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By Emma Pinedo and Alvise Armellini PARIS/MADRID/ROME (Reuters) -Italy limited work outdoors, France shut schools and Turkey battled wildfires on Tuesday in a European heatwave that meteorologists said was “exceptional” for striking so early this year. Spain confirmed its hottest June on record, while temperatures passed 40 degrees Celsius (104°F) in some of its cities …

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By Andrea Shalal, Daphne Psaledakis and Humeyra Pamuk WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Donald Trump signed on Monday an executive order terminating a U.S. sanctions program on Syria, allowing an end to the country’s isolation from the international financial system and building on Washington’s pledge to help it rebuild after a devastating civil war. The move will …

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By Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Donald Trump on Monday signed a memorandum imposing a hard-line U.S. policy toward communist-run Cuba and reversing measures put in place by former President Joe Biden, the White House said. The directive will enforce a statutory ban on U.S. tourism to Cuba while supporting an economic embargo of the …

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By Valerie Volcovici WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Republican Senator Joni Ernst has introduced an amendment to the U.S. Senate’s tax and spending megabill that would change two of the most contentious parts of that bill and could give a small boost to wind and solar projects that had been targeted in the draft being debated on the …

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By Steve Holland and Andrea Shalal (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump plans to host Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House on July 7, a U.S. official said, as the U.S. president pressed for a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas in Gaza, and the return of remaining hostages. Ron Dermer, a top adviser …

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By Jan Wolfe WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A federal appeals court heard oral arguments on Monday in what is likely to be a decisive lawsuit over whether President Donald Trump’s administration can use an 18th-century law to speed up deportations. The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals is weighing whether Venezuelan migrants being held at the Bluebonnet …

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Donald Trump on Monday will sign an executive order terminating U.S. sanctions on Syria, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters. The move follows through on Trump’s decision in May to unwind the measures to help Syria rebuild after a devastating civil war. (Reporting by Andrea Shalal and Steve Holland)

DUBAI (Reuters) -Some 935 people were killed in Iran during the 12-day air war with Israel, based on the latest forensic data, a spokesperson for the Iranian judiciary said on Monday, according to state media. Among the dead were 38 children and 132 women, the spokesperson, Asghar Jahangir, said. The death toll was a sharp …

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HAVANA (Reuters) -Cuban transgender man Danny Ortiz has for years been stuck with his birth name “Daniela” – a name he does not want and that does not reflect his preference. This month, that may finally change. Cuban lawmakers are set to pass a landmark bill overhauling Cuba’s civil registry in July that would allow …

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