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Ecuador presidential vote pits incumbent against leftist in rerun of 2023 run-off

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 as a 2023 snap election. Several polls had predicted Noboa, the 37-year-old heir to a business fortune, to win, even in a first round, …

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Iranian president says U.S. is not sincere over readiness to engage

By Parisa Hafezi DUBAI (Reuters) -Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian on Monday questioned the United States’ sincerity in seeking negotiations with Tehran as crowds of people, many chanting “Death to America”, rallied across the country to mark the anniversary of the 1979 Islamic Revolution. U.S. President Donald Trump last week restored his “maximum pressure” campaign on …

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US judge blocks possible transfer of Venezuelan detainees to Guantanamo

By Brad Brooks (Reuters) -A federal judge in New Mexico on Sunday granted a preemptive restraining order to block the U.S. government from sending three Venezuelan men detained in the state from being sent to a military base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Judge Kenneth Gonzales of the Federal District Court for New Mexico said during …

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The stark divide that South Africa’s land act seeks to bridge

By Tim Cocks FATENG TSE NTSHO, South Africa (Reuters) -The township of Fateng Tse Ntsho houses some 7,000 Black South Africans, its huddle of corrugated metal roofs surrounded on all sides by vast tracts of mostly empty grassland owned by prosperous white farmers. The contrast illustrates the gaping land inequalities that persist more than three …

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How Nissan lost its status as Honda equal

By Miyoung Kim SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Japan’s Nissan Motor is open to working with new partners including even technology firms after merger talks with cross-town rival Honda Motor foundered, people familiar with the automaker’s thinking have said. The pair were on course to create the world’s fourth-biggest automaker with annual production of nearly 7 million …

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South Korea prosecutors indict 63 over courthouse rampage by Yoon supporters

By Jack Kim SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korean prosecutors indicted on Monday 63 people for their role in storming a court building last month to protest the detention of impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol, with some facing charges carrying up to a seven-year jail term, an official said. Hundreds of angry Yoon supporters stormed the …

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Heartland, nostalgia and AI: Super Bowl advertisers mine America’s past and future

By Dawn Chmielewski (Reuters) -Anheuser-Busch InBev brought back its iconic workhorse Clydesdales for a Super Bowl ad that the brewing company says celebrates the “grit and determination” of the American spirit. The Budweiser commercial marks a return to tradition, after a disastrous social media promotion for its Bud Light brand in 2023 featuring transgender influencer Dylan …

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Ecuador presidential race set for run-off as leftist outperforms

By Alexandra Valencia and Yury Garcia QUITO/GUAYAQUIL (Reuters) – Ecuador’s presidential race will go to an April 13 runoff if current trends in the count persist, Diana Atamaint, the head of the national electoral council said late on Sunday, as incumbent Daniel Noboa led leftist Luisa Gonzalez by less than 1%. The rivals also faced …

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Russia yet to receive satisfactory proposals to start talks on Ukraine, RIA reports

(Reuters) – Moscow is yet to receive a good offer to start talks on Ukraine, Russia’s deputy foreign minister said in remarks published on Monday, after U.S. President Donald Trump said he believed Washington was progressing in negotiations to end the war in Ukraine. “It is important that words be backed up by practical steps …

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