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By Maya Gebeily, Suleiman Al-Khalidi and Parisa Hafezi BEIRUT/AMMAN/DUBAI (Reuters) -Syrian rebel forces said on Friday their lightning advance reached the central city of Homs, which could position the insurgents to topple another town strategic to President Bashar al-Assad’s grip on power. “Our forces have liberated the last village on the outskirts of the city …

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By Maximilian Heath and Daniela Desantis BUENOS AIRES/ASUNCION (Reuters) – South America’s agricultural sector, a key source of global food, celebrated on Friday as the regional Mercosur bloc and the European Union struck a free trade agreement, though farmers said they wanted to see the small print of the deal. The agreement was reached after …

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By Chris Prentice and Andrew Goudsward NEW YORK (Reuters) – The U.S. Justice Department (DOJ) has fielded over 250 tips from whistleblowers about potential misconduct in the first several months of a pilot program, a top official said on Friday. The program, which was launched in August, has already proven successful at generating new leads …

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By Benoit Van Overstraeten PARIS (Reuters) -French President Emmanuel Macron began his latest search for a prime minister on Friday as the centre-left Socialists signalled they were open to joining a broad government coalition, sparking tensions inside an increasingly fragile leftwing bloc. Macron this week rejected demands to resign to resolve France’s political crisis, saying …

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By Timour Azhari BEIRUT (Reuters) -Iraqi Shi’ite Muslim ruling parties and armed groups are weighing the pros and cons of armed intervention in Syria, viewing as a grave threat the advance of Sunni Islamist rebels who have taken two Syrian cities and now bear down on a third.  Baghdad has a dark history with Syria-based …

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By Diego Oré MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexico’s migration agencies are facing a budget crunch that leaves them poorly placed to handle the mass deportations promised by President-elect Donald Trump, two Mexican government sources said, adding to concerns about the country’s preparedness. The two sources, involved in the early planning around possible deportations, said proposed …

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MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexican authorities will investigate an incident at a gold mine in the Pacific coastal state of Guerrero which killed three workers, President Claudia Sheinbaum said on Friday. Canadian company Torex Gold, which operates the mine, reported on Thursday that two employees and a contractor had been killed after being exposed to …

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