By David Ljunggren and Julie Steenhuysen OTTAWA (Reuters) -Canada has lost its measles elimination status after nearly three decades due to its failure to curb a year-long outbreak, the Pan American Health Organization said on Monday, a loss that also results in the Americas region losing the status. Health experts last month predicted the Pan …
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By Steve Holland and Matt Spetalnick WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump vowed on Monday to do everything he can to make Syria successful after landmark talks with Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa, a former al Qaeda commander who until recently was sanctioned by Washington as a foreign terrorist. Sharaa’s visit capped a stunning year for …
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By Ricardo Brito, Luciana Magalhaes and Fabio Teixeira RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) -The governor of Rio de Janeiro has touted the deadliest police raid in Brazilian history as a success, but none of the 117 people killed by police were among the 69 suspects named by prosecutors in the complaint providing the basis for the …
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TRIPOLI (Reuters) -Hannibal Gaddafi, youngest son of Libya’s late leader Muammar Gaddafi, was released on Monday after almost a decade of detention without trial in Lebanon over the disappearance of a Shi’ite Muslim cleric, Lebanon’s National News Agency said. Gaddafi was abducted in 2015 by militants in Syria, where he was living in exile with …
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(Reuters) -U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio will travel to Canada’s Niagara region this week to join the Group of Seven foreign ministers’ meeting, his office said. Rubio intends to discuss U.S. President Donald Trump’s efforts to bring peace to Ukraine and Gaza, security in Haiti and Sudan, maritime security, critical minerals and global supply …
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By Alexander Villegas SANTIAGO (Reuters) -Aside from meeting electors and battling in televised debates, Chile’s presidential candidates have hit a musical note in their campaigns, issuing videos, songs and albums to win votes in the November 16 election. Last Tuesday, the stoic and experienced conservative candidate Evelyn Matthei released a music video in which she …
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QUITO (Reuters) -A day of violent rioting at a prison in southwest Ecuador on Sunday caused the deaths of at least 31 inmates, the country’s prisons agency said. Twenty-seven prisoners in port town Machala, south of Guayaquil, died due to asphyxiation and “immediate death by hanging,” according to a statement shared on X by the …
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By Cassandra Garrison MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -The government of Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum on Sunday unveiled plans to fight organized crime and improve security in the violence-ridden state of Michoacan after the brazen public assassination of a local mayor sent shockwaves through the country. More than 10,500 members of Mexico’s army, air force and National …
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -Mexico’s top diplomat in Peru has left the country, the South American country said, amid heightened tensions between the two nations over asylum for a former Peruvian prime minister. “On this date, and as stipulated by the Government of Peru, the charge d’affaires of the United Mexican States carried out her exit …
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By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) -The World Bank backs language in a U.S.-drafted United Nations Security Council resolution on Gaza that would authorize a two-year mandate for a transitional governance body, according to a letter to the United States seen by Reuters. The 15-member UN Security Council began negotiations on Thursday on the text that …
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