BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s Communist Party must “turn the knife inward” to eliminate problems of discipline, including corruption, President Xi Jinping said, a new call to hunt down corrupt officials and those who corrupt them. Since coming to power over a decade ago, Xi has cracked down on corruption involving party members, whether they were …
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By Fabio Teixeira RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – Doctors discharged Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva from a Sao Paulo hospital on Sunday, after a pair of emergency surgeries last week to treat and prevent bleeding in his head. The 79-year-old leftist leader also spoke publicly for the first time at a hospital press …
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By Howard Goller JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Israel agreed on Sunday to double its population on the occupied Golan Heights while saying threats from Syria remained despite the moderate tone of rebel leaders who ousted President Bashar al-Assad a week ago. “Strengthening the Golan is strengthening the State of Israel, and it is especially important at this …
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By Parisa Hafezi DUBAI (Reuters) – In the final days leading to his ouster, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad complained to Iran’s foreign minister that Turkey was actively supporting Sunni rebels in their offensive to topple him, two Iranian officials told Reuters this week. Five decades of rule by Assad’s family ended on Sunday when he …
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By Rodrigo Viga Gaier and Ricardo Brito RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) -Police arrested Brazil’s former Defense Minister Walter Braga Netto on Saturday and charged him with meddling in a probe into a planned military coup he is accused of organizing and financing, the latest twist in a political saga that has rocked the country. Federal …
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PARIS (Reuters) – Two security agents and two migrants were killed in a shooting in Loon-Plage near the northern city of Dunkirk, French media reported on Saturday, citing security sources. A 22-year-old man turned himself in to nearby authorities following the shooting, saying he had been the attacker and had also killed a fifth person …
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SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea’s parliament began voting on Saturday on a second impeachment motion against President Yoon Suk Yeol over his martial law decree, with his party deciding to participate after boycotting the previous vote. (Reporting by Josh Smith; Editing by William Mallard)
By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A top U.S. military officer visited Israel from Wednesday to Friday, meeting with Israeli defense officials and discussing the situation in Syria, among other regional topics, the U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) said in a statement. Army General Michael Kurilla, CENTCOM’s commander, met Lieutenant General Herzi Halevi, chief of staff …
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By Tom Polansek CHICAGO (Reuters) -The U.S. Department of Agriculture late on Friday walked back comments that it could resume imports of Mexican cattle before year-end holidays, after it suspended shipments last month due to the discovery of New World screwworm in Mexico. The agency also said it approved a second round of emergency funding …
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Argentina’s government said on Friday it strongly rejected what it called the arbitrary and unjustified detention of a non-commissioned officer of the country’s Gendarmeria, a national security force, in Venezuela. The government said that the officer, Nahuel Agustin Gallo, had entered Venezuela from Colombia on Dec. 8 to visit family, including …
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