By Nelson Acosta and Marc Frank HAVANA (Reuters) – Tens of thousands of Cubans marched in front of the U.S. embassy in Havana on Friday to protest longstanding sanctions in the waning weeks of the Biden administration, and as the island’s government worries about possibly tougher treatment under President-elect Donald Trump. The demonstration along Havana’s …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Two U.S. senators introduced bipartisan legislation on Friday that would impose sanctions on Turkey, citing concerns over military action by that country or groups that it backs, in northern Syria. Democratic Senator Chris Van Hollen and Republican Senator Lindsey Graham introduced the “Countering Turkish Aggression Act of 2024” in the hope the …
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By David Ljunggren OTTAWA (Reuters) -Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Friday looked set to lose power early next year after a key ally said he would move to bring down the minority Liberal government and trigger an election. New Democratic Party leader Jagmeet Singh, who has been helping keep Trudeau in office, said he …
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By Bhanvi Satija (Reuters) -The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Friday approved Eli Lilly’s weight-loss treatment, Zepbound, for obstructive sleep apnea, making it the first drug greenlighted to directly treat patients with the common sleeping disorder. The regulator approved the drug for moderate to severe obstructive sleep apnea in adults with obesity, the company …
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By Alexandra Alper and Karen Freifeld (Reuters) – The Biden administration plans to blacklist a Chinese company whose TSMC-made chip was illegally incorporated into a Huawei artificial-intelligence processor, according to a person familiar with the matter. The Chinese company, Sophgo, drew attention after a chip found on Huawei’s Ascend 910B multi-chip system matched one it …
By Raphael Satter and AJ Vicens WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Officials in the United States and Israel have denied reports their countries had signed off on the sale of Israeli spyware maker Paragon to Florida-based AE Industrial Partners. Over the past week, Israeli news outlets reported that Paragon, which was founded by former Israeli intelligence officers …
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CAIRO (Reuters) – Israeli airstrikes killed at least 25 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip on Friday, medics said, including at least eight in an apartment in the Nuseirat refugee camp and at least 10, including seven children, in the town of Jabalia. Mediators have yet to secure a ceasefire between Israel and the Islamist group …
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By Humeyra Pamuk, Amina Ismail and Simon Lewis WASHINGTON/DAMASCUS (Reuters) – Senior U.S. diplomats visiting Damascus on Friday met with Syria’s de-facto new ruler Ahmed al-Sharaa and held a “good” and “very productive” meeting with him about Syria’s political transition and decided to remove a bounty on his head. In their first in-person meeting with …
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ANKARA (Reuters) -Turkey expects foreign countries will withdraw support for Kurdish fighters in Syria following the toppling of Bashar al-Assad, President Tayyip Erdogan said, as Ankara seeks to isolate Kurds who have long fought alongside U.S. troops. Germany’s foreign minister later said Kurdish forces should disarm and integrate into Syria’s national security structure and Washington’s …
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(Reuters) – Venezuelan attorney general Tarek Saab said 200 more people arrested over election protests are to be freed, the latest in a series prisoner releases. On Monday Saab said the total number of prisoners released until then was 533, out of more than 2,000 people who were arrested for taking part in protests after …
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