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RIO DE JANEIRO,  (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – In the far west of Brazil’s Amazon, in Tabatinga, walls are scrawled with drug gang graffiti.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.,  (Reuters) – An engine-cooling problem forced NASA today to postpone for at least four days the debut test launch of the colossal new rocketship it plans to use for future astronaut flights back to the moon, more than 50 years after Apollo’s last lunar mission.

SAO PAULO,  (Reuters) – Brazil’s main presidential candidates took their gloves off yesterday and laid into each other in the first presidential debate for the October general election with accusations of corruption and threats to democracy.

KYIV,  (Reuters) – Russian artillery fired at Ukrainian towns across the river from the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant overnight, local officials said yesterday, adding to residents’ anguish as reports of shelling around the plant fuelled fears of a radiation disaster.

BOGOTA,  (Reuters) – Two journalists were shot to death by unknown assailants on a motorcycle, who attacked them while they were traveling in a car on a highway in northern Colombia, police said yesterday.

LIMA, (Reuters) – The sister-in-law of Peruvian President Pedro Castillo was given 30 months of pre-trial detention yesterday, the most serious escalation so far of a host of criminal investigations that have targeted the leader’s inner circle.

SANTIAGO,  (Reuters) – A week before Chileans vote on a proposed constitution that promises sweeping changes to the Andean country’s institutions, a controversial performance arguing for its passage went viral yesterday, offering ammunition to opponents and causing headaches for supporters.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – Police in Texas arrested a woman who they said shouted racial abuse at four Indian women in a viral video, telling them to “Go back to India,” in an incident brought to the attention of federal authorities.

NOIDA, India (Reuters) – Indian authorities demolished two illegally constructed skyscrapers in a wide plume of dust debris yesterday near the capital New Delhi, razing the tallest structures ever pulled down in the country in less than 10 seconds.

NOIDA, India (Reuters) – Indian authorities demolished two illegally constructed skyscrapers in a wide plume of dust debris today near the capital New Delhi, razing the tallest structures ever pulled down in the country in less than 10 seconds.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The U.S. intelligence community will assess the potential risk to national security of disclosure of materials recovered during the Aug.

KYIV, (Reuters) – Moscow and Kyiv traded fresh accusations yesterday of shelling around the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in Ukraine, which has been a focus of international concern that fighting in the area could trigger a disaster.

TUNIS, (Reuters) – Japan pledged $30 billion in aid for development in Africa on Yesterday, saying it wants to work more closely with the continent, with the rules-based international order under threat after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Britain’s Prince Charles has guest edited an edition of the country’s only Black newspaper to mark its 40th anniversary, honouring the contributions of African-Caribbean communities to the arts and society.

PESHAWAR/KABUL,  (Reuters) – Tens of thousands of people fled their homes in northern Pakistan today after a fast-rising river destroyed a major bridge, as deadly floods cause devastation across the country.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – The U.S. Justice Department yesterday disclosed that it was investigating former President Donald Trump for removing White House records because it believed he illegally held documents including some involving intelligence-gathering and clandestine human sources – among America’s most closely held secrets.

KYIV,  (Reuters) – Ukraine’s president on Friday said the situation at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant remains “very risky” after two of its six reactors were reconnected to the grid following shelling that caused Europe’s largest nuclear power plant to be disconnected for the first time in its history.

SINGAPORE/HOUSTON, (Reuters) – China has entrusted a defence-focussed state firm to ship millions of barrels of Venezuelan oil despite U.S.

HAVANA,  (Reuters) – Cuba said yesterday it sought U.S. technical assistance in cleaning up after a massive fire at an oil storage facility that killed 16 fire fighters.

HONG KONG/WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – Beijing and Washington took a major step yesterday towards ending a dispute that threatened to boot Chinese companies, including Alibaba, from U.S.