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By Maya Gebeily, Humeyra Pamuk and Laila Bassam BEIRUT/WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. is weighing in with Lebanon’s government on the selection of the country’s next central bank governor in a bid to curtail corruption and illicit financing for the armed group Hezbollah through Lebanon’s banking system, five sources familiar with the issue said.   Washington’s feedback …

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By Dave Sherwood HAVANA (Reuters) -Cuba’s capital Havana plunged into darkness for a second night on Saturday as efforts to restore power proceeded in fits and starts, with setbacks slowing progress and leaving several million still without electricity across the island. Cuba’s grid collapsed on Friday evening after a transmission line at a substation in …

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By Alfredo Galarza, Alexander Villegas and Riham Alkousaa HUARAZ, Peru (Reuters) – In the high Andes of northern Peru, the morning sun rises over glaciers in the Cordillera Blanca mountains that loom above the city of Huaraz, an awe-inspiring sight tainted by fears of a growing threat of meltwater floods. The glaciers are at the …

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By Anna Mehler Paperny TORONTO (Reuters) – Canadians are upset. At first it was the threat, and then the reality, of tariffs. Now, U.S. President Donald Trump’s talk of Canada’s forced annexation – no longer laughed off as a joke – has really angered a population better known for its politeness. Canadians are rallying for …

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By Barbara Lewis and Muvija M LONDON (Reuters) – London’s West End theatres are enjoying record ticket sales and drawing millions of pounds of investment as a pandemic-era tax break that will become permanent next month persuades some producers to choose Britain over Broadway. A record 17.1 million people attended West End shows in 2023, …

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By Daniel Wiessner (Reuters) -A U.S. appeals court on Friday said the Trump administration could temporarily implement a ban on diversity, equity and inclusion programs at federal agencies and businesses with government contracts, which had been blocked by a judge. The Richmond, Virginia-based 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said the directives by President Donald …

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