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By Guy Faulconbridge, Andrew Osborn and Jeff Mason MOSCOW/WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Kremlin said on Monday that Russia and the United States were working on ideas for a possible peace settlement in Ukraine and on building bilateral ties despite U.S. President Donald Trump saying that he was “pissed off” with Vladimir Putin. Trump told NBC News …

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(Reuters) -Fifteen emergency and aid workers from the Red Crescent, Palestinian Civil Defense and the United Nations have been recovered from a grave in the sand in the south of the Gaza Strip, U.N. officials said on Monday. U.N. aid chief Tom Fletcher said in a post on X that the bodies were buried near …

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(Reuters) -President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Monday setting up a new entity to take over the CHIPS Act program and speed up corporate investments in the United States. The United States Investment Accelerator within the Commerce Department will oversee implementing the CHIPS and Science Act, a 2022 law that made $52.7 billion …

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By Ted Hesson and Susan Heavey WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Trump administration deported more alleged Venezuelan and MS-13 gang members to El Salvador over the weekend, the U.S. State Department said on Monday, even as questions arose in a legal challenge over the process to determine gang members. Seventeen alleged violent criminals tied to Tren de …

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By Ryan Patrick Jones (Reuters) – A U.S. judge on Monday blocked the firing of 19 intelligence officers who had worked on diversity, equality, inclusion and accessibility programs that President Donald Trump ordered eliminated, according to their attorney. Kevin Carroll, who represents the Central Intelligence Agency and Office of the Director of National Intelligence employees, …

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By Jonathan Landay and Humeyra Pamuk WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. State Department on Monday said that a U.S. Agency for International Development team was heading to Myanmar to help identify the country’s most pressing needs in the wake of a devastating earthquake that killed at least 2,000 people. But a former top USAID official and …

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By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Monday the United States imposed additional visa restrictions on Chinese officials involved in policies on access for foreigners to Tibetan areas. “For far too long, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has refused to afford U.S. diplomats, journalists, and other international observers access …

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By Alexandra Valencia BOGOTA (Reuters) -Leftist Luisa Gonzalez is narrowly leading incumbent President Daniel Noboa in two polls ahead of an April 13 run-off race for the presidency of Ecuador, surveys showed on Monday, after Noboa barely notched a win in the first round. Gonzalez, a protege of former President Rafael Correa, had 51.4% of …

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