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By Sisipho Skweyiya KWADUKUZA, South Africa (Reuters) -Nkosinathi Msweli’s sugar cane farm in KwaDukuza – a rural, largely poor region on South Africa’s eastern coast – has for three decades been a solid, albeit small, economic success story, employing eight full-time staff and 30 seasonal workers. But cheap sugar imports were already eating into his …

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By Ju-min Park SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said his country would “fully support” Russia’s army as a “fraternal duty”, and Russian President Vladimir Putin called the two countries’ ties “special”, state media KCNA reported on Thursday. Kim and Putin held a meeting on Wednesday on the sidelines of China’s celebrations …

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(Refiles to fix hyperlink in top paragraph) (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump said he remains committed to pursuing a peace agreement between Russia and Ukraine despite uncertainty over the prospect of face-to-face talks between Russia’s Vladimir Putin and Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskiy, CBS News said in a report published on Thursday. “I’ve been watching it, I’ve …

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CAIRO (Reuters) -Hamas reiterated on Wednesday that it is ready for a comprehensive Gaza deal through which all Israeli hostages are released in exchange for the release of an agreed upon number of Palestinian prisoners. The group’s remarks came shortly after U.S. President Donald Trump called on Hamas to release all 20 hostages. Israeli Prime …

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GEORGETOWN (Reuters) -Guyana’s ruling People’s Progressive Party won more than twice as many votes as its nearest rival in the country’s general election, setting it up for a parliamentary majority and another term for incumbent President Irfaan Ali. PPP notched 242,451 votes in Monday’s general election, a total of electoral commission figures for each of …

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By Daphne Psaledakis and Brendan O’Boyle MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Wednesday that security cooperation with Mexico was closer than it had ever been, during a visit to the country as the Trump administration pursues a sweeping crackdown on illegal immigration and drug cartels. The two countries vowed to …

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