By Lucinda Elliott MONTEVIDEO (Reuters) – For the first time since mass European migration to the Americas at the turn of the 20th century, the number of foreigners living in Uruguay is on the rise, this time driven by a wave of arrivals from Venezuela and Cuba. Foreign-born residents represented 3% of the 3.4 million Uruguayan …
(Reuters) – U.S. airlines say they are prepared for busier end of year holiday travel compared with the same peak period a year earlier, when storms led to thousands of canceled flights and congestion. The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration expects Thursday to be the busiest travel day of the week. According to the Transportation Security …
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By Cheney Orr, Laura Gottesdiener and Ted Hesson EAGLE PASS, Texas (Reuters) – Railroad companies and business groups are pressing the U.S. government to reopen trade routes on the Texas-Mexico border after authorities closed two crossings in response to a rise in migrant crossings in recent days. U.S. Border Patrol apprehended about 10,800 migrants at …
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By Luc Cohen and Alexandra Ulmer NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden has decided to grant clemency to Alex Saab, an ally of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, as part of a deal in which Maduro’s government released Venezuelans linked to the political opposition and 10 detained Americans. Here are some details of the …
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By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) -A United Nations Security Council vote on a bid to boost aid to the Gaza Strip has been delayed by another day, hinging on last-minute negotiations between the U.S. and Egypt over a proposal for U.N. aid monitoring as Washington seeks to avoid using its veto power, diplomats said …
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By Marwa Rashad, Robert Harvey and Natalie Grover LONDON (Reuters) – Several shipping companies and a few liquefied natural gas (LNG) tankers have decided to avoid the world’s main East-West trade route, following attacks launched by Yemen’s Houthi group on commercial ships at the southern end of the Red Sea. The attacks raised the spectre …
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By Jacob Gronholt-Pedersen and Tom Little COPENHAGEN (Reuters) – Lava spewing from a volcano in Iceland appeared to be flowing away from the only nearby town and the intensity of the eruption was dropping, offering hope that homes would be safe even though seismic activity could last months, officials said on Tuesday. The government said …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Attacks by Iran-backed Yemeni militants in the Red Sea must stop and the U.S. and its partners will continue to protect ships from being targeted, White House national security spokesperson John Kirby said on Tuesday. The Houthi militant group, which controls vast amounts of territory in Yemen after years of war, has …
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(Reuters) – The international coalition formed by the U.S. to protect maritime navigation in the Red Sea is part of the aggression against the Palestinian people, the political bureau of Yemen’s Houthi group said in a statement on Tuesday, adding that the coalition contradicts international law. The United States on Tuesday launched a multinational operation …
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By Stephanie Kelly NEW YORK (Reuters) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has asked the White House to approve a rule that would allow expanded sales of higher-ethanol gasoline to be sold in certain Midwestern states, after governors from those states requested it. The request has been stalled after the oil industry warned the Biden …
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