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DAMASCUS/JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Israel launched powerful airstrikes in Damascus on Wednesday, blowing up part of the defence ministry and hitting near the presidential palace as it vowed to destroy government forces attacking Druze in southern Syria and demanded they withdraw. The attacks marked a significant Israeli escalation against the Islamist-led administration of interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa. …

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(Corrects headline to add dropped word ‘steel’) By Divya Rajagopal TORONTO (Reuters) -Prime Minister Mark Carney on Wednesday said Canada will introduce a tariff rate quota for countries with which it has free trade agreements, excluding the United States, to protect the domestic steel industry.  A 50% tariff will apply to imports from these countries …

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By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. producer prices were unexpectedly unchanged in June as a tariff-driven increase in the cost of goods such as communication and related equipment was offset by softening demand for travel services. The weakness in the cost of services, if sustained, offers hope that a tariff-induced flare-up in inflation will not …

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SAO PAULO (Reuters) -Approval for Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva’s government rose for the first time this year, a new poll showed on Wednesday, after his U.S. counterpart Donald Trump announced a 50% tariff on imports from Brazil starting in August. The Quaest poll commissioned by brokerage Genial showed that 43% of those …

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(Adds dropped word ‘show’ in first paragraph) By Olivia Le Poidevin and Emma Farge GENEVA (Reuters) -World Trade Organization members are seeking to break years of paralysis in international trade negotiations, which have been sidelined by the Trump administration and risk becoming irrelevant, internal WTO documents seen by Reuters show. Trump’s sweeping tariffs have forced …

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump will meet with Qatar’s Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani on Wednesday, the White House said, as Trump presses for progress on a Gaza ceasefire and hostage-release deal. Israeli and Hamas negotiators have been taking part in the latest round of ceasefire talks in Doha since July 6, …

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TEL AVIV (Reuters) -There is evidence that plants and insects interact through sound, researchers at Tel Aviv University said on Tuesday, opening a new frontier in the study of acoustic communication in nature. The study, published in the journal eLife, suggests that female moths detect ultrasonic distress signals emitted by dehydrated tomato plants and use …

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