JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Three Israeli hostages in Gaza previously thought to be living may be dead, leaving 21 definitely believed to be alive, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday, confirming comments made by U.S. President Donald Trump. Speaking at an event at the White House on Tuesday, Trump said 24 hostages were alive a week …
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BOGOTA (Reuters) -Colombia’s Supreme Court on Wednesday issued arrest orders for Ivan Name, the former president of the country’s Senate, and Andres Calle, the former president of the House of Representatives, over corruption allegations. Name, of the Alianza Verde party, and Calle, of the Liberal party, are accused of receiving 4 billion pesos (about $1 …
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By Luc Cohen and Blake Brittain WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S. judge pressed a government lawyer on Wednesday on whether Republican President Donald Trump was telling the truth when he said he could secure the return of wrongly deported migrant Kilmar Abrego Garcia with a phone call to El Salvador’s president. Washington D.C.-based U.S. District Judge …
By Ricardo Brito BRASILIA (Reuters) – The Brazilian government rejected a request by the U.S. State Department to designate two major criminal gangs that officials believe to have members in the United States as terrorist organizations, Mario Sarrubo, Brazil’s national secretary of public security, told Reuters on Wednesday. He said the request was made on …
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By Mohammed Ghobari ADEN (Reuters) – A ceasefire deal between Yemen’s Houthis and the U.S. does not include sparing Israel, the group said on Wednesday, suggesting its shipping attacks that have disrupted global trade and challenged world powers will not come to a complete halt. President Donald Trump announced on Tuesday the U.S. would stop …
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OSLO (Reuters) -Danish Foreign Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen said on Wednesday he would call in the acting U.S. ambassador to Denmark for talks after the Wall Street Journal reported Washington had ordered U.S. intelligence agencies to step up spying on Greenland. “I have read the article in the Wall Street Journal and it worries me …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday there would be more information in the next day on a potential new proposal for a hostage release deal and ceasefire in Gaza. “A lot of talk going on about Gaza right now,” Trump said at the White House. “You’ll be knowing probably in the next …
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By Idrees Ali and Phil Stewart WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A nearly two-month-long U.S. bombing campaign in Yemen dealt heavy damage to the Iran-aligned Houthis but U.S. officials and experts caution that the group is expected to remain a vexing adversary despite a ceasefire announced on Tuesday by Washington. President Donald Trump said U.S. forces will …
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CAIRO (Reuters) -Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa said on Wednesday the country has had indirect talks with Israel to bring down tensions as Israeli strikes continued to target Syria. Reuters reported the United Arab Emirates has set up a backchannel for talks between Israel and Syria, as Syria’s new rulers seek regional help to manage an …
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By Leah Douglas WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said during a hearing in the House of Representatives on Wednesday that new dietary guidelines developed with health secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., will come in “hopefully early fall”. The Dietary Guidelines for Americans are released every five years and include recommendations on what to …
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