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By Alexandra Valencia QUITO (Reuters) -Business heir and former legislator Daniel Noboa was sworn in as Ecuador’s new president on Thursday, pledging to reduce violence and create jobs via urgent legislative reforms. Noboa, 35, won an October run-off in the South American country, which is facing deep economic challenges that have pushed thousands to migrate …

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NANTUCKET, Mass. (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden spoke to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the leaders of Qatar and Egypt on Wednesday in the aftermath of a deal to secure the release of dozens of hostages held by Hamas, the White House said. Biden is vacationing with his family on the Massachusetts island …

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By Mark John (Reuters) – Ahead of international climate talks in Dubai this month, economists are updating estimates of the impact of global warming on the world economy, sometimes calculating down to a decimal place the hit to output in decades to come.     But detractors say those numbers are the product of economic models …

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By Leah Douglas (Reuters) – Technologies that capture carbon dioxide emissions to keep them from the atmosphere are central to the climate strategies of many world governments as they seek to follow through on international commitments to decarbonize by mid-century. They are also expensive, unproven at scale, and can be hard to sell to a …

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By Fernando Kallas RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – Argentina captain Lionel Messi accused the Brazilian police of brutality as the start of their World Cup qualifier against Brazil was delayed by half an hour after clashes between police and visiting fans at Maracana Stadium on Tuesday. Brazilian and Argentinian fans started fighting behind one of …

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By Fernando Kallas RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – Nicolas Otamendi scored with a towering header to give Argentina a 1-0 away win over Brazil in a bad-tempered World Cup qualifier that was delayed by half an hour on Tuesday after police clashed with fans at a sold-out Maracana Stadium. The longstanding sporting rivalry between two …

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JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – Leaders of the BRICS bloc of developing nations and other countries they have invited to join from next year discussed the Israeli-Palestinian conflict on Tuesday, but failed to agree a joint declaration. The virtual talks organised by current BRICS chair South Africa were the first between the group’s leaders since Israel invaded …

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By Steven Grattan (Reuters) -The victory of Argentina’s libertarian President-elect Javier Milei at the weekend has sparked mixed reactions worldwide – including hostility from some Latin American leftists, tentative support from others, and a pledge from China to work with him despite his critical comments. Milei, a self-described anarcho-capitalist, channeled voter anger over a deep …

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By Maayan Lubell JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu asked his government on Tuesday to back a deal to clear the way for the release of some of the hostages that Palestinian Hamas militants took to the Gaza Strip during an Oct. 7 assault on Israel. In a recorded message at the start of a …

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