BEIRUT (Reuters) -Syria has pledged to investigate clashes in the southern province of Sweida which killed hundreds of people last month -the second major episode of sectarian violence since the ouster of longtime Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad. In a decree dated July 31, justice minister Muzher al-Wais said a committee of seven people – including …
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By Maayan Lubell and Nidal al-Mughrabi JERUSALEM/CAIRO (Reuters) -U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff met Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday in a bid to salvage Gaza truce talks and tackle a humanitarian crisis in the enclave, where a global hunger monitor has warned that famine is unfolding. Shortly after Witkoff’s arrival, President Donald Trump …
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(Reuters) -Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said he was disappointed after US President Donald Trump signed an executive order to raise tariffs on Canadian goods to 35% from 25% on products outside the scope of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada trade agreement. The move, which Washington linked in part to what it said was Canada’s failure to stop …
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(Reuters) -Chilean copper miner Codelco said on Thursday that one worker died at the Andesita project of its El Teniente mine after what it called a “seismic event” around 5:30 p.m. local time. The company said in a statement it was looking for another five workers, and that nine workers had various injuries but were …
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SAN SALVADOR (Reuters) -El Salvador’s ruling party on Thursday passed a bill to overhaul how elections are run in the Central American nation, opening the door for President Nayib Bukele to serve another term. Bukele won a second term last year despite a clear prohibition in the country’s constitution. El Salvador’s top court, filled with …
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By Marcela Ayres BRASILIA (Reuters) -Brazilian banks are scrambling to assess the domestic fallout from sweeping U.S. sanctions against a Supreme Court justice who oversees a criminal trial against an ally of President Donald Trump, as legal teams weigh how the move to isolate the judge financially could ripple through Brazil’s financial system. Justice Alexandre …
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By Christian Martinez (Reuters) -The small African country Lesotho received a modified tariff rate of 15% Thursday from U.S. President Donald Trump as the nation continued to reel from high tariffs the administration had threatened to implement earlier this year. In an executive order, Trump modified reciprocal tariff rates for dozens of countries, including Lesotho, …
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By Joey Roulette WASHINGTON (Reuters) – NASA’s new temporary administrator on Thursday held a rare face-to-face meeting in Florida with Russia’s space agency chief, where they discussed cooperation on the moon and maintaining the space powers’ longstanding relationship on the International Space Station, Roscosmos said. The talks between Sean Duffy and Dmitry Bakanov at the …
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By Jonathan Stempel (Reuters) -Uber said it found more than 100 instances in which passengers who claimed its drivers sexually assaulted or harassed them offered bogus or doctored receipts to prove ridership, or did not explain their inability to provide receipts. In a Wednesday court filing, Uber urged U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer in San …
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(Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump intensified his trade war with Canada a day ahead of his August 1 deadline for a tariff agreement, saying it would be “very hard” to make a deal with Canada after it gave its support to Palestinian statehood. Trump is set to impose a 35% tariff on all Canadian goods …
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