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(Reuters) -The United States is open to exploring critical minerals partnerships with Congo, the State Department said in a statement to Reuters on Sunday, after a Congolese senator contacted U.S. officials to pitch a minerals-for-security deal. Democratic Republic of Congo, which is rich in cobalt, lithium and uranium among other minerals, has been fighting Rwanda-backed …

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QUITO (Reuters) -Ecuador President Daniel Noboa said on Sunday that his country will not receive deported migrants of other nationalities, and criticized Venezuela’s president for allegedly rejecting flights of Venezuelan migrants deported from the United States. Noboa, who will face off against leftist Luisa Gonzalez in an April 13 run-off election, said on X that …

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By David Ljunggren (Reuters) -Canada’s ruling Liberal Party will announce a new leader on Sunday, after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said in January that he intended to step down. Here are the top contenders. FORMER BANK OF CANADA GOVERNOR MARK CARNEY Carney, 59, is the only major candidate who is not part of the Trudeau …

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By David Ljunggren OTTAWA (Reuters) -Canada’s ruling Liberal Party is choosing a new leader on Sunday to replace Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who said in January he was stepping down after growing dissatisfaction over his performance. The result will be announced at a Party event on Sunday evening. WHY DOES THERE NEED TO BE A …

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By Humeyra Pamuk WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Trump administration rescinded a waiver on Saturday that had allowed Iraq to pay Iran for electricity, as part of President Donald Trump’s “maximum pressure” campaign against Tehran, a State Department spokesperson said. The decision to let Iraq’s waiver lapse upon its expiration “ensures we do not allow Iran any …

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(Reuters) -Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said on Saturday that scheduled flights to bring home Venezuelan migrants from the U.S. had been affected by “this unexplained, tremendous commotion”, after the Trump administration canceled a license allowing Chevron to operate in the South American country. Earlier in his remarks Maduro said that if it was up to …

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By Timour Azhari (Reuters) -More than 1,000 people have been killed in two days of clashes between gunmen and security forces linked to Syria’s new Islamist rulers and fighters from Bashar al-Assad’s Alawite sect in the country’s coastal region, a war monitor said on Saturday. The casualties included 745 civilians, 125 members of the Syrian …

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By Parisa Hafezi DUBAI (Reuters) -Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Saturday that Iran will not be bullied into negotiations, a day after U.S. President Donald Trump said he had sent a letter to the country’s top authority urging Tehran to negotiate a nuclear deal. In an interview with Fox Business, Trump said, “There …

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