been identified as Abdullah Reda al-Hamamy, a 29-year-old Egyptian born in Dakahlia, a province northeast of Cairo, two security sources said. (Reporting by Haitham Ahmed and Ahmed Mohammed Hassan; Writing by Amina Ismail; Editing by Hugh Lawson) |
| Trump aide cites 'massacre' that never occurred to defend immigrant ban | |  A Trump administration aide corrected herself on Friday after being widely criticized for referencing a 2011 "Bowling Green massacre" in Kentucky that never occurred to defend President Donald Trump's temporary ban on immigrants from seven Muslim-majority countries. White House adviser Kellyanne Conway said in an interview with MSNBC's Chris Matthews on Thursday that Trump's executive order was justified in part by the "Bowling Green massacre" of 2011.
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| French police seek to establish whether Louvre attacker acted alone | | | PARIS (Reuters) - The man who was shot and wounded at the Paris Louvre on Friday after attacking soldiers with a machete has been identified as an Egyptian and police are trying to establish whether he acted alone or under instructions, the Paris prosecutor said. The prosecutor, Francois Molins, told a news conference that the 29-year-old Egyptian had arrived in Paris on Jan. 26 after acquiring a one-month tourist visa in Dubai. (Writing By Richard Balmforth; Editing by Hugh Lawson) |
| Egypt's ministry of interior confirms Louvre attack suspect is Egyptian - two security sources | | | CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's interior ministry has received conformation from the country's embassy in Paris that the machete-wielding man suspected of attacking a soldier at the Louvre museum on Friday is Egyptian, two Egyptian security sources said. The sources, who spoke on condition of anonymity because they are not authorized to speak to the media, said they are waiting to receive further information before beginning an investigation. The Paris attacker was shot and wounded. (Reporting by Ahmed Mohammed Hassan; Writing by Amina Ismail; Editing by Hugh Lawson) |
| Treasury Secretary to report on regulatory changes in 120 days - official | | | President Donald Trump's order on financial regulations issued on Friday will require the Treasury secretary to submit a report on potential regulatory and legislative reforms in 120 days, a White House official said. "This does not mean White House or Treasury has to wait 120 days to move," the official told Reuters. |
| Conservative Fillon fights to stay in French presidential race | |  Francois Fillon clung to his role as France's conservative presidential candidate on Friday amid worsening opinion poll ratings and speculation about his ability to carry on after accusations his wife got public money for work she did not do. Police carried out searches at the Senate in connection with the fake job allegations on Friday, looking in particular for information concerning payments there to Charles and Marie, two of Fillon's children, the public prosecutor said. Graphic of main competitors in French presidential election - http://fingfx.thomsonreuters.com/gfx/rngs/FRANCE-ELECTION/010031D933E/index.html Senate President Gerard Larcher, named by some politicians as a desirable substitute if Fillon bows out, took to Twitter to deny a report in news publication L'Obs that he was about to withdraw his support for the current presidential contender.
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| Trump issues orders to review banking law and retirement advice rule | |  By Sarah N. Lynch and Suzanne Barlyn WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday ordered a review of banking regulations introduced after the 2008 financial crisis, including a review of a rule on retirement advice. Trump pledged during his campaign to replace the Dodd-Frank law introduced under the Obama administration which raised capital requirements for banks, restricted their trading by means of the "Volcker Rule", and also created the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
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| Mexico, Turkey to speed up talks to sign trade deal | |  Mexico and Turkey will speed up negotiations to sign a bilateral trade agreement, Mexican Foreign Minister Luis Videgaray said on Friday at an event in Mexico City with his Turkish counterpart. "A point of interest for both countries is to continue dialogue to build a free trade agreement between Turkey and Mexico," Videgaray said, flanked by Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu.
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| U.S. business leaders express concerns to Trump about travel ban | |  By Emily Stephenson and David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Chief executives of major U.S. companies huddled with President Donald Trump at the White House on Friday and some of them expressed concern about a travel ban on people from seven Muslim-majority countries travelling to the United States. Business leaders said afterward that the group, which included Jamie Dimon of JP Morgan Chase & Co and Indra Nooyi of PepsiCo Inc , discussed bank rules, tax reform, and objections to Trump's week-old ban. Some companies are worried that the travel restrictions will impact their employees or create uncertainty that could rattle markets.
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| Missing China tycoon's company says 'operating as normal,' shares slump | |  SHANGHAI/BEIJING (Reuters) - Listed firms controlled by Tomorrow Holdings, the company run by missing Chinese-born businessman Xiao Jianhua, slumped on Friday, despite the parent group saying its businesses were all operating normally. Mystery swirled around billionaire Xiao's whereabouts earlier this week, with some reports saying he had been abducted from Hong Kong and taken to mainland China. A statement purportedly from Xiao posted in a Hong Kong newspaper said he was seeking medical treatment "outside the country".
