By Laura Garcia TEGUCIGALPA, Dec 7 (Reuters) – Impatience grew in Honduras on Sunday as electoral officials failed to provide an update on the results of the November 30 national elections for over 48 hours, with the presidential race still far too close to call. In the latest results released on Friday, Nasry Asfura of …
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WASHINGTON, Dec 7 (Reuters) – U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, a key figure in implementing President Donald Trump’s economic agenda including tariffs, disclosed on Sunday that he has recently divested his interests in a soybean farm to comply with the ethics agreement he signed last January when he joined the administration. The divestiture comes four …
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By Marta Nogueira RIO DE JANEIRO, Dec 7 (Reuters) – Senator Flavio Bolsonaro, the eldest son of former President Jair Bolsonaro, said on Sunday he may not run for president in next year’s general election. His stance marks a reversal from an announcement on Friday, when the younger Bolsonaro said his father had chosen him …
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By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON, Dec 6 (Reuters) – U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said on Saturday that he backs a September 2 decision to launch a second strike on a suspected drug boat in the Caribbean. “I fully support that strike,” Hegseth said at the Reagan National Defense Forum in Simi Valley, California. “I would …
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Dec 7 (Reuters) – Russian forces launched an overnight combined air strike on infrastructure in the central Ukrainian city of Kremenchuk, causing power and water outages, its mayor Vitalii Maletskyi said on Sunday. Located on the Dnipro River, Kremenchuk is a major industrial hub and home to one of Ukraine’s biggest oil refineries. The city …
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By Laura Garcia TEGUCIGALPA, Dec 6 (Reuters) – Honduras’ presidential race remained too close to call on Saturday as counting entered its seventh day, with Nasry Asfura, the conservative presidential candidate backed by U.S. President Donald Trump, maintaining a razor-thin lead. With 88% of ballots tallied, Asfura of the National Party had 40.19%, about 20,000 …
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DOHA, Dec 6 (Reuters) – Negotiations on consolidating the U.S.-backed truce in the war in Gaza are at a “critical” moment, Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani said on Saturday. Mediators are working to force the next phase of the ceasefire forward, al-Thani, whose country has been a key mediator in the war, …
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By Alexander Cornwell BETHLEHEM, West Bank, Dec 6 (Reuters) – A giant Christmas tree adorned with red and gold baubles stands in the West Bank city of Bethlehem for the first time since 2022. The Palestinian city, revered by Christians as the birthplace of Jesus, had refrained from public Christmas celebrations over the past two …
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LOS ANGELES/NEW YORK, Dec 5 (Reuters) – From a Hollywood-style watch party in Los Angeles to a packed fan zone in New York’s Times Square, U.S. soccer fans reacted with pride, anticipation and nerves on Friday as the 2026 World Cup draw set the stage for next summer’s expanded tournament. In downtown Los Angeles, soccer …
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By Lisandra Paraguassu and Luciana Magalhaes BRASILIA, Dec 5 (Reuters) – Senator Flavio Bolsonaro said on Friday that his father, former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, has backed him for a presidential run next year, jilting markets that had bet on a more seasoned candidate consolidating support on the right. The senator wrote on social media …
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