By Tom Balmforth, Erin Banco and Jarrett Renshaw LONDON/WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. and Ukraine have agreed on the terms of a draft minerals deal central to Kyiv’s push to win Washington’s support as President Donald Trump seeks to rapidly end the war with Russia, two sources with knowledge of the matter said on Tuesday. A …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Tuesday aiming to improve price transparency on healthcare costs by directing federal agencies to strictly enforce a 2019 order he signed during his first term. The order directs the Departments of the Treasury, Labor, and Health and Human Services to within 90 days …
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By Nicolas Cortes and Alexander Villegas SAN ANTONIO, Chile (Reuters) – “I knew she’d find me,” Edita Bizama, 64, said from her home in the Chilean port city of San Antonio after finally reuniting with the daughter who was taken from her over 40 years ago during the dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet. Adamary Garcia was …
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By Nidal al-Mughrabi (Reuters) -Hamas said on Tuesday it has agreed during a visit to Cairo on a solution to end the delay of releasing of Palestinian prisoners. The solution is to release the Palestinian prisoners simultaneously with the bodies of the killed Israeli hostages who were agreed to be handed over during the first …
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DAMASCUS (Reuters) – Israeli warplanes hit a town south of Syria’s capital as well as the southern province of Daraa late on Tuesday, residents, security sources and local broadcaster Syria TV said. Israeli planes struck the town of Kisweh approximately 20 kilometres (12 miles) south of Damascus, a Syrian security source and Syria TV said. …
BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva dismissed Nisia Trindade as health minister, tapping Alexandre Padilha for the job, a statement from the presidential palace said on Tuesday. Padilha, who is currently Lula’s institutional relations minister, will be sworn in during a ceremony expected to take place on March 6, the statement …
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MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Iran’s top leaders aligned positions on issues around Iran’s nuclear programme at talks in Tehran on Tuesday, Russia’s Foreign Ministry said. Lavrov discussed a wide range of bilateral and regional issues with both President Masoud Pezeshkian and his Iranian counterpart Seyed Abbas Araghchi, a ministry statement …
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By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. consumer confidence deteriorated at its sharpest pace in 3-1/2 years in February while 12-month inflation expectations surged, offering further signs that Americans were growing anxious about the potential negative economic impact of the policies of President Donald Trump’s administration. The Conference Board survey on Tuesday noted that “comments on …
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BOGOTA (Reuters) – Colombia’s energy minister Andres Camacho said in a post on X on Tuesday that President Gustavo Petro has accepted his resignation in a cabinet reshuffle. Petro asked all his ministers to present their resignations earlier this month, after a tense televised cabinet meeting last week and the definitive resignations of his environment …
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LONDON/NEW YORK (Reuters) – The United States and Ukraine have agreed terms on a minerals deal that is central to Kyiv’s push to win U.S. support as President Donald Trump seeks to rapidly end the war with Russia, two sources with knowledge of the matter said on Tuesday. The agreement comes after a war of …
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