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WELLINGTON,  (Reuters) – Huawei Technologies Co Ltd said it was seeking clarification from New Zealand after the country’s intelligence agency rejected the telecommunication industry’s first request to use the Chinese firm’s equipment in its planned 5G mobile network.

TIJUANA, Mexico,8 (Reuters) – Thousands of Central American migrants are digging in for a long haul at a filthy, overcrowded sports complex in sight of the United States, while a small number have opted to return home after clashes with border forces dimmed hopes of crossing. 

JAKARTA,  (Reuters) – A Lion Air jet that crashed into the sea off Indonesia last month was not in an airworthy condition on its second-to-last flight, when pilots experienced similar problems to those on its doomed last journey, investigators said on Wednesday.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump threatened yesterday to eliminate subsidies for General Motors Co in retaliation for the automaker cutting U.S.

NAIROBI,  (Reuters) – Tanzanian President John Magufuli, who has faced threats in recent weeks from Western donors to cut off aid in response to human rights concerns, said on Tuesday he prefers assistance from China, as Beijing imposes fewer conditions.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – President Donald Trump’s former campaign manager, Paul Manafort, staunchly denied ever meeting with Wikileaks founder Julian Assange yesterday, after the Guardian newspaper published a story alleging the two met at least three times, including once in 2016.

MEXICO CITY,  (Reuters) – Mexico’s outgoing government announced on Tuesday that it will bestow the country’s top honor for foreigners on Jared Kushner, U.S.

NEW YORK,  (Reuters) – New York State’s highest court said yesterday that the U.S.

LUXEMBOURG,  (Reuters) – Britain can unilaterally reverse its decision to leave the European Union, an urgent hearing of Europe’s top court was told today in a case supporters of EU membership hope could pave the way to a second referendum and ultimately stop Brexit.

MOSCOW/KIEV,  (Reuters) – Ukraine yesterday imposed martial law for 30 days in parts of the country most vulnerable to an attack from Russia after President Petro Poroshenko warned of the “extremely serious” threat of a land invasion.

NEW YORK,  (Reuters) – Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman Paul Manafort breached his plea deal by lying to federal investigators, according to a court filing yesterday, in a potential setback to the special counsel’s probe into Russia’s meddling in the 2016 U.S.

WASHINGTON/TIJUANA, Mexico,  (Reuters) – President Donald Trump said yesterday Mexico should send Central American migrants seeking asylum in the United States back to their homelands, a day after U.S.

NEW YORK,  (Reuters) – Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman was “the boss” of Mexico’s Sinaloa Cartel, a witness told jurors in the accused Mexican drug lord’s trial in Brooklyn federal court yesterday, contradicting the claim by Guzman’s lawyers that his dominance of the drug trade was a myth.

DETROIT,  (Reuters) – General Motors Co said yesterday it will cut production of slow-selling models and slash its North American workforce because of a declining market for traditional gas-powered sedans, shifting more investment to electric and autonomous vehicles.

BRUSSELS,  (Reuters) – European Union leaders finally sealed a Brexit deal yesterday, saying the package agreed with Prime Minister Theresa May was the best Britain will get in a warning to the British parliament not to reject it.

MOSCOW/KIEV,  (Reuters) – Russia seized three Ukrainian naval ships off the coast of Russia-annexed Crimea yesterday after opening fire on them and wounding several sailors, a move that risks igniting a dangerous new crisis between the two countries.

TIJUANA, Mexico,  (Reuters) – U.S. authorities shut the country’s busiest border crossing and fired tear gas into Mexico yesterday to repel Central American migrants approaching the border after U.S.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – Mexico’s incoming government has agreed to back the Trump administration’s plan to change U.S.

BRUSSELS,  (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Theresa May will seal a Brexit package deal with European Union leaders in Brussels today after an agreement to reassure Madrid on a future say on Gibraltar lifted a threat of a Spanish veto.

MALE,  (Reuters) – One week after taking power, the new government of the Maldives says it has no idea how much it owes China, which has led a construction spree in the tiny Indian Ocean nation, but fears the debts run up in the past five years could be unsustainable.