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By Steve Holland, Andrew MacAskill and Elizabeth Piper CHEQUERS, England (Reuters) – Donald Trump and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer hailed the renewal of their nations’ “special relationship” on Thursday, drawing the U.S leader’s unprecedented second state visit to a close with a show of unity after avoiding possible pitfalls. At a warm press conference …

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By David Ljunggren and Lizbeth Diaz MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Canada and Mexico on Thursday pledged to deepen ties between their two countries, as well as strengthen the free trade pact they share with the United States, during a visit by Prime Minister Mark Carney to Mexico. Speaking at a press conference, Carney and President …

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By Lucy Craymer WELLINGTON (Reuters) -New Zealand’s finance minister is expected to announce a new central bank chief in the coming weeks, with economists hoping the move will signal the end of a tumultuous period in which both the bank’s governor and chairman unexpectedly departed. Whoever takes the reins of the Reserve Bank of New Zealand faces a …

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(This Sept. 16 story has been corrected to fix Dundee Precious Metals’ stock market code and the company name throughout) QUITO (Reuters) – Tens of thousands of residents and local leaders in Ecuador’s central Azuay province took to the streets on Tuesday to demand the suspension of a mining project by Canada’s Dundee Precious Metals, …

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MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -The United States on Thursday sanctioned a powerful faction of the Sinaloa Cartel and its alleged associates, including a ruling party federal lawmaker, as the U.S. ramps up pressure on Mexican crime groups and allegedly corrupt politicians. The U.S. Treasury Department said in a statement it had designated the El Mayo faction …

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(Reuters) – A driver bringing humanitarian aid from Jordan for Gaza opened fire and killed two Israeli military personnel at the Allenby Crossing into the West Bank on Thursday before being killed by security forces, authorities from both nations said. No group immediately claimed responsibility for what Israel denounced as a “terror attack” at the …

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