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Trump Says Labor Secretary Acosta Resigning Amid Epstein Case

Acosta faced criticism for handling of Epstein plea bargain


WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday that Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta has tendered his resignation and will be temporarily replaced by Deputy Labor Secretary Patrick Pizzella.

Erdogan’s AK Party Defeated in Istanbul Mayoral Election

'In this city today, you have fixed democracy'


ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkey's opposition has dealt President Tayyip Erdogan a stinging blow by winning control of Istanbul in a re-run mayoral election, breaking his aura of invincibility and delivering a message from voters unhappy over his ever tighter grip on power.

Kushner on Middle East Plan: ‘We View Our Job as to Try’

Hopes to reduce Palestinian poverty rate by half

Jared Kushner


WASHINGTON (Reuters) - White House senior adviser Jared Kushner spoke to Reuters Television exclusively in advance of the release of a U.S. economic plan for the Palestinian economy and surrounding countries to be unveiled at a workshop in Bahrain next week.

Kushner to Unveil ‘Economic Vision’ for Palestinian Territories

Middle East peace plan directs $28 billion to West Bank and Gaza

Jared Kushner


WASHINGTON (Reuters) - White House senior adviser Jared Kushner is to formally unveil the first part of his Middle East peace plan during a Bahrain conference next week, outlining a path for development of the fragile economies of the Palestinian territories and three neighboring Arab countries.

U.N.: Four Million Venezuelans Have Fled Crisis

FILE PHOTO: A Venezuelan migrant child carries a broom and a bucket while he walks in a camp run by the UN refugee agency UNHCR in Maicao


GENEVA (Reuters) - Four million Venezuelan refugees and migrants have fled an economic and political crisis in their homeland, all but 700,000 of them since the end of 2015, U.N. aid agencies said on Friday.