By Joshua McElwee VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -Pope Leo urged global news agencies on Thursday never to betray their duty to telling the truth by focusing on “click-bait” articles and to exercise caution in using artificial intelligence tools in their reporting. “Communication must be freed from the misguided thinking that corrupts it … and from the …
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By Alexandra Valencia QUITO (Reuters) -An Ecuadorean judge on Wednesday ordered the release of five people who had been detained the day before after stones were thrown at President Daniel Noboa’s convoy, according to a lawyer in the case. The judge ruled that their detention had been illegal and in violation of due process, defense …
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By Nelson Bocanegra and Alexander Villegas BOGOTA (Reuters) -Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro on Wednesday said the latest vessel in the Caribbean bombed by the United States may have been Colombian with Colombian citizens aboard, which the White House called a “baseless” statement. U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday announced the latest in a series of …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump told Reuters on Wednesday that a Gaza hostages-for-ceasefire deal hammered out in Egypt represented “a great day for the world.” “The whole world has come together on this one, Israel, every country has come together. This has been a fantastic day,” Trump told Reuters in a brief telephone interview. …
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(Reuters) -Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in Tajikistan in Central Asia on Wednesday to attend meetings with leaders of other ex-Soviet republics likely to focus on regional development and their relations with Moscow. A Kremlin announcement said Putin would take part, beginning Thursday, in a Russia-Central Asia summit, also to be attended by the leaders …
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SAN JOSE (Reuters) -Costa Rica will nominate former Vice President Rebeca Grynspan for United Nations secretary-general, President Rodrigo Chaves said on Wednesday. Calls have been growing for a woman to assume the role for the first time in the U.N.’s 80-year history, and the next secretary-general will likely come out of Latin America. Grynspan, a …
(Reuters) -An agreement was reached on all the provisions and implementation mechanisms of the first phase of the Gaza ceasefire agreement, which will lead to ending the war, the release of Israeli hostages and Palestinian prisoners, and the entry of aid, Qatar’s foreign ministry spokesperson, Majed Al-Ansari, said on Thursday. The details will be announced …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Israel and Hamas have signed off on the first phase of the U.S.-proposed Gaza deal, allowing for the release of all Israeli hostages, U.S. President Donald Trump announced on Wednesday. “I am very proud to announce that Israel and Hamas have both signed off on the first Phase of our Peace Plan,” Trump …
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BRASILIA (Reuters) -Brazil’s lower house of Congress removed a proposal to overhaul taxation on investments from its voting agenda, in a blow to the government’s plans to boost public revenue with the measure, as it is set to expire if not voted on Wednesday. Lawmakers voted 251 to 193 on Wednesday evening to remove the …
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(Corrects the number of peacekeeping missions affected to nine from 11 in paragraph 1, removes operations in Middle East and India and Pakistan from paragraph 9) By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) -The United Nations will cut a quarter of peacekeepers in nine operations around the world in the coming months due to a lack …
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