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MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -Eight of 11 justices on Mexico’s Supreme Court have resigned and declined to participate in an election for the court scheduled for June, the court said on Wednesday. According to a statement, the court’s president, Norma Pina, presented her resignation, as did Luis Maria Aguilar, Jorge Mario Pardo, Alfredo Gutierrez, Alberto Perez, …

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By Lizbeth Diaz TLAXCALA, Mexico (Reuters) -An explosion at a Simec-owned steel plant in Mexico’s central Tlaxcala state in the early hours of Wednesday killed at least 12 people, state authorities said. “At the plant of the steel complex located in the city of Apizaco, Tlaxcala, a liquid steel spill occurred with the loss of …

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By Promit Mukherjee OTTAWA (Reuters) -Canada would have to double current defense spending by fiscal 2032-33 to achieve its stated goal of meeting NATO targets, an increase that could violate fiscal anchors put in place last year to control expenditures, a parliamentary watchdog said on Wednesday. Earlier this year, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau committed to …

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(This Oct. 28 story has been refiled to add dropped word ‘requirement’ in paragraph 13) By Nia Williams (Reuters) – Incumbent Premier David Eby’s New Democratic Party (NDP) is set to form the next government of British Columbia after edging ahead in a final tally of ballots on Monday, more than a week after the …

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By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Federal Communications Commission said on Wednesday it will vote next month to review its oversight of the global network of undersea communications cables that handle nearly all the world’s internet traffic and national security issues. FCC Chair Jessica Rosenworcel said “over the past two decades, the technology, economics, and …

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By Humeyra Pamuk and Simon Lewis WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. State Department officials have identified nearly 500 potential incidents of civilian harm during Israel’s military operations in Gaza involving U.S.-furnished weapons, but have not taken further action on any of them, three sources, including a U.S. official familiar with the matter, said this week. The incidents …

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CAIRO (Reuters) – A series of Israeli military strikes across the Gaza Strip killed at least 20 people on Wednesday, medics said. Eight people were killed in a strike in the Salateen area of Beit Lahiya in the north, close to where the Gaza health ministry said at least 93 were killed or missing in …

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BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – A 24-hour strike launched on Wednesday by transportation unions in Argentina against President Javier Milei’s austerity measures blocked grain shipments at a major hub and affected thousands due to the lack of operating trains and airplanes. Workers were protesting a series of layoffs in public agencies by right-wing libertarian Milei while …

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