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By Cassandra Garrison and Kylie Madry MEXICO CITY, Dec 9 (Reuters) – Mexican officials are meeting with their U.S. counterparts on Tuesday to negotiate deliveries under a water treaty that has again heightened diplomatic tensions between the two trading partners with tariff threats if the Latin American country does not comply.  U.S. President Donald Trump …

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Dec 9 (Reuters) – The U.S. military said it plans to develop a fleet of small-scale refineries to produce critical minerals used to make bullets, armor and other types of weaponry, a move aimed at developing domestic sources for niche materials that Chinese miners have long controlled. The plans, which have not been previously reported, …

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SAO PAULO/BRASILIA, Dec 9 (Reuters) – Brazilian Senator Flavio Bolsonaro said on Tuesday his decision to run for president in 2026 is “irreversible,” reaffirming he would challenge President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva after suggesting over the weekend he might step aside. The lawmaker spoke to reporters after visiting his father, former right-wing President Jair …

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By Stephanie van den Berg The Hague, Dec 9 (Reuters) – Judges at the International Criminal Court on Tuesday sentenced a Janjaweed militia leader to 20 years in prison for atrocities committed in Sudan’s Darfur region, including beating detainees to death with an axe. Ali Muhammad Ali Abd-Al-Rahman, also known as Ali Kushayb, was convicted …

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By Tom Hals Dec 4 (Reuters) – Members of Congress have said they will investigate whether the U.S. military broke the law by allegedly killing two survivors of a strike on a suspected drug trafficking vessel in the Caribbean. The White House has defended the strike as lawful. Below is a look at the potential …

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MEXICO CITY, Dec 8 – Honduras Attorney General Johel Antonio Zelaya on Monday issued an international arrest warrant for former president Juan Orlando Hernandez, he said in a post on X. Hernandez was recently pardoned by U.S. President Donald Trump and released from prison where he was serving a 45-year sentence on drug trafficking charges. …

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By Lucy Craymer, Ben Blanchard and Yimou Lee WELLINGTON/TAIPEI, Dec 9 (Reuters) – The New Zealand navy’s largest ship encountered a Taiwanese warship as it sailed through the sensitive Taiwan Strait last month, the country’s armed forces said on Tuesday, as they published a rare picture of what happened. The oiler the HMNZS Aotearoa sailed …

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