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By Lisa Baertlein, Daniel Wiessner LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -A tentative labor deal forestalled potentially damaging trade disruptions at three-dozen U.S. East Coast and Gulf of Mexico ports, with both sides in the talks crediting President-elect Donald Trump for clearing the way for them to hammer out a deal on automation. The success of the International …

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By Andrew Gray and Lili Bayer BRUSSELS (Reuters) – NATO won’t heed Donald Trump’s proposal for a massive hike in defence spending but will likely agree to go beyond its current target, according to officials and analysts. The U.S. president-elect declared on Tuesday members of the military alliance should spend 5% of gross domestic product (GDP) …

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By Kanishka Singh (Reuters) -Outgoing Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s Liberal Party said late on Thursday it will choose a new leader on March 9 ahead of the 2025 elections for which polls show the party in a very weak position. The prime minister announced on Monday that he will step down in the coming …

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By Emma Farge and Alasdair Pal GENEVA/SYDNEY (Reuters) – A U.N. committee found that Australia violated a human rights treaty by detaining a group of asylum seekers, including minors, on the remote Pacific island of Nauru even after they were granted refugee status, it said in a statement on Thursday. Under Australia’s tough immigration policies, …

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CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuela opposition leader Maria Corina Machado was freed on Thursday, her Vente Venezuela movement said, shortly after she was detained amid gunshots while leaving a protest in eastern Caracas. Opposition demonstrations took place throughout the country in an 11th-hour effort to put pressure on President Nicolas Maduro ahead of his third inauguration …

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By Jarrett Renshaw (Reuters) – President Joe Biden’s administration expects to release short-term guidance on clean fuel tax credits on Friday and leave final decisions to President-elect Donald Trump’s incoming administration, according to two sources familiar with the plan. With the news, biofuel companies and their legislative backers will have to wait to see if …

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OTTAWA (Reuters) -Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Wednesday said U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s talk of possibly annexing Canada was a tactic designed to distract people from the impact of his proposed tariffs. Trump, who says he will impose 25% tariffs on all Canadian imports unless Ottawa boosts border security, on Tuesday said he was …

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By Richard Cowan and Bo Erickson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -More than half the U.S. Senate’s Democrats joined with Republicans on Thursday to advance a bill that would require the federal government to detain migrants living in the country illegally who are suspected of crimes, even if they are not charged. The Republican-majority Senate voted 84-9 — …

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Senate Finance Committee is planning a Jan. 16 hearing on President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the U.S. Treasury Department, Scott Bessent, Politico reported on Thursday, citing three unnamed sources familiar with the panel’s plans. Amanda Critchfield, a spokesperson for the Finance Committee’s new Republican chair, Senator Mike Crapo, said a …

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