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| French soldier shoots, wounds machete-wielding attacker at Paris Louvre | |  By Michel Rose and Elizabeth Pineau PARIS (Reuters) - A French soldier shot and wounded a man armed with machetes and carrying two bags on his back on Friday as he tried to enter the Paris Louvre museum in what the government said appeared to have been a terrorist attack. Initial indications were that the man, who was hovering between life and death after being shot, was an Egyptian who arrived in France at the end of January, a source close to the investigation said. The man shouted Allahu Akbar (God is greatest) and rushed at police and soldiers before being shot and seriously wounded near the museum's shopping mall, police said.
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| U.S. Republicans ax disclosure, emissions rules on energy | |  By Lisa Lambert and Timothy Gardner WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Republicans on Friday repealed a securities disclosure rule aimed at curbing corruption at energy and mining companies and voted to ax emissions limits on drilling operations, part of a push to remove Obama-era regulations on extractive industries. In a 52-47 vote, the Republican-controlled Senate approved a resolution to eradicate a rule requiring companies such as Exxon Mobil and Chevron Corp to publicly state taxes and other fees paid to foreign governments like Russia. The House of Representatives already passed the measure.
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| 'El Chapo' lawyers complain about strict New York jail conditions | |  By Nate Raymond NEW YORK (Reuters) - Lawyers for Mexican drug kingpin Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman complained on Friday that he was being subjected to excessive conditions of confinement in a federal jail and that his wife was not being allowed to visit him. The arguments came in federal court in Brooklyn at a hearing for Guzman, who has pleaded not guilty to charges that he ran the world's largest drug-trafficking organisation during a decades-long career. Guzman's wife, Emma Coronel, flew from Mexico to attend the hearing, his second appearance in a U.S. court.
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| Exclusive - Polish 'bluff' in EU climate talks tests bloc's patience | | | By Alissa de Carbonnel BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Poland is threatening to challenge a draft European Union climate law in court, EU documents seen by Reuters show, in its latest move to slow an EU campaign against global warming that Warsaw sees as a menace to its coal-powered energy industry. In what Polish diplomats describe as leverage for talks now under way on how to spread the burden of EU climate goals among member states, Warsaw is opposing the legal basis for the rules - a battle it could take to the European Court of Justice (ECJ). It puts Poland at odds with the rest of the 28-nation bloc, deepening fears in Brussels for the EU's ability to take the lead if U.S. President Donald Trump rows back, as he has warned, from global diplomacy to tackle climate change. |
| Transgender court hearing set amid fight over Trump nominee | |  By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday scheduled oral arguments in a major dispute on transgender rights for March 28, when the U.S. Senate is set to be in the midst of a political fight over President Donald Trump's nominee to a vacant seat on the bench. By March, the Republican-controlled U.S. Senate is likely to be deliberating on whether to approve Neil Gorsuch, a conservative federal appeals court judge from Colorado, to the court. Where Gorsuch stands on social issues like transgender rights is likely to be a much-discussed question during the confirmation process.
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| Fed's Evans defends Wall Street reforms, invokes mother-in-law | |  By Ann Saphir OLYMPIA FIELDS, Ill. (Reuters) - Chicago Federal Reserve President Charles Evans on Friday defended the sweeping Wall Street reforms that U.S. President Donald Trump wants to rethink, saying they are helping protect against a new financial crisis. "I think that many of the things that we've been able to achieve have been extremely helpful for better ensuring financial stability," Evans told reporters after a fundraiser for Prairie State College in Olympia Fields, Ill. "I think the more and better capital of the banking industry has been extremely useful." Trump on Friday plans to order a review of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street reforms, with an eye to rolling back regulations he sees as slowing the economy. Fed Chair Janet Yellen has resisted any weakening of the bank rules, though she has also said that some changes could be made to reduce the regulatory burden on small banks.
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| Myanmar's Suu Kyi vows to investigate crimes against Rohingya - U.N.'s Zeid | |  By Stephanie Nebehay GENEVA (Reuters) - The top United Nations human rights official said Myanmar's leader Aung San Suu Kyi promised on Friday to investigate U.N. allegations of atrocities against Rohingya Muslims. Security forces and police have committed mass killings and gang rapes and burned villages in northern Rakhine state, a U.N. investigation published on Friday found.
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| "We woke up in 1989": Romanian graft decree turns back the clock | |  Sixty-four people eventually died and the Social Democrat government was brought down within days by popular anger over the failure to enforce fire-safety regulations at the Colectiv nightclub, a failure blamed on endemic corruption and negligence. The reins of government were handed temporarily to a team of technocrats and Romania's special anti-corruption prosecutors turned their sights on the burns unit. Corrupt procurement practices are rife in Romania's public sector, particularly hospitals, and prosecutors say they stand to get worse under a decree that the Social Democrats – voted back into office in December – issued on Feb. 1.
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