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BRASILIA (Reuters) -A Brazil congressional probe into the Jan. 8 insurrection by thousands of Jair Bolsonaro’s supporters on Wednesday recommended that the far-right former president and some of his closest allies be charged with an attempted coup d’état and other crimes. After months of hearing witnesses and probing the events surrounding the invasion of government …

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By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden’s nominee for ambassador to Israel, former Treasury Secretary Jack Lew, was expected ultimately to win U.S. Senate confirmation, despite opposition from Republicans at his confirmation hearing on Wednesday tied to his past involvement in negotiations with Iran. Biden’s fellow Democrats have been rushing to confirm Lew quickly, …

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(Reuters) – Islamic Jihad, a Palestinian militant group that is an ally of Hamas and took part in the Oct. 7 attack on Israel from Gaza, has denied Israel’s accusations that it was behind a strike on a hospital in Gaza that killed hundreds of people. Following are some facts about Islamic Jihad: * Israelis …

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RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro’s legal jeopardy has mounted since he narrowly lost last year’s presidential election to leftist President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, barring him from upcoming elections and raising the prospect of jail time. The far-right former army captain was already the subject of police probes before …

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By Phil Stewart, Amina Ismail and Ahmed Rasheed TEL AVIV/ERBIL, Iraq (Reuters) -U.S. military forces in Iraq were targeted on Wednesday in two separate drone attacks, with one causing minor injuries to a small number of troops even though the U.S. military managed to intercept the armed drone, a U.S. official said. The official, who …

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TEL AVIV (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden said on Wednesday that Washington would provide Israel with everything it needed to defend itself as it wages war against the Palestinian militant group Hamas, which he appeared to blame for a devastating blast at a Gaza hospital. Biden, who landed in Israel and met Prime Minister Benjamin …

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By Hannah Lang (Reuters) – A bipartisan group of lawmakers is urging the Biden administration to swiftly crack down on the use of cryptocurrencies by Hamas and its affiliates following the Palestinian militant group’s deadly attack in Israel earlier this month. In a letter sent on Tuesday to the U.S. Treasury Department and the White …

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By Stephen Nellis and Max A. Cherney SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – While stripping China’s access to key U.S. artificial intelligence chips, the Biden administration’s sweeping new rules also quietly threw Nvidia, Intel and Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) a potential lifeline to preserve lucrative business in one of the world’s biggest chip markets. Buried deep in more …

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By Patricia Zengerle, Steve Holland and Trevor Hunnicutt WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden may consider a supplemental request of about $100 billion that would include defense aid for Israel, Ukraine and Taiwan, multiple sources familiar with the request told Reuters on Tuesday. Biden has been widely expected to ask Congress to pass a supplemental …

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By Deisy Buitrago, Vivian Sequera and Matt Spetalnick CARACAS/WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Venezuela’s government and its political opposition on Tuesday agreed to electoral guarantees for 2024 presidential elections and measures they said would protect the country’s national interests, paving the way for some U.S. sanctions relief. A presidential election will take place in the latter half of …

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