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By Rozanna Latiff and David Lawder KUALA LUMPUR/WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Top economic officials from the U.S. and China are due to arrive in Kuala Lumpur on Friday for talks to prevent a trade war escalation and keep next week’s meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping on track. U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott …

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By Joseph Ax and Maria Tsvetkova NEW YORK -Chauncey Billups, an NBA Hall of Fame player and head coach of the Portland Trail Blazers, and Terry Rozier, a guard with the Miami Heat, were among more than 30 people charged on Thursday in connection with two separate but related federal gambling investigations that involved the …

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By Diana Novak Jones CHICAGO (Reuters) -A top U.S. Border Patrol official violated a court order limiting the use of tear gas during demonstrations against the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown in Chicago, a group of protesters, journalists and clergy members told a U.S. judge on Thursday. The group said in a court filing that Gregory …

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(Corrects name of lithium company in paragraph 18 to EnergyX) By Daina Beth Solomon (Reuters) -Bolivia’s election of centrist Rodrigo Paz is raising cautious hopes that a more market-friendly leader could pave the way for international investment in the country’s ample lithium reserves after years of false starts under two decades of socialist rule. Bolivia …

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By Andrew MacAskill, Alexander Cornwell and Maayan Lubell KIRYAT GAT, Israel (Reuters) -In a squat, grey building that normally operates as a cargo hub in an industrial area of southern Israel, U.S. troops have begun the complex task of monitoring Gaza’s fragile ceasefire and planning an international force to stabilise the enclave. The U.S. military …

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