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By Richard Cowan, Katharine Jackson and Bo Erickson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Top Republicans and Democrats in the U.S. Congress unveiled a stopgap measure on Tuesday to keep federal agencies funded through March 14, which would avert a partial government shutdown that would otherwise begin on Saturday. The measure would likely keep the roughly $6.2 trillion federal …

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By Jonathan Saul and Parisa Hafezi LONDON/DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran’s Revolutionary Guards have tightened their grip on the country’s oil industry and control up to half the exports that generate most of Tehran’s revenue and fund its proxies across the Middle East, according to Western officials, security sources and Iranian insiders. All aspects of the …

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By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Palestinian families sued the U.S. State Department on Tuesday over Washington’s support for Israel’s military amid its war in Gaza that has killed tens of thousands and caused a humanitarian crisis, a court filing showed. The lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia alleged …

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By Sonia Rolley PARIS (Reuters) – The Democratic Republic of Congo has filed criminal complaints against Apple subsidiaries in France and Belgium, accusing the tech firm of using conflict minerals in its supply chain, lawyers for the Congolese government told Reuters. Apple strongly disputes the allegations and says it has told its suppliers they must …

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By Timothy Gardner WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Commonwealth Fusion Systems, a private company spun off from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, plans what it calls the world’s first grid-scale fusion power plant in Virginia, to generate power by the early 2030s, the company said on Tuesday. The project, if successful, could revolutionize the global energy industry …

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A ceasefire between Turkey and the U.S.-backed Kurdish Syrian forces (SDF) around the northern Syrian city of Manbij has been extended until the end of this week, State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller said on Tuesday. Washington brokered an initial ceasefire last week after fighting that broke out earlier this month as rebel …

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