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Midweek Roundup: White House Rethinks Cuba Sanctions, UK Treasury Minister Quits, and More

The White House plans to revoke Cuba's designation as a state sponsor of terrorism as part of a deal to free more than 500 political prisoners, the Associated Press reported. More U.K. Treasury Minister Tulip Siddiq resigned under repeated questioning over her financial links to the ousted Bangladeshi government run by her aunt, Sheikh Hasina, despite being cleared of having broken any rules, the Guardian reported. More Siddiq, whose brief included combating illicit finance, drew criticism from anti-graft campaigners prior to her resignation and was named as a person of interest in a corruption investigation launched by the new Bangladeshi...

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