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By Ted Hesson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States on Wednesday designated Tren de Aragua, the Sinaloa Cartel and other drug cartels as global terrorist organizations, according to a Federal Register notice, a move that comes as President Donald Trump steps up immigration enforcement against alleged gang members in the U.S. The notice issued by Secretary of …

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By Kirsty Needham SYDNEY (Reuters) – U.S. security ally Australia, which has provided A$1.5 billion in support to Ukraine in its war with Russia, said on Thursday that Moscow was the aggressor in the conflict and it must be resolved on Kyiv’s terms. U.S. President Donald Trump denounced Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy as a “dictator” …

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By Elida Moreno PANAMA CITY (Reuters) – A group of nearly 100 migrants deported from the U.S. to Panama last week has been moved from a hotel in the capital to the Darien jungle region in the south of the country, Panama’s government said on Wednesday. In a statement, Panama’s security ministry said of the …

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By Nathan Layne (Reuters) – The U.S. Internal Revenue Service will lay off about 6,700 employees on Thursday, a person familiar with the matter said, a restructuring that could strain the tax-collecting agency’s resources during the critical tax-filing season. The workers being cut are probationary employees who have typically been at the agency for less …

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SAN JOSE (Reuters) -Migrants deported from the U.S. could be held in Costa Rica for up to six weeks before being sent to their home countries, Costa Rican President Rodrigo Chaves said on Wednesday. Costa Rica has agreed to receive 200 migrants from countries such as Uzbekistan, Pakistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan and India, starting on Thursday, …

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By Valerie Volcovici WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Army Corps of Engineers has identified over 600 energy and other infrastructure projects that could be fast-tracked under President Donald Trump’s declaration of a national energy emergency, according to data posted on its website. Among the predominantly fossil fuel projects on the list were Enbridge’s <ENB.TO> Line 5 oil …

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