By Lisandra Paraguassu and Manuela Andreoni RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) -President Donald Trump said the U.S. will impose an additional 10% tariff on any countries aligning themselves with the “Anti-American policies” of the BRICS group of developing nations, whose leaders kicked off a summit in Brazil on Sunday. With forums such as the G7 and …
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(Corrects paragraph 3 to show new date offers three-week reprieve) By Andrea Shalal MORRISTOWN, New Jersey (Reuters) -The United States is close to finalizing several trade pacts in coming days and will notify other countries of higher tariff rates by July 9, President Donald Trump said on Sunday, with the higher rates set to take …
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By Alasdair Pal SYDNEY (Reuters) -An Australian woman was convicted on Monday of killing three people by serving them a meal laced with toxic mushrooms, in a case that has gripped the country. Here are the key facts in the case. KEY FACTS Erin Patterson, 50, was charged with the murders of her mother-in-law Gail …
JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he believed his discussions with U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday would help advance talks on a Gaza hostage release and ceasefire deal, as Trump predicted an agreement could be reached this week. Israeli negotiators taking part in the ceasefire talks that resumed in Doha on Sunday …
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CAIRO/ TEL AVIV (Reuters) -A Hamas government media office rejected accusations by the U.S. State Department that the group was involved in a Saturday attack that injured two Americans at an aid distribution site in Gaza, it said on Sunday. The U.S. and Israel-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation said on Saturday the injured American aid workers …
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(Reuters) -Founded by a University of Texas football coach, Camp Mystic where raging floodwaters swept away dozens of girls – killing several and leaving many others missing – was established along the banks of the Guadalupe River in central Texas hill country nearly a century ago “to provide young girls with a wholesome Christian atmosphere.” …
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DUBAI (Reuters) -Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei attended a religious event on Saturday, according to a video carried by state television, after reports that he was in a “secure location” since the start of a 12-day air war with Israel in which top Iranian commanders and nuclear scientists were killed. The video carried by …
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By Luis Jaime Acosta BOGOTA (Reuters) -Colombian police have captured a fugitive accused of planning last month’s gun attack on Senator Miguel Uribe, a potential presidential candidate, the head of the country’s national police said on Saturday, marking the fifth arrest in the case. Elder Jose Arteaga, known as El Costeno, was arrested on suspicion …
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WASHINGTON/NAIROBI (Reuters) -The Trump administration has deported to South Sudan eight migrants who had been held for more than a month by the U.S. at a military base in Djibouti, the Department of Homeland Security said on Saturday, after the migrants lost a last-ditch effort to halt their transfer to the politically unstable country. The …
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ANKARA (Reuters) -Turkish authorities detained three more mayors from the main opposition party on Saturday, according to a prosecutor’s statement and media reports, expanding a months-long legal crackdown that has expanded beyond its origins in Istanbul. The mayors of the big southern cities of Adana and Adiyaman were detained on allegations of extortion, the Istanbul …
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