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By Jon Nazca ALGECIRAS, Spain (Reuters) – Spanish police have made a record cocaine seizure after finding 13 metric tons of the drug hidden in a shipment of bananas in a container from Ecuador in the southern port of Algeciras. The amount, discovered on Oct. 14. breaks the previous record in Spain when 9.4 tons …

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By Sarah Marsh and Andreas Rinke BERLIN (Reuters) -Germany’s ruling coalition collapsed on Wednesday as Chancellor Olaf Scholz sacked his finance minister and paved the way for a snap election, triggering political chaos in Europe’s largest economy hours after Donald Trump won the U.S. presidential election. After sacking Finance Minister Christian Lindner of the Free …

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LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Keir Starmer spoke with U.S. President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday to congratulate Trump on his election win. “The Prime Minister offered his hearty congratulations and said he looked forward to working closely with President-elect Trump across all areas of the special relationship,” a statement from Starmer’s office said. “From …

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Wednesday that he spoke with U.S. President-elect Donald Trump following his election victory. “We agreed to maintain close dialogue and advance our cooperation. Strong and unwavering U.S. leadership is vital for the world and for a just peace,” Zelenskiy said in a post on X. Trump …

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By Nandita Bose and Jeff Mason WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris vowed to keep fighting for the ideals that powered her presidential campaign on Wednesday in a concession speech that acknowledged President-elect Donald Trump’s win while warning of potential dark times to come. “While I concede this election, I do not concede the …

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By Anastasiia Malenko KYIV (Reuters) -Ukraine appealed to Donald Trump’s image as a tough leader on Wednesday in the hope of persuading the returning U.S. president not to abandon its cause in pursuit of peace with Russia. President Volodymyr Zelenskiy was among the first world leaders to congratulate Trump, who has criticised the scale of …

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By Patricia Zengerle and Mike Stone (Reuters) – The White House plans to rush billions of dollars in security assistance to Ukraine before President Joe Biden leaves office in January, sources said on Wednesday, hoping to shore up the government in Kyiv before President-elect Donald Trump’s Jan. 20 inauguration. “The administration plans to push forward …

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By Trevor Hunnicutt, Nandita Bose, Stephanie Kelly (Reuters) -In a meeting with one of America’s most powerful unions in September at its Washington headquarters, Vice President Kamala Harris said she’d protect union jobs and workers’ livelihoods better than Donald Trump. But leaders of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, long staunchly allied with her Democratic Party, …

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