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By Paul Mathiasen SANTO DOMINGO (Reuters) – A catastrophic roof collapse at a nightclub in the Dominican Republic’s capital killed at least 113 people on Tuesday and emergency crews were working frantically after nightfall to pull survivors from the rubble. About 155 people were injured. Families of the victims gathered near the Jet Set nightclub …

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(Reuters) – China’s top leaders plan to meet as soon as Wednesday to hammer out measures to boost the economy and stabilise capital markets, people with knowledge of the matter said, as trade war with the United States escalates. Economists have warned that the fusillades on trade could shave one to two percentage points off …

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By Yuliia Dysa and Dan Peleschuk KYIV (Reuters) – President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said that Ukrainian forces had captured two Chinese men fighting for Russia in eastern Ukraine, potentially threatening a fragile peace effort in the three-year-old war. Beijing is a close diplomatic ally of Moscow. It has not condemned the Kremlin’s full-scale invasion, which U.S. …

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TAIPEI (Reuters) -Taiwan hopes that it can come to a quick agreement with the United States to resolve tariffs and has already approached Washington to discuss the issue, a senior Taiwanese official said on Wednesday. Taiwan has responded to U.S. President Donald Trump’s 32% tariff on the island with an offer of zero tariffs, as …

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By Phil Stewart PANAMA CITY (Reuters) -The United States will “take back” the Panama Canal from Chinese influence, U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said on Tuesday during a visit to the Central American nation. After talks with Panama’s government, Hegseth vowed to deepen security cooperation with Panamanian security forces and said China would not be …

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By Daphne Psaledakis and Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. State Department said on Tuesday it was aware of the killing by Israeli forces of a Palestinian American teenager in the Israeli-occupied West Bank and was seeking more information about the incident. A State Department spokesperson made the comments to reporters when asked about …

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By Isla Binnie NEW YORK (Reuters) – Costco has had productive discussions with Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird over the retailer’s diversity policies amid a legal onslaught against those programs launched by President Donald Trump, according to Bird’s office and another person familiar with the talks.     Bird and 18 other GOP state attorneys general …

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By Kanishka Singh and Jasper Ward WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said on Tuesday that new deals could be struck with other countries over trade tariffs by the end of this week. Rollins made the comments in an interview to Fox News host Bret Baier on the network’s “Special Report” show. WHY …

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