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By Marco Aquino LIMA (Reuters) -Peru’s former President Pedro Castillo faced a first court hearing on Thursday over his arrest on rebellion charges, as his successor issued her first pronouncements from the presidential palace after a day of high drama that shocked the region. Castillo’s swift fall from power on Wednesday came after congressional lawmakers …

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By Brendan O’Boyle and Marco Aquino LIMA (Reuters) – Dina Boluarte became Peru’s first female president on Wednesday amid a political maelstrom when her predecessor and former boss Pedro Castillo was ousted in an impeachment trial and detained by police after he tried to illegally shut down Congress. Boluarte, 60, who started the day as …

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By Sarah Marsh and Michel Rose BERLIN (Reuters) – In its first year, Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s government has driven the biggest overhaul of German policy since World War Two. The next year could be even tougher, further absorbing Berlin’s bandwidth to Europe’s detriment. Scholz, formerly the finance minister, came to power pledging continuity with the …

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NASSIRIYA, Iraq (Reuters) -Iraqi security forces shot dead two protesters in the southern city of Nassiriya on Wednesday after using live ammunition to disperse an anti-government protest, police and medical sources told Reuters. At least 16 protesters were wounded, mainly by live bullets, when security forces attempted to move them away from bridges and a …

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(Reuters) – A Reuters report that the Nigerian military ran a secret mass abortion program in its war on Boko Haram is “harrowing” and the United States is seeking more information, State Department spokesperson Ned Price said on Wednesday. “My reaction to it in the first instance was a personal one in that I read …

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Jeff Bezos’ space company is partnering with Boeing Co and Lockheed Martin Corp to pitch a lunar lander to NASA, the companies announced on Tuesday, making a renewed bid to land humans on the moon in the next decade alongside Elon Musk’s SpaceX. (Reporting by Joey Roulette; editing by Jonathan Oatis)