By Diego Oré SAN JOSE/MEXICO CITY, (Reuters) -One night last November, four carloads of armed Nicaraguan police pulled opposition figure Henry Briceno and his family out of their home and deposited them at a checkpoint on the border with Costa Rica. Seven months after the Bricenos were expelled to Costa Rica, the family was packing …
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TAIPEI (Reuters) -Taiwanese officials have been banned from attending events held by China next week to mark the 80th anniversary of the island’s “retrocession” to Chinese rule because Beijing is trying to distort history for its own aims, the government said on Friday. Next Saturday marks the anniversary of Japan, which colonised Taiwan in 1895, …
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By Marco Aquino and Alexander Villegas LIMA (Reuters) -At least one person was killed and dozens of police officers injured in widespread protests overnight in Peru against President Jose Jeri, who assumed power just days ago, the state ombudsman’s office said on Thursday. The government will declare a state of emergency in Lima within hours …
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By Daniel Trotta (Reuters) -Ace Frehley, the original lead guitarist of the rock group Kiss, whose hard-driving sound, stage theatrics and iconic makeup created one of the most popular and groundbreaking bands of all time, died on Thursday at age 74, his family said. A representative for Frehley, Lori Lousararian, attributed his death to a …
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. and Brazilian officials held trade talks on Thursday that the two sides called positive and agreed to work to schedule a meeting between President Donald Trump and his counterpart Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva “at the earliest possible occasion”. In a joint statement, the delegations said they would “conduct discussions on multiple …
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By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) -Venezuela has asked the United Nations Security Council to determine that deadly U.S. strikes on vessels off its coast are illegal and issue a statement backing Venezuela’s sovereignty, according to a letter seen by Reuters on Thursday. U.S. President Donald Trump has ordered a large U.S. military buildup in …
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By Dan Catchpole and Allison Lampert SEATTLE (Reuters) -Hackers took over the public address systems on Tuesday at four airports, three in Canada and one in the United States, to broadcast messages praising Hamas and criticizing President Donald Trump, according to officials and news reports. An “advertisement streaming service” at the Kelowna International Airport in …
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GEORGETOWN (Reuters) -Serving in Guyana’s parliament would not provide immunity to opposition leader and mining businessman Azruddin Mohamed, following an indictment by a Florida court, the country’s Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo said on Thursday. Azruddin and his father Nazar Mohamed, who have been under U.S. sanctions since last year, were indicted this month by the …
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By Ahmed Elimam DUBAI (Reuters) -Yemen’s Houthis said on Thursday that their Chief of Staff Muhammad Abd Al-Karim al-Ghamari, one of the most senior military officials of the Iran-backed group, was killed “while fulfilling his duties”. Without directly blaming Israel for his killing, Houthis said that the conflict with Israel had not ended. Israel will …
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ANKARA (Reuters) -Turkey has put a former head of its disaster management agency in charge of its aid to Gaza, a Foreign Ministry source said, a sign it intends to ramp up its role as a guarantor of the new ceasefire after sitting out earlier rounds of diplomacy. President Tayyip Erdogan, a critic of Israel’s …
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