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(Reuters) -Venezuela is deploying weapons, including decades-old Russian-made equipment, and is planning to mount a guerrilla-style resistance or sow chaos in the event of a U.S. air or ground attack, according to sources with knowledge of the efforts and planning documents seen by Reuters. The approach is a tacit admission of the South American country’s shortage …

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By Tuvan Gumrukcu ANKARA (Reuters) -A Turkish C-130 military cargo plane with at least 20 personnel on board crashed in Georgia on Tuesday after taking off from Azerbaijan but the number of casualties and the cause of the incident were not immediately clear. Initial video from the scene near the Azerbaijan border showed chunks of …

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By Phil Stewart and Idrees Ali WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Gerald Ford aircraft carrier strike group has moved into the Latin America region, U.S. officials said on Tuesday, dramatically escalating a military buildup that has deepened tensions with Venezuela. President Donald Trump ordered the deployment of the Ford last month, adding to the eight warships, a …

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By Maria Cheng and Daphne Psaledakis TORONTO/WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Group of Seven foreign ministers will meet in Canada on Tuesday, with Ukraine and the Middle East set to be high on the agenda as U.S. President Donald Trump’s efforts to broker peace face headwinds. Washington’s top diplomat, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, will travel to Canada’s …

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By Maria Cheng OTTAWA (Reuters) -A lifelong politician who just last year was projected to become prime minister of Canada, Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre is now struggling to define his party’s future and offer Canadians a viable alternative to Prime Minister Mark Carney.  In recent weeks, Poilievre, a populist Conservative who has doubled down on …

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By Simon Jessop and Alison Withers BELEM, Brazil (Reuters) -With typhoons tearing across Southeast Asia this week while areas of Jamaica and Brazil are still clearing debris from damaging storms, delegates at Brazil’s COP30 summit began grappling with how best to help the vulnerable withstand worsening weather and other climate extremes. The topic of “adaptation” …

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QUITO (Reuters) -Ecuador has moved 300 high-risk inmates to a new maximum-security prison on the country’s coast, including former Vice President Jorge Glas, President Daniel Noboa said on Monday, a day after 31 prisoners were killed in a riot in the south. The transfer to the Encuentro Prison in Santa Elena province is part of …

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