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By Valerie Volcovici and Arshad Mohammed WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A powerful Republican in the U.S. House of Representatives has asked Secretary of State Antony Blinken for details about an investigation into the security clearance of the U.S. envoy for Iran, amid reports he may have mishandled classified documents. Citing media reports, Michael McCaul, chairman of …

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By Catarina Demony LISBON (Reuters) -The mayor of Lisbon has been accused of “boycotting” Portugal’s first memorial to victims of slavery, a long-delayed project in a country still struggling to confront its role in the transatlantic slave trade. Proposed over five years ago by Portugal’s Association of African Descendants (DJASS), the memorial – which would …

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By Jason Lange WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Gay Republicans criticized as “homophobic” a video posted by Republican presidential candidate Ron DeSantis’ campaign highlighting rival Donald Trump’s past statements in support of gay rights, and the former president declined at a rally on Saturday to respond to the attack. Florida Governor DeSantis’ campaign posted the video on …

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By Toby Sterling AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – Dutch King Willem-Alexander on Saturday apologised for the Netherlands’ historic involvement in slavery and the effects that it still has today. The king was speaking at a ceremony marking the 160th anniversary of the legal abolition of slavery in the Netherlands, including its former colonies in the Caribbean. “On …

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By Guy Faulconbridge (Reuters) -U.S. CIA Director William Burns said on Saturday that the armed mutiny by mercenary leader Yevgeny Prigozhin was a challenge to the Russian state that had shown the corrosive effect of President Vladimir Putin’s war in Ukraine. Putin this week thanked the army and security forces for averting what he said …

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MOSCOW (Reuters) – U.S. CIA Director William Burns said on Saturday that disaffection in Russia with the war in Ukraine was a once-in-a-generation opportunity to recruit spies – and that his agency was not letting it go to waste. “Disaffection with the war will continue to gnaw away at the Russian leadership beneath the steady …

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By Harold Isaac and Michelle Nichols PORT-AU-PRINCE/UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) -United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres visited Haiti on Saturday to shine a spotlight on the crises faced by the impoverished Caribbean country as it struggles to combat violent gangs that have largely overrun the capital Port-au-Prince. Guterres’ visit comes nearly nine months after he backed a …

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