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Factbox-Long-range weapons Ukraine has developed since Russia’s 2022 invasion

17 Nov 2025 17 Nov 2025

By Tom Balmforth LONDON (Reuters) -Ukraine struck Russia’s port of Novorossiysk last week, forcing it to suspend oil exports. The Neptune missile it used is one of several long-range weapons Ukraine has developed since the 2022 invasion. Here is an overview of some of these new Ukrainian armaments based on statements from Kyiv. LONG NEPTUNE …

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Chile vote propels far-right Kast to runoff against leftist Jara

17 Nov 2025 17 Nov 2025

By Alexander Villegas and Fabian Cambero SANTIAGO (Reuters) -Far-right candidate Jose Antonio Kast is favored to clinch a runoff victory next month despite lagging slightly behind governing coalition candidate Jeannette Jara in Chile’s first-round presidential vote on Sunday. With nearly all ballots tallied, Jara, the first Communist Party member to be a finalist for the …

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Measure to allow foreign military bases in Ecuador fails in vote

17 Nov 2025 17 Nov 2025

By Alexandra Valencia QUITO (Reuters) -A measure that would allow the return of foreign military bases to Ecuador looked set to fail in a Sunday referendum, as a count of close to 90% of ballots showed nearly two-thirds rejection of the proposal. A separate proposal to convene an assembly to rewrite the constitution had more …

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Trump says US may open talks with Venezuela’s Maduro

17 Nov 2025 17 Nov 2025

By Joseph Tanfani and Matt Spetalnick (Reuters) -President Donald Trump said on Sunday that the United States may open talks with Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, who faces escalating pressure from Washington amid a massive U.S. military buildup in the Caribbean. It was one of the first signs of a possible path toward defusing an increasingly …

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Gen Z-styled protests spread in Mexico, fueled by mayor’s murder

17 Nov 2025 17 Nov 2025

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -Thousands protested across Mexico on Saturday under the banner of “Generation Z,” denouncing rising violence after the public killing of an anti-crime mayor earlier this month. In Mexico City, a small group of hooded protesters tore down fences around the National Palace where President Claudia Sheinbaum lives, prompting a clash with riot …

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Bus crash in Ecuador kills at least 12 people

17 Nov 2025 17 Nov 2025

QUITO (Reuters) -A bus crash in Simiatug, in central Ecuador has killed at least 12 people, the country’s disaster agency said on social media on Sunday, and injured at least 10. The bus was driving an inter-provincial route between that cities of Simiatug and Ambato, the attorney general’s office said in its own post. (Reporting by …

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South Korea’s new president, injured as a child labourer, cracks down on ‘workplaces of death’

17 Nov 2025 17 Nov 2025

By Heejin Kim DANGJIN, South Korea (Reuters) -South Korean Kim Yong-ho thought he would die within seconds after a 200-kilogram (441-pound) industrial press at a Hyundai Steel plant sprang to life during maintenance and crushed his legs and back. It was 2019, and Kim said he thought the heavy machinery around him had been switched …

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Leftist Jara leads Chile’s presidential election in early count

17 Nov 2025 17 Nov 2025

SANTIAGO (Reuters) -Governing leftist coalition and Communist Party candidate Jeannette Jara is leading Chile’s presidential race, an early count from electoral service Servel showed on Sunday, with 1.6% of ballots tallied. Jara is leading with 31.3% of the votes, trailed by far-right candidate Jose Antonio Kast, who is making his third bid for the presidency, …

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China rare earths deal will ‘hopefully’ be done by Thanksgiving, Bessent says

16 Nov 2025 16 Nov 2025

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A rare earths deal between the U.S. and China will “hopefully” be done by Thanksgiving, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said in remarks that aired on Sunday. Bessent’s comments follow a framework agreement announced last month in which Washington agreed not to impose 100% tariffs on Chinese imports and China would hold off on …

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Leader of Ecuador’s Los Lobos drug trafficking gang arrested in Spain

16 Nov 2025 16 Nov 2025

QUITO (Reuters) -Ecuador has arrested the leader of one of the country’s biggest drug trafficking gangs, Los Lobos, in an operation with Spanish police, President Daniel Noboa said on Sunday. Wilmer Geovanny Chavarria Barre, known as “Pipo,” helms a powerful group that the U.S. in September designated a foreign terrorist organization, along with its rival, …

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