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By Jose Luis Gonzalez CHIHUAHUA, Mexico (Reuters) – Migrants trying to avoid arrest set fire to blankets and mattresses at a camp in the northern Mexican city of Chihuahua during a raid by government forces to clear the site in the early hours of Saturday. The enforcement action near the U.S. border come just ahead …

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By Rich McKay and Jonathan Allen (Reuters) – Thousands of Angelenos who lost their homes in some of the most destructive wildfires in California history find themselves in fierce competition with one another for an affordable place to live in Los Angeles’ post-disaster housing market. The fires have killed at least 27 people as of …

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BOGOTA (Reuters) -Colombian President Gustavo Petro suspended peace talks with the leftist National Liberation Army (ELN) on Friday, after accusing the group of committing a war crime in the Catatumbo region, in the country’s Norte de Santander province. “The dialogue process with this group is suspended, the ELN has no will for peace,” Petro said …

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By Ted Hesson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S. appeals court on Friday ruled against outgoing Democratic President Joe Biden’s effort to protect immigrants illegally brought to the U.S. as children, siding with Texas just days before Republican President-elect Donald Trump takes office. The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals largely upheld a 2023 lower court …

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By Gram Slattery, Chris Prentice and Jarrett Renshaw WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President-elect Donald Trump is planning to use his executive powers to reduce the regulatory burden faced by cryptocurrency companies and promote digital asset adoption in his first few days in office, according to three people briefed on the plan. Trump, who courted crypto cash …

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By James Mackenzie and Nidal al-Mughrabi JERUSALEM/CAIRO (Reuters) -The Israeli security cabinet approved a ceasefire deal on Friday, paving the way for the return of the first hostages from Gaza as early as Sunday and bringing a halt to 15 months of conflict that have devastated the Palestinian coastal strip. The Israeli-Hamas accord is still …

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