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South Korea’s Lee meets business leaders to discuss strategy for Trump summit

19 Aug 2025

SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korean President Lee Jae Myung met on Tuesday with the heads of some of the country’s biggest conglomerates, including Samsung and Hyundai Motor, who will accompany Lee for his summit next week with U.S. President Donald Trump, Lee’s office said. Lee and Trump will hold their first summit meeting in Washington …

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Trump, EU’s von der Leyen discuss plight of children in war

19 Aug 2025

By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on Monday they spoke about missing children due to conflict as Trump hosted European and NATO leaders in Washington to discuss Russia’s war in Ukraine. Trump’s wife, Melania Trump, raised the plight of children in Ukraine and …

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Hurricane Erin could bring dangerous seas as it grows near the Bahamas

19 Aug 2025

By Scott Vincent and Sarah Morland (Reuters) -Residents in the Bahamas and Turks and Caicos braced on Monday for Hurricane Erin, a dangerous Category 4 storm and the first of the Atlantic season, after it strengthened over the weekend while sweeping past Caribbean islands. While Erin is not on track to make direct landfall and …

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US deploys warships near Venezuela to combat drug threats, sources say

19 Aug 2025

By Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Three U.S. Aegis guided-missile destroyers will arrive off the coast of Venezuela in the next 36 hours as part of an effort to address threats from Latin American drug cartels, two sources briefed on the matter said on Monday. President Donald Trump has wanted to use the military to go …

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US charity says halt in visitor visas for Gazans will harm wounded kids

19 Aug 2025

By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S.-based charity HEAL Palestine and other rights groups criticized the State Department’s decision to stop visitor visas for Palestinians from Gaza, saying it will harm wounded children seeking medical treatment on short-term U.S. visas. The State Department said on Saturday it was halting all visitor visas for Gazans while it …

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Brazil’s Supreme Court exempts citizens from foreign legal decisions amid spat with US

19 Aug 2025

SAO PAULO (Reuters) -Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Flavio Dino ruled on Monday that Brazilian citizens cannot automatically be subject to foreign laws or decisions within the country’s territory, a move that quickly prompted blowback from the United States. WHY IT’S IMPORTANT The ruling responds to a request from Brazilian mining lobby Ibram related to Brazilian …

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Putin and Trump discussed raising level of representatives at Ukraine talks, Kremlin says

19 Aug 2025

(Reuters) -Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Donald Trump discussed the idea of “raising the level of representatives” at Ukraine talks in a 40-minute call following the U.S. leader’s meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, the Kremlin said on Tuesday. “The idea was discussed that it would be worthwhile to explore the possibility of …

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Bolivia heads to runoff after right turn in presidential vote

18 Aug 2025

By Lucinda Elliott and Monica Machicao LA PAZ (Reuters) -Bolivians decisively repudiated the leftist party which has ruled the country for most of the past two decades in a first-round presidential election vote, likely paving the way for more market-friendly policies for its crisis-wracked economy. Centrist senator Rodrigo Paz secured 32.18% of the vote, while …

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US envoy says Israel should ‘comply’ with Lebanon plan to disarm militant groups

18 Aug 2025

BEIRUT (Reuters) -Top U.S. envoy Thomas Barrack said on Monday Israel should comply with a plan under which Lebanese militant group Hezbollah would be disarmed by the end of the year in exchange for a halt to Israel’s military operations in Lebanon. The plan sets out a phased roadmap for armed groups to hand in …

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Erin downgraded to Category 3 hurricane, NHC says

18 Aug 2025

By Rishabh Jaiswal, Preetika Parashuraman and Rajveer Pardesi (Reuters) -Erin, the first hurricane of the 2025 Atlantic season, has been downgraded to Category 3, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said early on Sunday, as the storm’s wind speed eased slightly. The hurricane was about 330 miles (530 km) east-southeast of Grand Turk Island packing maximum …

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