By Lizbeth Diaz MEXICO CITY, Dec 3 (Reuters) – The Mexican Senate on Wednesday confirmed Ernestina Godoy, a close ally of President Claudia Sheinbaum, as the country’s new attorney general, cementing a key appointment just hours after the president submitted a shortlist of candidates for the role. The vote, driven by a majority from the …
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Dec 3 (Reuters) – A plane from the United States carrying 266 Venezuelan migrants landed in Venezuela on Wednesday, Foreign Minister Yvan Gil said. The aircraft, an Eastern Air Lines flight from Phoenix, was cleared to land at Maiquetia, near Caracas, the transportation ministry said on Tuesday, after bilateral flights were briefly suspended amid heightened tensions …
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WASHINGTON/MEXICO CITY, Dec 3 (Reuters) – The United States on Wednesday imposed sanctions on a Venezuelan actress for allegedly using her entertainment career to launder money and support the Tren de Aragua gang. Jimena Araya, also known as “Rosita” for the name of her character in comedy shows “Cheverísimo” and “¡A que te ríes!,” is …
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TEGUCIGALPA, Dec 3 (Reuters) – The publication of votes cast in Sunday’s presidential election in Honduras has once again been halted, election official Cossette Lopez-Osorio said in a post on X on Wednesday, adding it was inexcusable this happened without proper warning. Lopez-Osorio said publications were halted due to system maintenance. The latest official count …
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By Marco Aquino LIMA, Dec 3 (Reuters) – Peru’s electoral authority will provide bulletproof vests to presidential candidates ahead of April’s elections after a spate of attacks on politicians in the Andean nation. Roberto Burneo, president of Peru’s National Jury of Elections, announced the move on Tuesday and said he feared the 2026 election would …
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By Karl Plume CHICAGO, Dec 2 (Reuters) – Shipments of U.S. crops to China are accelerating after a tense tariff war had stalled trade for months, with at least six bulk cargo vessels scheduled to load with soybeans at Gulf Coast terminals through mid-December, according to a shipping schedule seen by Reuters on Tuesday. A …
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By Maayan Lubell and Maya Gebeily JERUSALEM/BEIRUT, Dec 3 (Reuters) – Israel and Lebanon sent civilian envoys to a military committee monitoring their ceasefire, top officials from both said on Wednesday, in a move set to expand the scope of talks between the long-time foes for the first time. The meeting was a step towards …
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PARIS, Dec 3 (Reuters) – Charles Norman Shay, a Native American veteran who was a 19-year-old U.S. Army medic when he landed off the Normandy coast on D-Day and helped save lives, died at age 101 on Wednesday. Shay died at his home near Caen in France’s Normandy region, his carer Marie-Pascale Legrand said. Born …
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By Catarina Demony and Mark Bendeich LONDON, Dec 3 (Reuters) – One of the candidates to become the U.N.’s first female secretary-general, senior U.N. official Rebeca Grynspan, has pledged to restore trust in the organisation as it faces heavy criticism from U.S. President Donald Trump. The process to elect the next U.N. chief formally kicked …
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SYDNEY, Dec 4 (Reuters) – A majority of Australians, Japanese and Indians believe U.S. President Donald Trump’s second term has been bad for their countries, and more Australians see the U.S. as harmful than helpful in Asia, a survey of people in the four countries reported on Thursday. A poll of 1,000 people in each …
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