By Dave Sherwood KINGSTON/HAVANA (Reuters) -Hurricane Melissa was packing sustained winds of up to 175 mph (282 kph) on Monday afternoon, as the slow-moving Category 5 storm was on course to barrel into Jamaica, in what could be the largest on record for the Caribbean island. As of 2 p.m. (1800 GMT), Melissa was a …
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By Maya Gebeily and Laila Bassam BEIRUT (Reuters) -Lebanon’s army has blown up so many Hezbollah arms caches that it has run out of explosives, as it races to meet a year-end deadline to disarm the Shi’ite militia in the south of the country under a ceasefire agreed with Israel, two sources told Reuters. The …
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By Kiyoshi Takenaka and John Geddie TOKYO (Reuters) -Among the gifts offered up by Japan’s new premier Sanae Takaichi to U.S. President Donald Trump in their first meeting on Tuesday was a putter used by Shinzo Abe, his golfing buddy and the country’s late leader. Displayed in a glass case alongside a gold-leaf golf ball …
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SEOUL (Reuters) -Leaders from 21 Pacific Rim economies will gather this week in Gyeongju, South Korea, for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation, or APEC, forum. Meetings began Monday and will run through Saturday, though talks are expected to be overshadowed by U.S. President Donald Trump’s sweeping global tariffs and high-stakes trade standoffs with China and other …
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(Corrects spelling of White House press secretary to Karoline in paragraph 1) TOKYO (Reuters) -Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi will nominate U.S. President Donald Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters on Tuesday. Takaichi met Trump on Tuesday morning in Tokyo where they discussed economic and security matters. …
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SYDNEY (Reuters) -Two workers were killed and another injured in an explosion at the recently reopened Polymetals Resources-owned Endeavor silver, zinc and lead mine in Australia on Tuesday, forcing the temporary suspension of operations. Emergency services were called to the remote mining town of Cobar in the state of New South Wales, some 700 km …
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By Ricardo Brito BRASILIA (Reuters) -Lawyers for former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro on Monday filed an appeal to reduce his 27-year prison sentence for plotting a coup to remain in power after the 2022 presidential election. In an 85-page motion filed with the Supreme Court, Bolsonaro’s lawyers sought a review of parts of the conviction, …
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TOKYO (Reuters) -Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and U.S. President Donald Trump are in the final stages of preparing a joint document on securing rare earths and other critical minerals and strengthening supply chains, the Asahi Newspaper reported on Tuesday. The agreement, which the two leaders plan to sign during their meeting later on Tuesday, …
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MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said on Monday she spoke with U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday and that the two agreed to extend a looming trade deadline for “a few more weeks” to discuss pending issues with Washington. The U.S. agreed in July to pause for 90 days an increase in tariffs …
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BAMAKO (Reuters) -A Malian court has sentenced former Prime Minister Moussa Mara to two years in prison over a social media post that criticized military rulers for shrinking democratic space in the West African nation, his lawyer said on Monday. Mara is among a handful of public figures to openly question Assimi Goita’s military government, …
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