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Venezuela minister says no Tren de Aragua members among US deportees

By Vivian Sequera CARACAS (Reuters) -Venezuela’s Interior Minister Diosdado Cabello said on Friday that none of the hundreds of Venezuelans deported by the U.S. to a Salvadoran prison is a member of Venezuela’s Tren de Aragua criminal gang, the reason Washington gave for expelling them. “I believe with absolute responsibility that not a single one …

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US tells UN Hamas is to blame for deaths since Israel resumed Gaza hostilities

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The United States told the U.N. Security Council on Friday that the Palestinian militant group Hamas was to blame for the deaths in the Gaza Strip since Israel resumed hostilities there. “Hamas bears full responsibility for the ongoing war in Gaza and for the resumption of hostilities. Every death would have …

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UAE commits to $1.4 trillion US investment, White House says

By Steve Holland and Federico Maccioni WASHINGTON/DUBAI (Reuters) -The United Arab Emirates has committed to a 10-year, $1.4 trillion investment framework in the United States after top UAE officials met President Donald Trump this week, the White House said on Friday. The framework will “substantially increase the UAE’s existing investments in the U.S. economy” in …

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Russian drones hit civilian targets in Ukraine’s Odesa, injure three, governor says

(Reuters) – Russian forces launched a mass drone attack on Ukraine’s Black Sea port of Odesa late on Thursday, injuring three people and damaging a high-rise apartment building and a shopping centre, the regional governor said. Oleh Kiper, writing on the Telegram messaging app, said there had been strikes in three locations that triggered fires, …

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Ukraine still in talks with US about minerals deal, spokesman says

(Reuters) – Ukraine is continuing to hold talks with the United States about a minerals deal, a foreign ministry spokesman said on Friday. The White House said on Wednesday it had moved beyond “just the economic minerals deal framework” and was focused on peace between Ukraine and Russia, and President Donald Trump said on Thursday …

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US slaps Iran-related sanctions on oil tankers, China ‘teapot’ refinery

By Timothy Gardner WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. on Thursday issued new sanctions intended to hit Iran’s oil exports, including what the State Department said were the first U.S. measures targeting a Chinese “teapot refinery” processing the crude. It was Washington’s fourth round of sanctions on Iran’s oil sales since President Donald Trump said in February …

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Olympics-You can’t choose who congratulates you, IOC says after Putin’s best wishes

By Karolos Grohmann PYLOS, Greece (Reuters) – The International Olympic Committee on Friday declined to comment on Russian President Vladimir Putin’s congratulatory note to newly-elected IOC president Kirsty Coventry, saying it was his prerogative. Putin was among the first to congratulate Zimbabwe’s Coventry following her election victory on Thursday, saying her “unique experience” would ensure …

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Italy’s Meloni torn between Trump and European allegiance

By Crispian Balmer and Angelo Amante ROME (Reuters) – Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni finds herself playing a political balancing act as Europe moves to bolster its defences.  A nationalist with deep admiration for U.S. President Donald Trump, she is battling to reconcile the growing gulf between her ideological instincts, which lie with Washington, and …

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‘I need to be home’: stranded Heathrow passengers separated from loved ones

By Catarina Demony LONDON (Reuters) -Thousands of travellers stranded by a huge fire near London’s Heathrow, Europe’s busiest airport, scrambled to find ways to get home and reunite with their families on Friday as they faced what could be days of disruptions. Heathrow was shut after a blaze that erupted overnight at a substation in …

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