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(Corrects name and position of Panama’s speaker in paragraph 9 to deputy U.N. ambassador Ricardo Moscoso) (Reuters) -U.N. Security Council members on Friday expressed concern about escalating tensions between the United States and Venezuela, with Russia accusing Washington of using a shoot-first “cowboy” principle in attacking alleged drug boats. Russia’s Ambassador to the United Nations …

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By Trevor Hunnicutt and Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday that Nobel Prize winner Maria Corina Machado called him and said she accepted the prize in his honor, after the White House said earlier in the day that the Nobel Committee had chosen “politics over peace.” The White House had …

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(Reuters) -The U.S. Food and Drug Administration confirmed on Friday that toxic cough syrups linked to children’s deaths in India had not been shipped to the United States. The World Health Organization has said India has a “regulatory gap” in screening locally sold syrup medicines. The U.S. FDA said it was aware of news reports …

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By Marco Aquino LIMA (Reuters) -Peruvian President Jose Jeri scrambled to assemble a new government after taking office on Friday, looking to tap names that can help calm widespread public anger over rising crime and corruption ahead of next year’s elections. Jeri is now pulling together his 19-member cabinet, two sources at his office told …

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