Tel Aviv (Reuters) – A U.N. team has begun its mission to northern Gaza to assess conditions for civilians who remain there and assess what needs to be done to allow displaced Palestinians to return home, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in Tel Aviv on Wednesday. Israel agreed to the mission last month, …
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By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) -A former Honduran police chief has pleaded guilty to a U.S. drug trafficking charge, less than a week before the country’s ex-President Juan Orlando Hernandez is expected to stand trial on similar charges. Court records on Wednesday showed the former national chief, Juan Carlos Bonilla, entered his guilty plea …
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SAN JOSE (Reuters) -Nicaragua’s government said on Wednesday it had granted asylum to Panama’s former President Ricardo Martinelli, after the ex-leader, currently facing a lengthy prison sentence at home, requested the protection at Nicaragua’s embassy in Panama City. The former president confirmed to Reuters that he had requested asylum in Nicaragua. His spokesman said he …
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By Sarah Kinosian and Nelson Renteria SAN SALVADOR (Reuters) – A Salvadoran-Canadian writer who was arrested for reading aloud the constitution inside a voting center on Sunday to protest the participation of President Nayib Bukele has been released from jail, a government adviser said on Wednesday. The arrest of Carlos Bucio, 57, on Sunday over …
By Paola Chiomante PLAYA DEL CARMEN, Mexico (Reuters) – Mexico’s Maya Train rail project in the Yucatan Peninsula is raising concerns among environmental experts about potential damage to unique ecosystems including a network of subterranean caves. One section of the 1,554-km (965-mile) rail system in Mexico’s southeast, which connects the resort town of Cancun, opened …
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By Samia Nakhoul and Andrew Mills DOHA (Reuters) -Hamas has proposed a ceasefire plan that would quiet the guns in Gaza for four-and-a-half months leading to an end to the war, in response to a proposal sent last week by Qatari and Egyptian mediators and backed by the United States and Israel. According to a …
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By Natalia A. Ramos Miranda, Anthony Esposito and Fabian Cambero SANTIAGO (Reuters) -Chilean ex-President Sebastian Pinera died in a helicopter crash on Tuesday, sending the country he led for two terms into mourning and prompting an outpouring of condolences from leaders across Latin America. The helicopter carrying Pinera, 74, and three others plunged into a …
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(Reuters) – Chilean ex-President Sebastian Pinera, who ran the country from 2010-2014 and 2018-2022, died in a helicopter crash on Tuesday in the south of the country. Authorities recovered his body and there will be a state funeral. Following are some reactions to the news: FORMER PRESIDENT PINERA’S OFFICE “Funeral arrangements will be announced in …
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By Sarah Kinosian and Nelson Renteria SAN SALVADOR (Reuters) – The landslide re-election of El Salvador President Nayib Bukele was cheered by supporters of his gang crackdown, but has worried opponents who fear the country is sliding into a de facto one-party state. The tallying of the vote was still ongoing on Monday but Bukele …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Pentagon said on Monday that it was not aware of any Iranian deaths in the recent U.S. strikes against Iran-linked targets in Iraq and Syria. The United States launched airstrikes in Iraq and Syria on Friday against more than 85 targets linked to Iran’s Revolutionary Guard (IRGC) and militias it backs …
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