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US Senate advances measure curbing Trump's Venezuela war powers
WASHINGTON, Jan 8 (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate advanced a resolution on Thursday that would bar President Donald Trump from further military action against Venezuela without congressional authorization, a rare rebuke of the Republican leader.
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Protests in Iran sparked by economic woes now nationwide, say activists
DUBAI (AP): Protests in Iran sparked by economic woes have now gone nationwide in the Islamic Republic, activists said Thursday, signaling both their staying power and intensity as they challenge the country's theocracy.
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Explainer-Can the ICE agent who shot a Minneapolis woman be prosecuted?
NEW YORK, Jan 8 (Reuters) - A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent shot and killed a 37-year-old woman in her car in Minneapolis on Wednesday amid President Donald Trump's federal crackdown.
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Cubans brace for more hardship as US pressure on Venezuela chokes off oil
MATANZAS, Cuba, Jan 8 (Reuters) - Cubans braced for a deepening economic crisis after the United States seized two more Venezuela-linked oil tankers on Wednesday, a move that threatens to sever a critical energy lifeline for the Communist-run island just days after U.S. forces captured Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro.
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US Senate votes to curb military action in Venezuela, Trump says oversight could last years
WASHINGTON, Jan 8 (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate voted on Thursday to advance a resolution that would bar President Donald Trump from taking further military action against Venezuela without congressional authorization, even as Trump said U.S. oversight of the troubled nation could last years.
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German president says US is destroying world order
BERLIN, Jan 8 (Reuters) - German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier has strongly criticised the U.S. foreign policy under President Donald Trump and urged the world not to let the world order disintegrate into a "den of robbers" where the unscrupulous take what they want.
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Pope Leo urges Catholic cardinals to create more inclusive Church
VATICAN CITY, Jan 8 (Reuters) - Pope Leo met on Thursday with the world's Catholic cardinals as part of a two-day summit, urging the senior clerics to shun divisions in the 1.4-billion-member Church and focus on attracting new believers.
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Swiss families file legal complaint over New Year's bar fire
GENEVA, Jan 8 (Reuters) - Families of those who died or were injured in a New Year's Eve fire in the bar of a Swiss ski resort have filed a legal complaint to the Swiss prosecutor's office, a lawyer for a group of victims confirmed to Reuters on Thursday.
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With tension high in Minnesota, border agent shoots two in Oregon traffic stop
MINNEAPOLIS, Jan 8 (Reuters) - Tension over U.S. President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown rose across the United States after a second shooting involving immigration officers in two days on Thursday deepened rifts between state and federal officials.
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Russian strikes plunge Ukraine's industrial southeast into blackouts
KYIV, Jan 8 (Reuters) - Ukrainian officials raced to restore power on Thursday after Russian drone attacks plunged two southeastern regions into near-total blackout overnight, strikes that President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said were aimed at "breaking" his country.
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Iran warns suppliers against overpricing or hoarding goods
DUBAI, Jan 8 (Reuters) - Iran's president warned domestic suppliers against hoarding or overpricing goods, state media reported on Thursday, as Tehran rolls out high-stakes subsidy reforms during nationwide protests against economic hardship.
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US immigration agent fatally shoots woman in Minneapolis, mayor disputes government claim of self-defense
MINNEAPOLIS, Jan 7 (Reuters) - A U.S. immigration agent shot and killed a 37-year-old woman in her car in Minneapolis on Wednesday during an immigration enforcement surge, according to local and federal officials, the latest violence in President Donald Trump's nationwide crackdown on migrants.
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Analysis-Investors bullish on Latin America after US move on Venezuela's Maduro
NEW YORK/LONDON, Jan 8 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump's muscular moves in Venezuela and Argentina are adding to a rightward shift across Latin America in a pivotal election year, making foreign cash more likely to flow to the region as investors anticipate market-friendly reforms.
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Australia to hold wide-ranging inquiry into antisemitism after Bondi attack
SYDNEY, Jan 8 (Reuters) - Australia will hold a Royal Commission inquiry into the Bondi Beach mass shooting in which 15 were killed, the country's most powerful public inquiry, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Thursday.
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French farmers block Paris streets in protest against Mercosur trade deal
PARIS, Jan 8 (Reuters) - French farmers blockaded roads into Paris and landmarks like the Arc de Triomphe with tractors on Thursday in protest against a sweeping trade deal the European Union is due to sign with South American nations.
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NASA is considering bringing back ISS crew over medical issue
Jan 8 (Reuters) - NASA is considering an early return of the crew of the International Space Station over an unspecified medical issue, hours after cancelling a planned spacewalk that had been scheduled for Thursday, the agency said.
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Saudi coalition says separatist leader fled Yemen with UAE help, advances to Aden
ADEN, Jan 8 (Reuters) - The Saudi-led coalition in Yemen said on Thursday that the United Arab Emirates had spirited a separatist leader out of the country by boat in a dramatic twist to a rift between the Gulf powers, as Saudi-backed forces advanced to the port of Aden after losing ground there.
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Two die in shooting in Salt Lake City church parking lot, several injured
Jan 7 (Reuters) - Two people were killed and several injured in a shooting during an altercation outside a funeral at a church in the Utah capital of Salt Lake City, police said on Wednesday, as they launched a manhunt for suspects.
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US congressional panel to subpoena billionaire Leslie Wexner over Epstein ties
WASHINGTON, Jan 7 (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives Oversight Committee will subpoena billionaire Leslie Wexner to sit for a deposition before the panel over his ties with late financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, a Democratic lawmaker on the panel said on Wednesday.
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Bushfires rage in Australia’s southeast, authorities warn of 'catastrophic' Friday conditions
SYDNEY, Jan 8 (Reuters) - Uncontrolled fires burned through bushland in Australia's Victorian state on Thursday, forcing communities to evacuate and authorities to warn of a "catastrophic" fire danger rating for Friday.
