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By Nate Raymond BOSTON (Reuters) -A Guatemalan man who was deported to Mexico despite stating he feared being persecuted there was flown back to the United States on Wednesday after a judge ordered the Trump administration to facilitate his return. Judges have directed U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration to help return several migrants to the …

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(Corrects to remove incorrect line saying that six months is the minimum period for pre-trial detention in El Salvador) SAN SALVADOR (Reuters) -A judge in El Salvador ordered the provisional detention of prominent lawyer Ruth Lopez, human rights group Cristosal said on Wednesday. Lopez, a well-known human rights and anti-corruption advocate, was arrested by Salvadoran …

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By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) -Hundreds of Venezuelans deported from the United States to El Salvador under an 18th century wartime law must be given the chance to challenge their detentions, and the Trump administration must facilitate the legal challenges, a U.S. judge ruled on Wednesday. U.S. District Judge James Boasberg stopped short of …

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By Saeed Azhar, Kanchana Chakravarty and Sukriti Gupta NEW YORK (Reuters) -U.S. stocks ended mixed on Wednesday, with the benchmark S&P 500 flat, the technology-heavy Nasdaq Composite slightly up and the Dow Jones Industrial Average down as weak data revealed the economic toll taken by President Donald Trump’s trade policies. The services sector contracted in …

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By Julie Steenhuysen, Michael Erman and Dan Levine (Reuters) -Pediatric infectious disease expert Dr. Lakshmi Panagiotakopoulos resigned on Tuesday as co-leader of a U.S. CDC working group that advises outside experts on COVID-19 vaccines and is leaving the agency, two sources familiar with the move told Reuters. Panagiotakopoulos said in an email to work group …

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By Ted Hesson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A group of 101 Democratic lawmakers is urging top Trump administration officials to restore deportation protections for thousands of Afghans in the U.S., warning they would be sent back to “devastating humanitarian and economic conditions” in Afghanistan. In a letter to Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and Secretary of State …

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By Debora Ely PORTO ALEGRE, Brazil (Reuters) -Test results for a suspected bird flu outbreak on a commercial farm in the town of Anta Gorda in Rio Grande do Sul state came back negative, according to an analysis of samples released by the Brazilian Agriculture Ministry on Monday. That was the only potential case currently …

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