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By Olivia Le Poidevin and Emma Farge GENEVA (Reuters) -Talks to create the world’s first legally binding treaty to tackle plastic pollution went into overtime on Thursday, with talks adjourned to the following day. Countries scrambled to bridge deep divisions over the extent of future curbs on what was meant to be the final day …

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By Steve Holland and Idrees Ali WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States has ordered the deployment of air and naval forces to the southern Caribbean Sea to address threats from Latin American drug cartels, three sources briefed on the decision told Reuters on Thursday. President Donald Trump has wanted to use the military to go after …

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(Corrects spelling of analyst’s first name in paragraph 20 to Nicholas and adds word in paragraph 19 to make clear Trump imposed an additional 25 percent tariff on India) By Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) -When U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin met in Helsinki in 2018, the pair alarmed allies with a …

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By Emma Farge GENEVA (Reuters) -War crimes were likely committed by interim government forces as well as by fighters loyal to Syria’s former rulers during sectarian violence that culminated in a series of massacres in March, U.N. investigators said on Thursday. Some 1,400 people, mainly civilians, were reported killed during the violence in coastal areas …

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OSLO (Reuters) -When U.S. President Donald Trump called Norway’s finance minister last month to discuss tariffs, he also told him he wanted the Nobel Peace Prize, Norwegian business daily Dagens Naeringsliv reported on Thursday. Several countries including Israel, Pakistan and Cambodia have nominated Trump for brokering peace agreements or ceasefires, and he has said he …

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Donald Trump will go into talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska on Friday hoping to achieve a halt to the fighting in Ukraine, but a comprehensive solution to the war will take longer, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said. “To achieve a peace, I think we all recognize that …

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MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -Mexico President Claudia Sheinbaum said on Thursday that Carlos Trevino, former CEO of state oil company Pemex, had been arrested in the United States and would be deported to stand trial in Mexico for corruption charges. “It’s an extradition request that has been ongoing for about five years. He has finally been …

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