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US pressures Lebanon to issue cabinet decision to disarm Hezbollah before talks continue

By Maya Gebeily and Laila Bassam BEIRUT (Reuters) -Washington is ramping up pressure on Beirut to swiftly issue a formal cabinet decision committing to disarm Hezbollah before talks can resume on a halt to Israel’s military operations in Lebanon, five sources familiar with the matter told Reuters. Without a public commitment from Lebanese ministers, the …

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Spain’s black olive exporters to struggle under fresh US tariffs

By Corina Pons LA RODA DE ANDALUCIA, Spain (Reuters) -Spain’s black olive exporters, subject to harsh tariffs since U.S. President Donald Trump’s first term, are warning it will be difficult to survive an extra 15% they now face under the European Union’s latest trade deal with the United States. EU goods now face import tariffs …

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Alleged ‘Hollywood Con Queen’ loses fight against extradition from UK to US

LONDON (Reuters) -An Indonesian national dubbed the “Hollywood Con Queen” by the media for allegedly impersonating top female movie industry executives in a seven-year fraud on Tuesday lost his bid to block his extradition from Britain to stand trial in the U.S. Hargobind Tahilramani is wanted in California on charges of wire fraud, conspiracy to …

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‘Thank God, we fled’: Thai grandmother returns to ruined home after border conflict

By Shoon Naing and Artorn Pookasook KANTHARALAK, Thailand (Reuters) -After hearing that a nearby convenience store had been hit by shelling from Cambodia last week, Koon Kantho quickly packed her essentials, locked up her home and scurried to safety at a relative’s house with her family. Moments after they left, the 68-year-old said she heard …

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Colombia ex-president Uribe guilty of abuse of process, bribery of public official

By Luis Jaime Acosta BOGOTA (Reuters) -A Colombian judge on Monday convicted former President Alvaro Uribe of abuse of process and bribery of a public official in a long-running witness tampering case, making him the country’s first ex-president to ever be found guilty at trial. Judge Sandra Liliana Heredia read her decision aloud to the …

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How Syrian attackers killed: One hand on the gun, another on the camera

By Deniz Uyar, Monica Naime and Pola Grzanka July 29 (Reuters) – The fighters in military-style uniforms pointed their rifles at the three unarmed men and ordered them out onto a sunny balcony, before barking at them to pause. “One minute. You want to film them?” one of the attackers asked his comrade.  The unfolding …

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Trump says many are starving in Gaza, vows to set up food centres

By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Olivia Le Poidevin CAIRO/GENEVA (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday many people were starving in Gaza and suggested Israel could do more on humanitarian access, as Palestinians struggled to feed their children a day after Israel declared steps to improve supplies. As the death toll from two years of …

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Analysis-How US-EU aerospace rivals united to preserve tariff-free aircraft trade

By Tim Hepher, David Shepardson and Rajesh Kumar Singh PARIS (Reuters) -A provisional deal between the United States and European Union to exempt aircraft from tariffs avoids a potential threat to jet production and deliveries in both regions and caps months of uncharacteristic unity among plane-making rivals. The framework deal, announced on Sunday, will see …

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Peru mulls green light for $6 billion in mining projects

By Marco Aquino LIMA (Reuters) -Peru is considering whether to give the green light to a wave of new mining projects worth a combined $6 billion in investments, President Dina Boluarte said on Monday, as her deeply unpopular government seeks to boost revenues from the industry. The government is evaluating the authorization of 134 exploration …

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