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By Isabel Woodford and Valentine Hilaire MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -Nineteen suspected gang members and 10 military personnel were killed in a wave of violence surrounding the arrest of Mexican drug cartel boss Ovidio Guzman in the northern state of Sinaloa, Defense Minister Luis Cresencio Sandoval said on Friday. Mexican security forces captured Guzman, the 32-year-old …

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By Frank Pingue (Reuters) – Commissioner Roger Goodell said on Saturday in an open letter to National Football League (NFL) fans that he is “grateful for and humbled by” all who played a role in Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin’s ongoing recovery from cardiac arrest. Hamlin collapsed on the field during a Monday night game …

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TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) – The Honduran government on Saturday extended a state of emergency declaration for 45 days, expanding it to additional areas of the country in an effort to fight criminal gangs amid high levels of violence. The state of emergency, in place since Dec. 6 in 165 areas of Honduras’ largest two cities, Tegucigalpa …

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By Cordelia Hsu PARKES (Reuters) – Among the hundreds of Elvis tribute acts wandering the Australian country town of Parkes, one stands out: Sheryl Scharkie, also known as ShElvis. Parkes, 350 km northwest of Sydney, is home to a 64-meter telescope and an annual Elvis Festival, now in its 30th year. Over five days in …

Meet ShElvis, Australia’s leading female Elvis Tribute Artist Read More »

By Howard Schneider WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Aiming to fortify broad labor market gains among U.S. minority groups over the previous decade, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell in 2020 engineered a historic promise to try to maintain that progress by giving “broad-based and inclusive” employment a status equal if not superior to the central bank’s pledge …

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By Sarah Morland MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – “That’s an attack plane, Dad,” said one of David Tellez’s young children as they spotted Mexican military aircraft touching down alongside their Aeromexico passenger plane early on Thursday. Then the gunfire began. “As we were accelerating for take-off, we heard gunshots very close to the plane, and that’s …

‘We threw ourselves to the floor’: Mexican passenger plane caught in cartel crossfire Read More »

By Nidal al-Mughrabi, Dan Williams and Aziz El Yaakoubi GAZA/JERUSALEM/DUBAI (Reuters) -Israel’s sharp tilt to what is likely to be the most hard right government in its history puts its new Arab allies in the awkward position of having to deal with ultra-nationalists while trying to do more than just pay lip service to the …

New Arab allies face quandary as Israel shifts hard-right Read More »