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SANTIAGO (Reuters) – Chilean officials met with International Criminal Court representatives on Friday to provide information about the murder of a Venezuelan dissident they claim is relevant to an ongoing ICC investigation into alleged human rights abuses by Venezuelan government officials. Chile’s attorney general and minister of foreign affairs say the murder of Ronald Ojeda, …

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By Daphne Psaledakis and Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. State Department said on Friday Israel was defending itself from rocket attacks that came from Lebanon and that it was incumbent upon the Lebanese government to disarm militant groups such as Hezbollah. The comment from a State Department spokesperson came in a press briefing …

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NAIROBI (Reuters) – Somalia is prepared to offer the United States exclusive control of strategic air bases and ports, its president said in a letter to President Donald Trump seen by Reuters on Friday. In the March 16 letter, authenticated by a regional diplomat with knowledge of the matter, President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud said the …

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By Pasit Kongkunakornkul BANGKOK (Reuters) – Bangkok ground to a halt on Friday after a strong earthquake shook the clogged Thai capital, causing chaos and triggering city-wide evacuations that left many thousands of people stranded for much of the day. All urban rail systems were suspended and roads were gridlocked across one of Asia’s biggest …

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Agency for International Development will send some teams to Thailand to help with recovery efforts following an earthquake that hit southeast Asia, a source familiar with the matter said on Friday. (Reporting by Jason Lange; Editing by Leslie Adler)

By Howard Schneider WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Federal Reserve’s seemingly locked-in path to a soft landing, already roiled by the arrival of the Trump administration, may be growing even more complicated as evidence of consumer caution about spending starts to align with new inflation risks and another jump in inflation expectations. Consumer spending and inflation …

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