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TOKYO (Reuters) – United Airlines said on Friday that two people had sustained minor injuries after a flight heading from Tokyo to Cebu in the Philippines made an emergency landing over concerns of a potential fire in the cargo hold.  United’s Flight 32, a Boeing 737-800 with 135 passengers and seven crew members onboard, was diverted …

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By Ricardo Brito, Luciana Magalhaes and Manuela Andreoni BRASILIA (Reuters) – Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro was sentenced on Thursday to 27 years and three months in prison hours after being convicted of plotting a coup to remain in power after losing the 2022 election, dealing a powerful rebuke to one of the world’s most …

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By Nafisa Eltahir (Reuters) – More than a dozen long-range kamikaze drones seen near an airport controlled by Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces during a major air assault on army territory in May indicate the paramilitaries have new weapons that could alter the course of the war. The conflict between the RSF and Sudan’s army has …

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By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A sample obtained by NASA’s Perseverance rover of reddish rock formed billions of years ago from sediment on the bottom of a lake contains potential signs of ancient microbial life on Mars, according to scientists, though the minerals spotted in the sample also can form through nonbiological processes. The …

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By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Qatar’s prime minister will meet top U.S. officials on Friday and is expected to discuss an Israeli attack in Qatar and the status of talks for a ceasefire in Gaza, which has been under a mounting Israeli assault. Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani will meet U.S. …

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By David Lawder WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent plans to meet with Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng and other senior officials next week in Madrid to continue their discussions on trade, economic and national security issues, the Treasury said on Thursday. The meetings, which will also cover the status of the Chinese-owned …

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Trump administration plans to give the Philippines an additional $250 million to address tuberculosis, maternal health and the threat of emerging diseases, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Thursday. The move follows $63 million announced amid U.S. President Donald Trump’s meeting with Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. at the …

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By Sarah Morland and Ana Isabel Martinez MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum on Thursday said her government was not looking for a conflict with countries on which it plans to increase tariffs, including China. “We don’t want a conflict,” Sheinbaum told a morning press conference, adding the measures were intended to boost …

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By Jasper Ward and Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Thursday said the United States would respond, without specifying how, after former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro was convicted of plotting a coup to remain in power after losing the 2022 election. “The political persecutions by sanctioned human rights abuser …

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