(Reuters) – The Biden administration on Monday said it had approved a major transmission line in Nevada that will run hundreds of miles along the state’s border with California and be able to provide power to about 5 million homes. WHY IT’S IMPORTANT The milestone is the administration’s latest effort to speed approval of major …
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(Reuters) -The United States did not give any sort of concessions to Nicaragua in exchange for the release of more than 100 political prisoners last week, an official said on Monday. “There were no exchanges or concessions made,” Deputy Assistant Secretary in the Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs, Eric Jacobstein, said in a press conference. …
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MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -A highly contested proposal on judicial reform that critics say will hurt Mexico’s business climate edged closer to approval when senators late on Sunday backed it at the commission stage. Under the planned reform, more than 7,000 judges and magistrates, including from the Supreme Court, would be elected by popular vote, a …
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By Tim Kelly and Yukiko Toyoda TOKYO (Reuters) – Tokyo should seek stronger assurances from Washington about its commitment to Japan’s nuclear defence, in order to deflect concerns that could fuel domestic calls for an independent nuclear arsenal, Taro Kono, a prime ministerial contender, said. Kono, who oversees Japan’s digital transformation and has been both …
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By Bruno Kelly HUMAITA, Brazil (Reuters) – Water levels in the rivers that run through the vast Amazon rainforest have been falling, after a record drought followed by less rain, presenting unprecedented challenges for the Ribeirinhos people living there. With rivers becoming more difficult to navigate and water too dirty to consume, many of the …
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By Ana Cantero and Vivian Sequera MADRID/CARACAS (Reuters) -Venezuelan opposition presidential candidate Edmundo Gonzalez flew into Spain on Sunday to seek asylum, Madrid said, hours after quitting his country amid a political and diplomatic crisis over July’s disputed election. Gonzalez – who has challenged President Nicolas Maduro’s declaration of victory – arrived at the Torrejon …
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NEAR ALLENBY BRIDGE CROSSING, West Bank (Reuters) -A gunman from Jordan killed three Israeli civilians at the Allenby Bridge border crossing in the occupied West Bank before security forces shot him dead on Sunday, Israeli authorities said. It was the first attack of its kind along the border with Jordan since Oct. 7, when Palestinian …
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By Lisandra Paraguassu and Vivian Sequera BRASILIA/CARACAS (Reuters) -Venezuela’s former presidential opposition candidate Edmundo Gonzalez has left for Spain in the wake of the South American country’s contested election, Venezuelan and Spanish officials said on Saturday night after a day of rising diplomatic tensions. Gonzalez, 75, who ran against President Nicolas Maduro in July, left …
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By Lewis Jackson SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia will include questions on sexual orientation and gender in its census for the first time, after more than a week of controversy over the centre-left Labor government’s earlier decision to exclude them. Treasurer Jim Chalmers said on Sunday the 2026 census would include sexual orientation and gender, although …
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By Laila Bassam CAIRO (Reuters) -Three Lebanese paramedics were killed and two others wounded, one critically, in an Israeli attack while they were extinguishing fires in the southern town of Faroun, Lebanon’s health ministry said on Saturday. “Israeli forces targeted a team from the Lebanese Civil Defence as they responded to fires sparked by recent …
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