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Melquiades Flores, owner of M&M Tomato and Chile Company, speaks as he stands near boxes with produce, in Los Angeles, California, US, November 27, 2024, in this screengrab taken from a video. Photo: REUTERS TV/via REUTERS
USA

Under tariff threat, US wholesaler warns: ‘People will pay'

US President-elect Donald Trump has pledged to impose a 25% tariff on all imports from Mexico and Canada when he takes office on Jan. 20, plus an additional 10% tariff on Chinese goods

Signage is seen at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) headquarters in Washington, DC, US, August 29, 2020. Photo: REUTERS/Andrew Kelly/File Photo
USA

Musk calls for abolishing consumer finance watchdog targeted by Republicans

FILE PHOTO: The US Department of Justice building is bathed in morning light at sunrise in Washington, U.S., February 14, 2020. REUTERS/Mary F Calvert
USA

Trump's budget plans push US government lawyers to private sector

People ride a scooter past Central Reserve Police Force personnel standing guard before the funeral of Meiteis who were killed after ethnic violence broke out in Borobekra, Jiribam in the northeastern state of Manipur, India, November 22, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Francis Mascarenhas/File Photo
South Asia

Ethnic strife frustrates peace efforts in India's Manipur

A man takes a photograph of a snow-covered neighbourhood as he cleans up the rooftop of a building after a heavy snowfall in Seoul, South Korea, November 28, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji
Asia

South Korea battles second day of heavy snow; four dead

Pakistani Rangers guard the area, after security forces launched a raid on supporters of the former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan's party Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), in Islamabad, Pakistan, November 27, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro
South Asia

Nearly 1,000 held in Pakistan after pro-Khan protests

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi gives a briefing on the sidelines of a UN event in Lisbon, Portugal, November 27, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Pedro Nunes
Middle East

Iran welcomes Lebanon ceasefire, reserves right to react to Israeli airstrikes

Russian President Vladimir Putin makes a televised address, dedicated to a military conflict in Ukraine and in particular to Russia's launch of a hypersonic intermediate-range ballistic missile attack on a military facility in response to recent Ukrainian long-range strikes with Western weapons, in Moscow, Russia November 21, 2024. Sputnik/Vyacheslav Prokofyev/Pool via REUTERS
Europe

Nuclear attack unlikely despite Putin's warnings: US intelligence

A child looks on as Palestinians gather to receive food cooked by a charity kitchen, amid the Israel-Hamas conflict, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem
Hamas-Israel war

No expectations of a swift deal for Gaza after Lebanon ceasefire

US President Donald Trump delivers a speech during a tour of the Double Eagle Energy Oil Rig in Midland, Texas, US, July 29, 2020. Photo: REUTERS/Carlos Barria/File Photo
USA

Trump administration picks targeted with bomb threats and swatting

Workers install solar panels at the Khavda Renewable Energy Park of Adani Green Energy Ltd (AGEL) in Khavda, India, April 12, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Amit Dave/File Photo
South Asia

What the Adani allegations highlight about India's clean energy push

A drone picture shows trucks waiting in line to cross into the United States near the border customs control at the World Trade Bridge, in Nuevo Laredo, Mexico, November 26, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Daniel Becerril/File Photo
World+Biz

Mexico warns Trump tariffs would kill 400,000 US jobs, threatens retaliation

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USA

Biden administration advancing $680 million arms sale to Israel: source