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JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Hamas on Monday announced it would stop releasing Israeli hostages until further notice over what the Palestinian militant group called Israeli violations of a ceasefire agreement in Gaza, raising the risk of reigniting the conflict. Hamas was to release more Israeli hostages on Saturday in exchange for Palestinian prisoners and other Palestinians held …

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By Ted Hesson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Department of Homeland Security wants to deputize some Internal Revenue Service criminal investigators and other Treasury Department personnel to perform immigration enforcement, according to a DHS document and an agency spokesperson. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem sent a letter on February 7 to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent …

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SAO PAULO/BRASILIA (Reuters) -Brazil’s finance minister rejected on Monday a report saying the country was planning to impose taxes on U.S. tech companies if President Donald Trump proceeds with plans to introduce a 25% tariff on all U.S. steel imports. “The information is not correct,” Fernando Haddad wrote on social media, after the newspaper Folha …

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By Maytaal Angel and Marcelo Teixeira NEW YORK (Reuters) -Coffee futures in New York rose more than 6% on Monday in the ICE exchange to a fresh all-time high above $4.30 per pound, with some market participants citing panic in the market amid limited coffee availability. Arabica coffee futures hit a record for the 13th …

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By Alexandra Valencia QUITO (Reuters) -An April presidential run-off in Ecuador will pit incumbent Daniel Noboa against leftist Luisa Gonzalez, in an unexpectedly tight contest featuring the same two candidates who were in a 2023 snap election. Most polls had predicted Noboa, the 37-year-old heir to a business fortune, would win, with some even predicting …

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By Sarita Chaganti Singh, Shivangi Acharya and Shivam Patel NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is preparing additional tariff cuts ahead of a meeting this week with U.S. President Donald Trump that could boost American exports to India and avoid a potential trade war, government officials said. Trump’s top economic adviser Kevin …

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By Oliver Griffin BOGOTA (Reuters) – Deforestation in Colombia in 2024 is expected to have reached a higher level than during the previous year but is still forecast to be among the lowest levels in more than two decades, Environment Minister Susana Muhamad said on Monday. Deforestation fell by more than a third to just …

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