Ecuador's Moreno announces tax reform after rolling back fuel price hike

Ecuadorean President Lenin Moreno on Friday proposed a new tax on corporations and a simplification of the tax system to improve government finances after a plan to eliminate fuel subsidies was met with violent demonstrations.

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Cummings to Lie in State in the Capitol

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William G. Milliken, Michigan Governor in a Transformative Era, Dies at 97

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American Couple’s Death in Dominican Republic Not From Poisoned Alcohol, F.B.I. Says

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Trump defends Middle East policy, says Islamic State is under control

U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday defended his Middle East policy, as he comes under bipartisan criticism over his administration's move to withdraw U.S. troops from northeast Syria and an agreement for a 120-hour pause to a Turkish incursion of the area.

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Mexican media reports capture of druglord 'El Chapo' Guzman's son

Mexican security forces captured one of notorious drug lord Joaquin 'El Chapo' Guzman's sons on Thursday, media reports said, after rumors of the detention led to fierce gunbattles in the city of Culiacan, a stronghold of the Sinaloa cartel.

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Ex-Nazi guard, 93, on trial as accessory to 5,230 murders

Case against Bruno Dey could be one of the last of its kind, which is fine with American plaintiff Judy Meisel – she just wants one answer