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By David Brunnstrom WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States has lifted sanctions designations on several allies of Myanmar’s ruling generals that had been imposed under the former Biden administration. The U.S. Treasury Department announcement on Thursday came two weeks after the head of Myanmar’s ruling junta praised President Donald Trump in a letter and called for …

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SHANGHAI (Reuters) -Tech firms huge and small will converge in Shanghai this weekend to showcase their artificial intelligence innovations and support China’s booming AI sector as it faces U.S. sanctions. Chinese companies from heavy hitters Huawei and Alibaba to ambitious startups will dominate the two-day World AI Conference, but Western names like Tesla, Alphabet and …

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JERUSALEM/WASHINGTON/CAIRO (Reuters) -Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and U.S. President Donald Trump appeared on Friday to abandon Gaza ceasefire negotiations with Hamas, both saying it had become clear that the Palestinian militants did not want a deal. Netanyahu said Israel was now mulling “alternative” options to achieve its goals of bringing its hostages home from …

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By Olivia Le Poidevin, Charlotte Greenfield and Jennifer Rigby GENEVA/JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Gaza is on the brink of running out of the specialised therapeutic food needed to save the lives of severely malnourished children, United Nations and humanitarian agencies say. “We are now facing a dire situation, that we are running out of therapeutic supplies,” said …

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By Daniel Trotta (Reuters) -The United States and Mexico on Thursday reached an agreement aimed at finding a permanent solution to a decades-long sewage crisis, in which Mexican sewage has flowed into the Tijuana River and across the U.S. border, emptying into the Pacific Ocean near San Diego. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin …

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By Jack Kim and Ju-min Park SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korea’s Industry Minister Kim Jung-kwan and top trade envoy Yeo Han-koo will meet U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick in Washington again on Friday in a bid to move closer to a deal on tariffs, South Korea’s presidential office said. The three met on Thursday and reaffirmed …

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