MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -Mexico’s Supreme Court judges voted to suspend the institution’s activities prior to a congressional debate on a controversial judicial reform, it said in a statement on Tuesday. By a majority of eight votes to three, the judges of the Supreme Court decided to join a work stoppage that has seen thousands of …
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By Ricardo Brito and Luciana Magalhaes BRASILIA/SAO PAULO (Reuters) -Tensions between Brazil and Elon Musk’s business empire ratcheted up further as the country’s telecoms regulator threatened to sanction his satellite broadband company Starlink hours after its top court stood behind a controversial decision to ban social network X from the country. Brazil’s President Luiz Inacio Lula da …
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By Kirsty Needham (Reuters) – Tonga’s Prime Minister Siaosi Sovaleni underscored the role of police to provide “freedom from fear” in democracies in a speech to Pacific Islands police chiefs on Tuesday, noting the rising global focus on the region by major powers. A top U.S. counter-narcotics official will travel on Wednesday to Tonga, where …
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By Ari Rabinovitch and James Mackenzie JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday rejected calls to soften his demand to keep troops in the southern Gazan border area as the price for a ceasefire deal, saying it was vital for Israel to control a key lifeline for Hamas. The issue of the so-called …
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By Jeff Mason and Matt Spetalnick WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden said on Monday that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was not doing enough to secure a deal for the release of hostages held in Gaza by Hamas and the U.S. was close to presenting a final proposal to negotiators working on a hostage and …
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By Matt Spetalnick and Jasper Ward WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States has seized a plane used by Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and flown it from the Dominican Republic to Florida after determining that its purchase violated U.S. sanctions, the U.S. Justice Department said on Monday. The seizure of the aircraft came amid continuing pressure on …
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By Emily Rose and Nidal al-Mughrabi JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Massive protests swept Israel on Sunday following the death of six hostages in Gaza as frustration mounted over the failure of the country’s leadership to secure a ceasefire deal that would free Israeli captives. Crowds estimated by Israeli media to number up to 500,000 strong demonstrated in …
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By Ludwig Burger (Reuters) -Sanofi’s most advanced multiple sclerosis drug candidate has missed the main goal of two late-stage trials to treat relapsing forms of the disease, but in a positive surprise succeeded in a study on a less common form of progressive MS. Investors focused on the good news, with analysts saying the trial …
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KYIV (Reuters) -One civilian was killed and four others injured in Russian shelling overnight on Ukraine’s Sumy region on the border between the two warring countries, the local Ukrainian administration said on Sunday. “During the night and morning, the Russians carried out 18 shellings of border territories and settlements of the Sumy region. 47 explosions …
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By Crispian Balmer VENICE (Reuters) – “The Order”, a movie about a violent, white supremacist movement in 1980s America is worryingly relevant today and shows the need to be on constant guard against bigotry, the film’s star Jude Law said on Saturday. The movie, making its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival, is based …
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