(This Oct. 26 story has been refiled to fix a name in paragraph 8) By Angelo Amante ROME (Reuters) – The world must take a stand against Islamist violence to avoid it spreading and take action to ensure the swift release of hostages taken by Hamas militants after their Oct. 7 attack on southern Israel, …
SAN SALVADOR (Reuters) – El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele formally filed paperwork late on Thursday to run for re-election next year, despite concerns over his constitutional eligibility to seek a consecutive term. Bukele, 42, enjoys strong public support and announced last year he would contest next February’s presidential election. While critics question Bukele’s ability to …
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By Andrew Mills DOHA (Reuters) – Qatari mediators are urging Hamas to quicken the pace of hostage releases to include women and children held in Gaza and to do so without expecting Israeli concessions, according to three diplomats and a source in the region familiar with the talks, as Israel readies a ground assault on …
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MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexico’s Senate on Wednesday voted to terminate 13 trusts held for the judiciary, ratcheting up tension between the government and judicial authorities, which President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador argues are corrupt and hostile to the public interest. The Senate, controlled by Lopez Obrador’s leftist National Regeneration Movement (MORENA) and its allies, …
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By Lucy Craymer WELLINGTON (Reuters) -A coroner’s inquiry into New Zealand’s worst mass shooting opened on Tuesday with a traditional Maori welcome and a reading from the Koran in remembrance of the 51 Muslim worshippers killed by an Australian white supremacist. Armed with high-capacity semi-automatic weapons, Brenton Tarrant, 32, killed 51 people and injured dozens …
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By Suamy Beydoun MANAUS, Brazil (Reuters) – Human faces sculpted into stone up to 2,000 years ago have appeared on a rocky outcropping along the Amazon River since water levels dropped to record lows in the region’s worst drought in more than a century. Some rock carvings had been sighted before but now there is …
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By Yusri Mohamed and Michelle Nichols ISMAILIA, Egypt/UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) -A third convoy of humanitarian aid trucks delivered water, food and medicine to the besieged Gaza Strip on Monday, but the United Nations warned that fuel was not included and reserves will run out within the next two days. Humanitarian deliveries through Rafah crossing from …
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(Reuters) -Workers at St. Lawrence Seaway Management Corp have decided to go on strike on Sunday after failing to reach an agreement on wages, the Canadian labor union Unifor said. Unifor, which represents 361 workers at the government-established company, said no agreement had been reached with management after a late Saturday deadline passed. “This impasse …
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By Nicolás Misculin and Jorge Otaola BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) -Argentines flocked to the polls on Sunday to vote in a tense national election where a far-right libertarian leads the race for the presidency, a major potential shift in the political landscape due to fallout from the country’s worst economic crisis in two decades. Around the …
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By Mayela Armas and Vivian Sequera CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuelans voted on Sunday in a primary to choose a unity opposition candidate to face President Nicolas Maduro in his probable re-election bid next year, amid pledges by the United States to roll back sanctions relief if the government fails to lift bans preventing some opposition …
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