By Maiya Keidan TORONTO (Reuters) -Graham Greene, the Canadian Indigenous actor best known for his starring role in the film “Dances With Wolves,” has died at the age of 73, according to his manager. “It is with deep sadness we announce the peaceful passing of award-winning legendary Canadian actor Graham Greene,” his manager, Gerry Jordan, …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Treasury Department on Tuesday sanctioned a network of shipping companies and vessels led by an Iraqi-Kittitian businessman for smuggling Iranian oil disguised as Iraqi oil. The administration of President Donald Trump is keeping pressure on Iran while nuclear talks have stalled. A sixth round of negotiations was suspended after the start …
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JUBA (Reuters) -At least four soldiers and 10 militia members were killed in fighting in an area of South Sudan where previous clashes led to the arrest of First Vice President Riek Machar, the military said on Tuesday. The arrest of Machar – a longtime rival of President Salva Kiir – in March prompted international …
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DUBAI (Reuters) -The path to nuclear negotiations between Iran and the United States is not closed but U.S. demands for curbs on Iranian missiles are obstructing prospects for talks, a senior Iranian official said on Tuesday. A sixth round of Iran-U.S. talks was suspended after the start of a 12-day war in June, in which …
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By Josh Smith SEOUL (Reuters) -Kim Jong Un’s trip to Beijing this week offers the reclusive young North Korean leader an unprecedented opportunity to stand beside partners from China and Russia, gain implicit support for his banned nuclear weapons, and expand his diplomatic circle. Kim rode into the Chinese capital in his signature armoured train …
By Joe Cash BEIJING (Reuters) -China’s President Xi Jinping convened his Russian and North Korean counterparts in Beijing for the first time on Tuesday, a show of solidarity with countries shunned by the West over their role in Europe’s worst war in 80 years. Xi hosted Vladimir Putin for talks at the Great Hall of …
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NEW DELHI (Reuters) -India is in talks with the U.S. for a bilateral trade agreement, India’s trade minister Piyush Goyal said on Tuesday, days after Washington doubled tariffs on goods from India as a punitive measure for New Delhi’s continued import of Russian oil. (Reporting by Manoj Kumar, writing by Sakshi Dayal; Editing by YP Rajesh)
By Ben Blanchard TAIPEI (Reuters) -Taiwan President Lai Ching-te said on Tuesday that aggression will inevitably fail, pointing – on the day before a mass military parade in Beijing – to the lessons from World War Two and key victories Taiwan claims against Chinese forces in 1958. Democratically governed Taiwan has over the past five …
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GEORGETOWN, Guyana (Reuters) -Polls have closed in Guyana’s general election, where voters cast ballots on Monday to choose 65 members of parliament and a president who will determine how riches from the South American country’s hydrocarbon boom will be spent. The country of 800,000 people has earned some $7.5 billion in revenue from oil sales …
By Sofia Menchu GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) -Guatemala is ready and willing to receive some 150 unaccompanied minors per week of all ages from the United States, President Bernardo Arevalo said on Monday, a day after a U.S. federal judge halted the deportation of 10 Guatemalan children. U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration said in a court …
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