U.S. Rep. Santos says he won’t resign, only leave if voted out in next election

By Richard Cowan and Moira Warburton WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Representative George Santos said on Thursday he would vacate his seat only if he loses the next election, clarifying an earlier statement that he would resign if “142 people” asked him to because of a string of false claims he made about his work and …

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Czech presidential vote starts with retired general, ex-PM leading the field

By Jan Lopatka PRAGUE (Reuters) -A retired general who held a senior NATO military job headed into the Czech Republic’s presidential election starting on Friday as a favourite ahead of his main rivals – a divisive former prime minister and an economics professor. Presidents in the NATO and European Union member country do not hold …

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Exclusive-Nissan to consider Renault proposal on IP safeguards-sources

By Maki Shiraki, Gilles Guillaume and David Dolan TOKYO/PARIS (Reuters) – A committee of Nissan’s board is set to meet next week to consider proposals from Renault to address a sticking point in talks to restructure the alliance between the two automakers, two people with knowledge of the matter said. Specifically, Nissan directors will consider …

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Judge rejects as ‘absurd’ Trump bid to dismiss rape accuser’s lawsuit

By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) -A U.S. judge on Friday rejected as “absurd” former President Donald Trump’s effort to dismiss writer E. Jean Carroll’s lawsuit accusing him of defamation and battery after he denied raping her in the mid-1990s. U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan in Manhattan said there was no merit to Trump’s argument …

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Biden to deliver ‘sermon’ on democracy at MLK Jr.’s Baptist church

By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden will be the first sitting president to deliver a Sunday sermon at Martin Luther King Jr.’s church in Atlanta, as he marks a national holiday celebrating the civil rights leader, White House officials said on Friday. Biden will speak at Ebenezer Baptist Church on Sunday …

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