By Jana Choukeir DUBAI (Reuters) -Syria’s new president, Ahmed al-Sharaa, said in remarks broadcast on Monday he believes U.S. President Donald Trump’s plan to resettle Palestinians from Gaza and take over the Strip “is a serious crime that will ultimately fail”. Trump had said the U.S. would take over the war-ravaged Gaza Strip and develop …
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BOGOTA (Reuters) – The resignation of Colombia Defense Minister Ivan Velasquez from President Gustavo Petro’s cabinet is definitive, the ministry said in a social media post on Tuesday, as Velasquez joins the environment and interior ministers in exiting the government. Petro asked all his ministers to present their resignations on Sunday, after a tense televised …
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GENEVA (Reuters) – UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres urged Hamas to continue with the planned release of hostages on Tuesday, a day after the Palestinian militant group announced its intention to halt the exchange. “We must avoid at all costs the resumption of hostilities in Gaza that would lead to an immense tragedy,” he said in …
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By Lucila Sigal BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Carlos Kambourian, an Argentine pediatrician who is gay, counted himself as a supporter of President Javier Milei’s libertarian economic reforms. That was until the outspoken right-wing leader appeared to associate homosexuality with sexual abuse in a speech last month. Milei, an economist and former media pundit who won …
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BERLIN (Reuters) -German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and his likely successor, Friedrich Merz, promised no collaboration with the extreme right on Tuesday in speeches to parliament before national elections on February 23. “Never, really never will we make common cause with the extreme right,” Scholz said, accusing Merz of breaking his word on the issue after …
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By Steve Holland, Simon Lewis and Susan Heavey WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday that Hamas should release all hostages held by the militant group in Gaza by midday Saturday or he would propose canceling the Israel-Hamas ceasefire and “let hell break out.” Trump cautioned that Israel might want to override …
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By Hyunjoo Jin and Jihoon Lee SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea’s acting President Choi Sang-mok on Tuesday said his government would seek talks with the U.S. administration about Washington’s 25% tariffs on steel and aluminium imports to reflect the interests of its companies. The CEOs of 20 major South Korean conglomerates plan to visit the …
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By Sachin Ravikumar LONDON (Reuters) – Many foreign workers in Britain’s social care sector have paid thousands of pounds in fraudulent fees to get a job, live in overcrowded housing  and earn less than the minimum wage, a survey by trade union UNISON showed on Tuesday. The survey of more than 3,000 people who arrived …
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By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump said he had spoken to Chinese President Xi Jinping since taking office on January 20, but did not offer details on the topics of their conversation. Trump made the comments in an interview aired on Fox News on Monday. “Yeah … I have talked to him …
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DHAKA (Reuters) – Bangladesh is working towards holding general elections by December, the party of former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia said after some of its officials held a meeting with Muhammad Yunus, the chief adviser to the interim government. The South Asian nation has been in charge of a caretaker government led by Nobel Peace …
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