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(Reuters) -The United States has doubled its reward for information leading to the arrest of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro to $50 million over allegations of drug trafficking and links to criminal groups, U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi announced on Thursday. In a video posted to X, Bondi accused Maduro of collaborating with prominent criminal groups …

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By Deborah Mary Sophia and David Shepardson (Reuters) -Paramount Global and Skydance Media completed their $8.4 billion merger on Thursday, capping a drawn-out deal process marked by political scrutiny and shareholder concerns. Renamed “Paramount Skydance Corp”, the company’s Class B shares began trading on the Nasdaq under the ticker symbol PSKY on Thursday, under the …

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By Rich McKay (Reuters) -The suspect in the June assassination of Minnesota’s house speaker and her husband, and the attempted murder of a state senator and his wife, pleaded not guilty to numerous charges in federal court on Thursday, court papers say. Vance Luther Boelter, 58, of Green Isle, Minnesota, led police on a two-day …

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PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) -Haitian businessman Laurent Saint-Cyr took over his country’s leadership on Thursday, the last phase of its transition before it is mandated to hand power to a democratically elected successor, but a top gang leader threatened to topple the precarious government. Saint-Cyr was inaugurated at a ceremony at the capital’s Villa d’Acceuil, the temporary …

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said he discussed a new financial assistance programme for the war-torn country with International Monetary Fund Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva in a phone call on Thursday. “We discussed a new programme of financial assistance that will strengthen Ukrainians now and in the post-war period,” Zelenskiy wrote on the Telegram …

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By David Lawder and Andrea Shalal (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump’s higher tariffs on imports from dozens of countries kicked in on Thursday, raising the average U.S. import duty to its highest in a century and leaving major trade partners such as Switzerland, Brazil and India hurriedly searching for a better deal.  The U.S. Customs …

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By Mike Scarcella (Reuters) -A U.S. judge has vacated the Federal Reserve’s “swipe fees” regulation that capped the amount banks charge merchants for processing debit transactions, in a ruling favoring retailers that have long complained about paying inflated amounts. The court ruling, issued by a federal judge in North Dakota, will not take immediate effect, …

US judge vacates Fed’s debit card ‘swipe fees’ rule, but pauses order for appeal Read More »

By Olivia Le Poidevin GENEVA (Reuters) -Around 12,000 children aged under five in Gaza are suffering from acute malnutrition, and hunger-related deaths are rising, the Director General of the World Health Organization said on Thursday. “In July, nearly 12,000 children under five years were identified as having acute malnutrition in Gaza, the highest monthly figure …

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