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PANAMA CITY (Reuters) – Over 300,000 migrants crossed the Darien Gap into Panama in 2024, 42% fewer than the record number who made the perilous jungle crossing from South America a year earlier, Panama’s migration authorities told Reuters on Thursday. The dangerous Darien Gap connects Colombia with the Central American nation of Panama and increasing …

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By Jack Kim SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol faces the greatest threat to his brief but chequered political career as he struggles to thwart an unprecedented arrest attempt in a criminal probe alleging he led an insurrection. A tough political survivor who has become increasingly isolated halfway through his five-year term, …

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By Lisa Richwine and Jane Ross BEVERLY HILLS, California (Reuters) -Hollywood will kick off its 2025 awards festivities on Sunday at the annual Golden Globes where films such as “Wicked,” “The Brutalist” and “Emilia Perez” compete for trophies and attention ahead of the Oscars. Timothee Chalamet, Selena Gomez, Ariana Grande and Angelina Jolie are among …

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NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Thousands of miles from Washington, where the funeral of Jimmy Carter is set for next week, an Indian village named after the former U.S. president fondly remembers his visit almost 50 years ago, paying tribute. A one-term president from 1977, Carter, who died on Sunday aged 100, is to be given …

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BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) -Argentina’s government said on Thursday it had filed a complaint with the International Criminal Court against Venezuela for detaining a member of its gendarmerie, a branch of Argentina’s security forces, calling it a “forced disappearance.” Venezuela’s Foreign Minister Yvan Gil rejected the complaint to the ICC, calling it a “pitiful spectacle,” in a …

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(Reuters) -Venezuela opposition leader Edmundo Gonzalez, who says he resoundingly won a July presidential election but has been living in Spain after a warrant was issued for his arrest, said on Thursday he will travel to Argentina this weekend. Gonzalez’s “international tour” comes days ahead of the planned January 10 inauguration of President Nicolas Maduro …

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By Rishav Chatterjee (Reuters) -The Fiji government on Thursday said police were investigating incidents involving two crew members of Australian airline Virgin Australia who were allegedly victims of rape and theft in Nadi in the early hours of New Year’s Day. The crew members were in the popular tourist destination on a layover before they …

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DUBAI (Reuters) – The next round of nuclear talks between Iran and three European countries will take place on Jan. 13 in Geneva, Iran’s semi-official ISNA news agency cited the country’s Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi as saying on Wednesday. Iran held talks about its disputed nuclear programme in November, 2024 with Britain, France and …

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