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By Raphael Satter and AJ Vicens WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Layoffs at the U.S. General Services Administration, the agency which manages the federal government’s real estate portfolio, began on Wednesday, according to three people familiar with the matter. The layoffs affect probationary employees, who are being called up individually and pressured into either resigning or facing being …

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By Emma Pinedo and Juan Medina MADRID (Reuters) – A vast archive of letters sent by relatives of soldiers missing in World War One seeking the help of Spain’s King Alfonso XIII in finding them has been published online for war historians and families to comb through. Spain was neutral in the 1914-18 war. But …

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(Reuters) – Syria’s new rulers are combing through the billion-dollar corporate empires of ousted president Bashar al-Assad’s allies, and have held talks with some of these tycoons, in what they say is a campaign to root out corruption and illegal activity.      After seizing power in December, the Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) rebel group that now …

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By Anna Hirtenstein and Florence Tan LONDON/SINGAPORE (Reuters) -Russia may be forced to throttle back its oil output in the coming months as U.S. sanctions hamper its access to tankers to sail to Asia and Ukrainian drone attacks hobble its refineries. The United States imposed sanctions last month that targeted 180 Russian tankers while Kyiv …

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SAN SALVADOR (Reuters) – El Salvador’s Congress voted on Wednesday to allow minors convicted of crimes linked to organized crime to be housed in the same prisons as adults, albeit in separate areas. The measure would apply to children under 18 who belong to gangs and have been prosecuted for major crimes such as homicide, …

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By John Irish PARIS (Reuters) -European powers, including Britain, France and Germany, said on Wednesday they had to be part of any future negotiations on the fate of Ukraine, underscoring that only a fair accord with security guarantees would ensure lasting peace. “Our shared objectives should be to put Ukraine in a position of strength. …

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