By Simon Lewis RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) -Canada, Benin, France and Jamaica have offered support to a U.N.-backed international security force aimed at tackling rampant gang violence in Haiti, according to a statement from the United States, which co-hosted a meeting on the mission with Brazil. Washington has pledged $200 million to fund the Multinational …
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MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexico’s freedom of information body INAI said on Thursday it was initiating an investigation after the country’s president disclosed the phone number of a New York Times journalist looking into alleged ties between his allies and drug cartels. The disclosure took place during President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador’s daily news conference. …
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By Maya Gebeily BEIRUT (Reuters) -The Israeli military and Hezbollah have a window to de-escalate tensions along Lebanon’s southern border before a possible Israeli military offensive against the Lebanese armed group, two Democratic U.S. senators told Reuters on Wednesday. Senators Chris Coons and Richard Blumenthal met Lebanese officials on a tour of the region, which …
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(Reuters) – A court in Montenegro on Wednesday ruled that crypto entrepreneur and Terraforms Labs co-founder Do Kwon should be extradited to the United States, rather than to his home country South Korea, to stand trial on fraud charges, the Wall Street Journal reported. In 2023, Do Kwon and Terraform were charged by the U.S. …
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By Max Hunder KRAMATORSK, Ukraine (Reuters) – As the Ukraine war enters its third year, the infantry of 59th Brigade are confronting a bleak reality: they’re running out of soldiers and ammunition to resist their Russian invaders. One platoon commander who goes by his call sign “Tygr” estimated that just 60-70% of the several thousand …
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GENEVA (Reuters) – More than half the world’s countries will be at high or very high risk of measles outbreaks by the end of the year unless urgent preventative measures are taken, the World Health Organization warned on Tuesday. Measles cases have been increasing across most regions mainly due to missed vaccinations during the COVID-19 …
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By Guy Faulconbridge and Arshad Mohammed MOSCOW/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Unidentified sources in the United States say Russia is developing a space-based anti-satellite nuclear weapon but President Vladimir Putin said he opposes nuclear weapons in space and Moscow has flatly denied the U.S. assertions. Who has said what and what would such a weapon mean? WHAT …
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By Steve Holland, Michelle Nichols, Humeyra Pamuk and David Brunnstrom WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden spent months wanting a “pause” in the fighting between Israel and Hamas in Gaza. But with Israel preparing for a ground offensive in Rafah, his rhetoric is shifting to emphasize the need for a “temporary ceasefire”. It sounds …
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By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) – Former Honduras President Juan Orlando Hernandez’s trial on U.S. drug trafficking charges starts Tuesday, giving a New York jury the chance to determine whether Washington’s onetime key anti-drug ally actually ran the Central American country as a “narco-state.” Hernandez was close to Washington during his 2014-2022 tenure. Honduras …
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PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) – A Haitian judge in charge of the investigation into the 2021 assassination of the Caribbean nation’s last president has charged some fifty people, including his widow and a former prime minister, according to a document leaked to local media. According to the 122-page document from Judge Walther Wesser Voltaire, made public by …
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