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Trump meets Vietnam leader, vows to remove Hanoi from restricted lists
WASHINGTON/HANOI, Feb 20 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump met Vietnamese leader To Lam on Friday and said he would work to remove Hanoi from lists of countries restricted in accessing U.S. advanced technology, according to a summary of the talks posted on the news website of the Vietnamese government.
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Analysis-Supreme Court checks Trump's expansive view of executive power
WASHINGTON, Feb 20 (Reuters) - For more than a year, Donald Trump has moved through Washington like a monarch, in a capital increasingly shaped by his power, threats and whims.
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Trump furious after Supreme Court upends his global tariffs, imposes new 10% levy
Feb 20 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump responded with fury to Friday's Supreme Court ruling that he lacked the power to unilaterally set tariffs on imports, denouncing individual justices as he vowed to continue a global trade war that has kept the world on edge for a year.
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US says it struck vessel in the eastern Pacific, killing three men
Feb 20 (Reuters) - The U.S. military in a post on X on Friday said it struck a vessel in the eastern Pacific, killing three men, in the latest such incident.
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1st LD: Trump says he will sign order imposing 10 pct global tariff
WASHINGTON, Feb. 20 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President Donald Trump said Friday he will sign an order imposing a 10 percent global tariff to replace some of the emergency duties the U.S. Supreme Court ruled illegal.
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Tajikistan's population reaches 10.72 million
DUSHANBE, Feb. 20 (Xinhua) -- Tajikistan's population stood at about 10.72 million as of Jan. 1, 2026, up 2 percent from the same date last year, the country's Agency on Statistics reported Friday.
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Switzerland takes men's curling bronze, Sweden, Switzerland set up women's final at Milan-Cortina
CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy, Feb. 20 (Xinhua) -- Switzerland swept Norway 9-1 to claim the bronze medal in the men's curling competition at the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics on Friday.
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Coventry hails Milan-Cortina Games as 'truly successful'
MILAN, Feb. 20 (Xinhua) -- International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Kirsty Coventry hailed the Milan-Cortina Winter Games as "truly successful" on Friday, saying the event had "surpassed everyone's expectations."
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Medal table at Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics on February 20
MILAN, Feb. 20 (Xinhua) -- Following is the medal table at the Milan-Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games after the competitions on Friday, February 20 (tabulated under delegations, gold, silver, bronze and total medals):
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Ferreira claims men's freeski halfpipe gold at Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics
LIVIGNO, Italy, Feb. 20 (Xinhua) -- U.S. skier Alex Ferreira won the men's freeski halfpipe title at the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics here on Friday.
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Figure skating roundup: Shaidorov lands historic gold for Kazakhstan as China holds on with fifth in pairs
MILAN, Feb. 20 (Xinhua) -- Mikhail Shaidorov captured Olympic men's single figure skating gold at the Milan-Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games, producing a landmark victory for Kazakhstan on a night when traditional powers faltered. For China, in the midst of a difficult rebuilding phase, a hard-earned fifth place in pairs was all they could hold on to.
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Rijpma-de Jong wins women's 1,500m gold at Milan-Cortina Winter Games (Updated)
MILAN, Feb. 20 (Xinhua) -- Antoinette Rijpma-de Jong of the Netherlands finally landed her first Olympic gold medal in her fourth Winter Games as she claimed the title of the women's 1,500 meters speed skating here on Friday.
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Trump furious after Supreme Court upends his global tariffs, vows new 10% levy
Feb 20 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump responded with fury to Friday's Supreme Court ruling that he did not have the power to unilaterally set tariffs on imports, denigrating individual justices as he vowed to continue a global trade war that has kept the world on edge for a year.
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U.S. Supreme Court rules Trump administration's sweeping tariffs illegal
NEW YORK, Feb. 20 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Friday that U.S. President Donald Trump's sweeping tariffs under a law meant for use in national emergencies are illegal.
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1st LD Writethru: U.S. Q4 GDP growth up 1.4 pct, well below estimate
WASHINGTON, Feb. 20 (Xinhua) -- U.S. GDP increased at a 1.4 percent annual rate in the fourth quarter of 2025, well below the 2.5 percent growth market analysts had projected, according to data released Friday by the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis.
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U.S. dollar ticks down
NEW YORK, Feb. 20 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. dollar weakened in late trading on Friday.
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First foot-and-mouth case confirmed in Cyprus gov't-controlled areas, farm sealed
NICOSIA, Feb. 20 (Xinhua) -- Veterinary authorities in the government-controlled areas of Cyprus confirmed on Friday the first case of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) at a cow-breeding unit in Livadia, a village in the Larnaca district in southeastern Cyprus.
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Graft allegations spark clashes in Albania between police and protesters
TIRANA, Feb 20 (Reuters) - Police in Tirana fired tear gas and used water cannon in clashes on Friday with opposition protesters demanding the resignation of the Albanian government following corruption allegations against the deputy prime minister.
