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OTTAWA (Reuters) -Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Wednesday said U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s talk of possibly annexing Canada was a tactic designed to distract people from the impact of his proposed tariffs. Trump, who says he will impose 25% tariffs on all Canadian imports unless Ottawa boosts border security, on Tuesday said he was …

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By Richard Cowan and Bo Erickson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -More than half the U.S. Senate’s Democrats joined with Republicans on Thursday to advance a bill that would require the federal government to detain migrants living in the country illegally who are suspected of crimes, even if they are not charged. The Republican-majority Senate voted 84-9 — …

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Senate Finance Committee is planning a Jan. 16 hearing on President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the U.S. Treasury Department, Scott Bessent, Politico reported on Thursday, citing three unnamed sources familiar with the panel’s plans. Amanda Critchfield, a spokesperson for the Finance Committee’s new Republican chair, Senator Mike Crapo, said a …

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OTTAWA (Reuters) – Canada is considering slapping retaliatory tariffs on a slew of U.S. products including orange juice in case President-elect Donald Trump imposes a 25% tariff on goods imported from north of its border, a local newspaper said on Thursday. Orange juice is largely produced in Trump’s home state of Florida. Other items under …

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By Timour Azhari, Maya Gebeily and Laila Bassam BEIRUT (Reuters) – Lebanon’s parliament elected army chief Joseph Aoun head of state on Thursday, filling the vacant presidency with a general who has U.S. support and showing the weakened sway of the Iran-backed Hezbollah group after its devastating war with Israel. In a speech to the …

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BEIRUT (Reuters) – General Joseph Aoun, the Lebanese army commander who was elected president on Thursday, kept his military on the sidelines of a recent war between Israel and armed group Hezbollah, ordering it to prioritise civil peace even as troops were killed. Aoun, a 60-year-old career soldier, became the fifth Lebanese army commander to …

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