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By Karen Lema MANILA (Reuters) – Campaigning for the Philippines’ midterm elections kicked off on Tuesday against a fractured political backdrop, heightened by a high-profile row among warring elites that culminated in last week’s impeachment of Vice President Sara Duterte. The impeachment could see Duterte removed from her post and banned for life from public …

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(Reuters) -At least one person was killed on Monday after a midsize business jet skidded off the runway while landing at the Scottsdale, Arizona, municipal airport and collided with another jet that was parked, authorities said. Dave Folio, a spokesperson with the Scottsdale Fire Department, said at a press conference that at least four other …

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(Reuters) -Two planes carrying Venezuelan migrants deported from the United States – the first since a January deal between the administration of U.S. Donald Trump and Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro – are heading to Venezuela, the South American country’s government said on Monday. The flights, run by Venezuelan airline Conviasa, are part of a plan …

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By James Pomfret HONG KONG (Reuters) – Hong Kong will file a complaint on recent U.S. tariffs imposed on the city to the World Trade Organization, claiming the U.S. has completely ignored the city’s status as a separate customs territory, chief secretary Eric Chan said on Tuesday. “This is absolutely inconsistent with the WTO rules. …

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday that if all the hostages held in Gaza are not returned by Saturday at noon he would propose canceling the Israel-Hamas ceasefire and letting “all hell break loose.” Speaking to reporters in the Oval Office, Trump also said he might withhold aid to Jordan and …

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GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) -A bus veered off a highway bridge into a polluted ravine in Guatemala City early on Monday, killing at least 51 people and trapping survivors, a spokesperson for the city’s fire department said. The densely packed bus was traveling into the capital from the town of San Agustin Acasaguastlan on a busy …

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By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Senate voted on Monday to advance the nomination of former Representative Tulsi Gabbard to be director of national intelligence, continuing President Donald Trump’s successful push to confirm even his most at-risk nominees for administration positions. The Senate voted 52-46 on a procedural measure to limit debate on …

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By Douglas Gillison and Matt Tracy WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Hundreds of protesters gathered outside the office of the U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on Monday after President Donald Trump’s newly installed chief of the consumer watchdog told all of the agency’s staff to stay away from the office. Demonstrators gathered in a courtyard outside the …

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