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By Lewis Krauskopf and Suzanne McGee NEW YORK/LONDON (Reuters) -Global investors got a harsh reminder of the risks around trade tariffs and U.S. President Donald Trump’s deal-making on Saturday after he threatened fresh tariffs on his biggest trading partners in Europe and Mexico. Trump said in social media posts on Saturday he would impose a …

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By Ann Wang TAICHUNG, Taiwan (Reuters) -Taiwan’s military began deploying one of its newest and most precise strike weapons on Saturday as part of intensifying drills meant to showcase the island’s determination to resist any Chinese invasion. Two armoured trucks with HIMARS – High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems – were seen manoeuvring around the city …

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By Cassandra Garrison TECAMAC, Mexico (Reuters) – With tail wagging, tongue out and ears perked, Hummer – a young mixed breed dog with a slick black coat – sits down in front of a sample of screwworm scent, promptly accepting praise and treats from his handler. Trained to detect the smell of screwworm, a flesh-eating …

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Federal Communications Commission has approved two T-Mobile deals that would expand the wireless carrier’s network, the commission said on Friday, after the company ended its diversity, equity and inclusion programs under pressure from President Donald Trump’s administration. T-Mobile was allowed to buy almost all of regional carrier United States Cellular’s wireless …

US FCC approves two T-Mobile deals after wireless carrier drops DEI programs Read More »

By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) -United Nations sanctions monitors have seen no “active ties” this year between Al Qaeda and the Islamist group leading Syria’s interim government, an unpublished U.N. report said, a finding that could strengthen an expected U.S. push for removing U.N. sanctions on Syria. The report, seen by Reuters on Thursday, …

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By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A former security minister and ex-judge from Costa Rica was charged in the U.S. with conspiracy to import cocaine after being detained by the Central American nation’s judicial police in late June following a U.S. extradition request, the U.S. Justice Department said on Friday. Celso Gamboa Sanchez, 49, a former …

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By Jessica Donati DAKAR (Reuters) -An Israeli-American businessman, a former State Department official and a decorated Green Beret pitched up in the Democratic Republic of Congo in March with a message for President Felix Tshisekedi from the Trump administration. Two days later, they fled the country in fear of arrest. The three envoys had come …

How a US mission to push a Trump deal in Congo unravelled Read More »