GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) -Guatemala’s president-elect Bernardo Arevalo said on Monday the government is using violence to counter protests and create tension which could be used as an excuse for declaring a state of “siege,” even as the government announced tighter measures. Ongoing protests entered their eighth straight day on Monday, with Guatemalans taking to the …
By Jarrett Renshaw and Valerie Volcovici WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Biden administration is expected to announce on Friday the winners of $7 billion in federal grants to build out regional hydrogen hubs, three sources familiar with the matter told Reuters. The announcement caps months of intense political jockeying among states from California to Pennsylvania for their …
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By Laila Bassam, Maya Gebeily and Timour Azhari BEIRUT (Reuters) – Lebanese armed group Hezbollah fired a salvo of rockets onto northern Israel on Monday in response to at least three of its members being killed in Israeli shelling on Lebanon. The exchange of fire marks a significant expansion of the conflict between Israel and …
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(Reuters) – The Dominican Republic announced new measures to strengthen control at its border with Haiti, including an indefinite extension of the border shutdown it enacted last month plus boosting military forces as well as a new exports ban. The measures were announced by Dominican security officials in a statement on Monday. The Dominican Republic …
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By Kanishka Singh and Idrees Ali WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States will send multiple military ships and aircraft closer to Israel as a show of support, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said, with Washington believing Hamas’ deadly attacks may have been motivated to disrupt a potential normalizing of Israel-Saudi Arabia ties. Hamas fighters rampaged through …
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By Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden offered Israel on Saturday “all appropriate means of support” after a deadly attack from Palestinian militant group Hamas and warned “any party hostile to Israel” not to seek advantage. “We will not ever fail to have her back,” Biden said of Israel in televised remarks condemning …
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(Reuters) – The Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas launched its biggest assault on Israel in years early on Saturday, firing a barrage of rockets from Gaza and sending fighters across the border. Israel said it was on a war footing and began its own strikes against Hamas targets in Gaza, with Israeli media reporting gunbattles between …
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MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -A bus crash in the south of Mexico on Friday killed 16 Venezuelan and Haitian migrants and left 27 others injured, state authorities said in a revised statement. Oaxaca state’s prosecutor said in an earlier statement preliminary findings put the death toll at 18. Authorities added 27 injured people were taken to …
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KYIV (Reuters) – The death toll from a Russian missile strike on the village of Hroza in northeastern Ukraine rose to 52 on Friday after another victim died overnight in hospital, the regional governor said. A missile slammed into a cafe and grocery store in the village on Thursday as people gathered to mourn a …
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(Reuters) – The western Canadian province of British Columbia on Thursday proposed a sweeping ban on the public use of illegal drugs, citing the need to help addicts and also keep them away from building entrances and playgrounds. In January, the province began a three-year pilot program to stop prosecuting people for carrying small amounts …
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