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Bolsonaro son leaves Congress role in Brazil to build support in the US

19 Mar 2025 19 Mar 2025

BRASILIA/SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Eduardo Bolsonaro, a son of former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro, said on Tuesday he will take leave from his role as congressman to live in the United States and seek to build international support for his father and their political group. During a 10-minute video published on his YouTube channel, Eduardo …

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Tennis-PTPA files lawsuit against sport’s governing bodies

19 Mar 2025 19 Mar 2025

By Martyn Herman LONDON (Reuters) – The Professional Tennis Players’ Association (PTPA) has filed a lawsuit against the sport’s governing bodies, accusing them of anti-competitive practices and a disregard for player welfare. The PTPA, an independent players’ union co-founded by Novak Djokovic in 2019, said on Tuesday that after years of good-faith efforts to reform …

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Trinidad and Tobago to hold early elections in late April

18 Mar 2025 19 Mar 2025

PORT OF SPAIN (Reuters) -Trinidad and Tobago’s new Prime Minister Stuart Young has called for a general election a day after taking office in a surprise move seen as an effort to secure his own mandate in the Caribbean island nation. The prime minister advised Trinidad and Tobago’s president to dissolve parliament and schedule a …

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United jet suffered navigation parts failure before jolts injured passengers

18 Mar 2025 19 Mar 2025

By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Investigators found that two key navigation parts failed on a United Airlines flight from Lagos to Washington on January 24, causing the plane to lurch suddenly and injure several passengers. The National Transportation Safety Board said the left and then right inertial reference units failed on the Boeing 787 jetliner, …

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Colombian lawmakers reject Petro-backed labor reform

18 Mar 2025 18 Mar 2025

By Luis Jaime Acosta BOGOTA (Reuters) -A Colombian Senate committee rejected on Tuesday a labor reform promoted by President Gustavo Petro, marking the latest setback to the leftist leader’s efforts to pass economic and social legislation he promised to enact during his campaign. The labor reform was a key initiative for Petro, who says he …

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US files complaint over smuggled aircraft it says benefited Venezuela’s Maduro

18 Mar 2025 18 Mar 2025

(Reuters) – The U.S. Justice Department on Tuesday filed a civil forfeiture complaint regarding an aircraft it said had been smuggled from the United States and operated for the benefit of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro in violation of sanctions. Maduro and his government have always rejected sanctions by the United States and others, saying they …

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US warns of more sanctions on Venezuela if it doesn’t accept repatriated citizens

18 Mar 2025 18 Mar 2025

(Reuters) – Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Tuesday threatened to impose additional sanctions on Venezuela if the country doesn’t accept its citizens who are repatriated from the United States. “Unless the Maduro regime accepts a consistent flow of deportation flights, without further excuses or delays, the U.S. will impose new, severe, and escalating sanctions,” …

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Trump administration reinstating almost 25,000 fired workers after court order

18 Mar 2025 18 Mar 2025

By Daniel Wiessner (Reuters) -President Donald Trump’s administration in court filings has for the first time acknowledged it fired nearly 25,000 recently hired workers, and said federal agencies were working to bring all of them back after a judge ruled their terminations were likely illegal. The filings made in Baltimore, Maryland, federal court late Monday …

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Russia, Ukraine accuse each other of attempting cross-border attacks

18 Mar 2025 18 Mar 2025

(Reuters) -Russia and Ukraine accused each other of trying to launch cross-border attacks on Tuesday, with each saying its forces had repelled attempted incursions. Both sides said their forces were in full control of their territory on their own sides of the border and had inflicted losses on enemy troops. Russia’s Defence Ministry, in a …

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Ohio appeals court strikes down some healthcare restrictions for transgender minors

18 Mar 2025 18 Mar 2025

By Brendan Pierson (Reuters) -An Ohio appeals court on Tuesday blocked the state from enforcing a law banning the use of puberty-blocking drugs and hormones for gender transition in minors, finding it violated parents’ rights to decide their children’s medical treatment. The unanimous ruling from a three-judge panel of the 10th Appellate District Court of …

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