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By Sarah Morland MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said on Sunday she is confident her government will reach a favorable agreement with the United States and other nations regarding trade, and will in parallel present developments in a plan to boost local tech. “I am confident we will reach a good agreement with …

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(Reuters) -U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said he has every authorization needed for U.S. military strikes on vessels just off the coast of Venezuela allegedly carrying illegal drugs.     Hegseth was speaking in a Fox News interview broadcast on Sunday. The United States killed four people in a strike in the Caribbean Sea on Friday, at …

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DAMASCUS (Reuters) -Members of Syria’s electoral colleges gathered on Sunday to vote for new lawmakers, a milestone in the country’s shift away from the ousted regime of Bashar al-Assad and a major test of inclusivity under its current Islamist-led authorities. The indirect vote comes as President Ahmed al-Sharaa, who came to power after his rebel …

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The war in Gaza has “not yet” ended, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Sunday, describing the release of the hostages held by Hamas as the first phase, while details on what happens after that still need to be worked out.  He told NBC’s Meet the Press that Hamas had “basically” agreed …

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By Lucy Papachristou and Felix Light TBILISI (Reuters) -Georgian riot police used pepper spray and water cannon to force protesters away from the presidential palace on Saturday as the opposition staged a large demonstration on the day of municipal elections. The governing Georgian Dream (GD) party said it had clinched victory in every municipality across …

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BLANTYRE (Reuters) -Malawi’s Peter Mutharika vowed to root out government corruption and rebuild an ailing economy after he was sworn in on Saturday for a second term as president of the southern African nation. Mutharika, 85, secured more than 56% of votes last month, defeating outgoing president Lazarus Chakwera, 70, who took 33%. Voters rejected …

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LONDON (Reuters) -Below is a text of Hamas’s response, released on Friday, to U.S. President Donald Trump’s plan for ending the war in Gaza: In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious the Most Merciful Response of Hamas movement to the U.S President Trump’s proposal The Islamic Resistance Movement – Hamas values the Arab, Islamic, …

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By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Gram Slattery CAIRO/WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Donald Trump told Israel on Friday to immediately stop bombing Gaza after Hamas agreed to release hostages and accept some other terms in a U.S. plan to end the war, but vexing issues like disarmament appeared unresolved. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said Israel was …

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