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Colombian President Petro reshuffles cabinet after environment minister resigns

10 Feb 2025

BOGOTA (Reuters) -Colombian President Gustavo Petro has asked his cabinet members to resign ahead of a reshuffle, he said on Sunday, after the environment minister said she resigned in protest of a cabinet appointment. “There will be some changes in the cabinet to achieve a greater compliance with the program mandated by the people,” Petro …

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Colombian President Petro asks cabinet members to resign

10 Feb 2025

BOGOTA (Reuters) – Colombian President Gustavo Petro has requested the resignation of his government’s cabinet members, he said in a post on social media on Sunday. “There will be some changes in the cabinet to achieve a greater compliance with the program mandated by the people,” he said. (Reporting by Oliver Griffin, Writing by Daina …

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Russia awaits appropriate signals from US on contacts, senior diplomat says

10 Feb 2025

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian envoy to the United Nations, in remarks published on Sunday, said Russia was waiting for “appropriate signals” from Washington on contacts with Moscow, but he had few expectations for better ties with Washington’s delegation at the U.N. Vasily Nebenzya’s comments, in an interview with Russia’s state-run news agency RIA, were issued …

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Afghans who worked with US should be exempt from aid, refugee freeze, advocacy group says

9 Feb 2025

By Jonathan Landay WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A group representing U.S. veterans, service members and others is warning the Trump administration of severe impacts on U.S. security unless it exempts tens of thousands of Afghans – many at risk of Taliban retribution – from the president’s foreign aid and refugee freeze that has stranded them worldwide. …

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Israeli delegation in Qatar for Gaza ceasefire talks

9 Feb 2025

By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Alexander Cornwell CAIRO/JERUSALEM (Reuters) -An Israel delegation arrived in Qatar on Sunday for more Gazatruce talks, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s spokesperson said, as its military withdrew from an important crossing point in the enclave, as agreed under the truce with Hamas. Indirect negotiations between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas …

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Accident involving bus in southern Mexico killed 41, authorities say

9 Feb 2025

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -A traffic accident involving a bus in southern Mexico, which took place in the early hours of Saturday morning, killed 41 people, the government of Tabasco state said in a statement, adding that recovery work was still ongoing. The bus, which was carrying 48 people, collided with a truck, resulting in the …

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Saudi Arabia rejects Israel PM Netanyahu’s remarks on displacing Palestinians

9 Feb 2025

CAIRO (Reuters) -Saudi Arabia affirmed its categorical rejection of remarks by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu about displacing Palestinians from their land, the foreign ministry said in a statement on Sunday. Israeli officials have suggested the establishment of a Palestinian state on Saudi territory. Netanyahu appeared to be joking on Thursday when he responded to …

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Trump signs order to cut funding for South Africa over land policy, ICJ case

9 Feb 2025

By Kanishka Singh and Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Donald Trump signed an executive order to cut U.S. financial assistance to South Africa, the White House said on Friday, citing disapproval of its land policy and of its genocide case at the International Court of Justice against Washington’s ally Israel. The United States allocated nearly …

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