MANILA (Reuters) -Philippine Foreign Affairs Secretary Theresa Lazaro on Thursday said she was open to discussions with China about possible ways to ensure the safety of Filipinos living in Taiwan, amid rising tensions across the Taiwan Strait. Speaking at a Senate hearing, Lazaro was asked whether the Philippines could seek Beijing’s help in evacuating close …
By Horacio Fernando Soria and Agustin Marcarian BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) -Argentine President Javier Milei was rushed out of a public event by his security team in Buenos Aires province on Wednesday after protesters threw rocks and other objects at his car, according to Reuters witnesses. The president was standing in the back of a moving …
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MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -Mexico’s senate erupted into violence on Wednesday with punches, pushing and shouting after an opposition party leader grabbed the chamber’s president as the session was wrapping up. Alejandro “Alito” Moreno, head of the opposition Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), came at senate president Gerardo Fernandez Norona, of the ruling Morena party, as lawmakers …
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BRASILIA (Reuters) -Brazil Finance Minister Fernando Haddad said on Wednesday that the South American country might challenge in U.S. courts the steep tariffs imposed by the Trump administration on U.S. imports of Brazilian goods. “We will go to court if needed,” Haddad told local news outlet UOL, adding that Brazil would not engage in lobbying …
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LA PAZ (Reuters) -A Bolivian court ordered the release of an influential right-wing political leader on Wednesday, less than two weeks after Bolivia’s ruling socialist party lost an election that saw large gains for right-wing parties. Luis Fernando Camacho, the governor of Bolivia’s Santa Cruz region, was granted house arrest after being behind bars since …
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By Heather Schlitz and Cassandra Garrison (Reuters) -Mexico has recorded 5,086 cases of flesh-eating screwworm in animals as of August 17, a 53% jump from the number of cases reported in July, according to Mexican government data seen by Reuters on Wednesday. The updated numbers, which have not been previously reported to the public, showed …
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By Jonathan Landay WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Iran has launched a speedy clean-up operation at a nuclear-related site in northern Tehran hit by Israeli airstrikes that will likely remove evidence of any nuclear weapons development work, a research group said on Wednesday. Satellite imagery “shows a significant effort by Iran to rapidly demolish damaged or destroyed buildings, …
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By Crispian Balmer VENICE (Reuters) -Paolo Sorrentino’s “La Grazia” opened the 82nd Venice Film Festival on Wednesday, with the Oscar-winning director revealing that his latest movie was inspired by a real-life political dilemma that raised profound moral questions. Starring Sorrentino’s longtime collaborator Toni Servillo and Anna Ferzetti, the film follows the final months in office …
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By Ross Kerber (Reuters) -The U.S. government’s new stake in Intel is making some investors nervous that President Donald Trump’s deal heralds an era of government meddling in private industry, particularly as the arrangement followed Trump’s call for the resignation of the computer chip maker’s CEO. The deal, announced on Friday, converts $11.1 billion in …
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By Sarah N. Lynch and Andrew Goudsward WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A federal grand jury declined to indict a former Justice Department staffer who was arrested for throwing a sandwich at a federal law enforcement agent during U.S. President Donald Trump’s crime crackdown in Washington, a source briefed on the matter told Reuters on Wednesday. U.S. prosecutors …
