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By Steve Scherer OTTAWA (Reuters) – About two-thirds of Canadians surveyed this month said American democracy cannot survive another four years of Donald Trump in the White House, and about half said the United States is on the way to becoming an authoritarian state, a poll released on Monday said. The November U.S. election is …

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QUITO (Reuters) – Ecuador’s police and military on Sunday were aiming to restore order inside the country’s dangerous prisons where dozens of staff were held hostage by inmates amid an uptick in violence in the Andean nation. Images on social media shared by Ecuadorean armed forces showed shirtless prisoners on their knees with hands on …

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SANTIAGO (Reuters) – Chile’s SQM, the world’s second-largest lithium producer, said it has suspended operations at the Atacama salt flat in Chile due to road blockades. “Since we do not know how long the road blockade will continue, it is not possible for us to estimate the financial impact of the stoppage,” the company said …

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By Jonathan Allen (Reuters) -A woman and two children drowned in the Rio Grande as they tried to the enter the U.S. from Mexico on Friday night after Texas military officers prevented federal border officials from aiding them, U.S. border officials and a member of Congress said. The deaths come as a dispute over immigration …

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(Reuters) – Israel and Hamas have been at war in Gaza for 100 days since gunmen from the Palestinian militant group ran amok in southern Israel, prompting a fierce Israeli military campaign in which almost 24,000 Palestinians have been killed. Following is a timeline of the war between Israel and Hamas, the Islamist movement that …

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SANTIAGO (Reuters) – Protesters agreed to end demonstrations that had blocked access to the Atacama salt flat in Chile, the world’s largest lithium deposit, with the promise of a visit by President Gabriel Boric. Indigenous groups had for days blocked public roads that lead to mining operations in the south of the salt flat, where …

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By Phil Stewart and Idrees Ali WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden’s blistering strikes on Yemen followed weeks of warnings to the Houthis to stop attacking Red Sea shipping – or else. Yet the Houthis continued firing drones and missiles, seemingly goading the United States to follow through on its threats. That has raised …

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