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By Yimou Lee and Ben Blanchard TAIPEI (Reuters) – Taiwan prosecutors on Friday for the first time charged a Chinese ship captain with intentionally damaging undersea cables off the island in February, after a rise in sea cable malfunctions alarmed Taiwan officials amid tensions with China. Prosecutors say the man was captain of the Chinese-crewed …

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By Poppy McPherson BANGKOK (Reuters) – A sophisticated network of fake social media accounts sprang to the impassioned defence of former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte after he was sent to the International Criminal Court to face charges over his bloody drug war. Around a third of accounts discussing the arrest on the platform X, mostly …

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OTTAWA (Reuters) – Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney on Thursday said he would convene a meeting of top cabinet colleagues on Friday to discuss the threat posed to the economy by U.S. tariffs. Carney, speaking to a televised press conference in Ontario, reiterated that Ottawa would respond with force until Washington lifted the tariffs. (Reporting …

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By Manuela Andreoni, Ricardo Brito and Lais Morais BRASILIA (Reuters) -Thousands of Indigenous people from across Brazil are rallying in the nation’s capital this week to demand protection for their land rights, fighting legislation that could make it impossible for some tribes to reclaim territory they were forced to leave.  Disputes over the 2023 law, …

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By Paul Mathiasen SANTO DOMINGO (Reuters) -Recovery efforts wrapped up in the capital of the Dominican Republic after a roof collapse at a nightclub during a concert killed at least 221 people, authorities said on Thursday. As families continue to mourn their loved ones, the cause of the catastrophe and the exact number of people …

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BRASILIA (Reuters) -Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva named lawmaker Pedro Lucas Fernandes as his new minister for communications, Government Institutional Relations Minister Gleisi Hoffmann announced on Thursday. Previous minister for communications Juscelino Filho resigned from the role earlier this week after charges against him became public as part of a probe of misappropriation …

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LIMA (Reuters) -Public transport workers in Peru’s capital of Lima went on strike on Thursday, stranding tens of thousands of people as they marched to Congress demanding action against a surging crime wave that has led to record numbers of murders. The government urged employers and schools to prioritize remote work and classes due to …

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