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WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman Paul Manafort will cooperate with the federal investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 election, a dramatic turnaround in a probe that the U.S.

WILMINGTON, N.C., (Reuters) – Heavy rain, gusting winds and rising floodwaters from Hurricane Florence deluged the Carolinas yesterday as the massive, slow-moving storm crept toward the coastline, threatening millions of people in its path with record rainfall and punishing surf.

(Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman Paul Manafort is nearing a plea deal with U.S.

HANOI/UNITED NATIONS,  (Reuters) – Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi said yesterday the jailing of two Reuters journalists had nothing to do with freedom of expression and that they can appeal against their seven-year sentences, prompting a sharp rebuke from the United States.

NEW DELHI,  (Reuters) – The Indian government has banned 328 combination drugs in a blow to both domestic and foreign pharmaceutical firms, but the ban has been cheered by health activists worried about growing antibiotic resistance due to the misuse of medicines.

ANDOVER, Mass., (Reuters) – Dozens of explosions, apparently triggered by a natural gas pipeline rupture, rocked three communities near Boston yesterday, injuring at least six people and prompting the evacuation of hundreds, local officials said.

SAN SALVADOR, (Reuters) – An El Salvador tribunal sentenced former President Antonio Saca to 10 years in prison yesterday after he pleaded guilty to embezzlement and money laundering charges involving more than $300 million of public funds.

WILMINGTON, N.C.,  (Reuters) – Hurricane Florence, growing in size despite its weakening winds yesterday, crept closer to the U.S.

GUATEMALA CITY,  (Reuters) – Guatemala deployed members of the feared Kaibil special forces unit yesterday to stop protesters from interrupting a session of parliament, triggering anger among opposition leaders who say President Jimmy Morales is using the military to cow critics.

GUATEMALA CITY,  (Reuters) – Thousands of people blocked a major highway in Guatemala’s western highlands while others protested in front of Congress yesterday to demand that President Jimmy Morales allow a U.N.-backed

CURITIBA, Brazil, (Reuters) – Brazil’s most popular politician, imprisoned former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, yesterday ended his legal battle to run for the top office in next month’s election.

KABUL,  (Reuters) – A suicide bomber in Afghanistan killed at least 32 people and wounded more than 120 at a demonstration yesterday on the highway between the eastern city of Jalalabad and the main border crossing into neighbouring Pakistan, officials said.

THE HAGUE,  (Reuters) – The International Criminal Court said on Tuesday it would “continue to do its work undeterred” a day after U.S.

WILMINGTON, N.C.,  (Reuters) – Hurricane Florence, on track to become the first Category 4 storm to make a direct hit on North Carolina in six decades, howled closer to shore yesterday, threatening to unleash deadly pounding surf, days of torrential rain and severe flooding.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – Russia is the main suspect in U.S. agencies’ investigation of mysterious illnesses in American personnel in Cuba and China, NBC News reported yesterday.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – The Trump administration yesterday threatened tough action against the International Criminal Court should it try to prosecute Americans for alleged war crimes in Afghanistan and said the PLO’s office in Washington would be closed for seeking to punish Israel through the court.

GUATEMALA CITY,  (Reuters) – Hundreds of peasant farmers and indigenous Maya blocked a major highway in Guatemala’s western highlands on Monday, demanding that President Jimmy Morales reverse a policy aimed at forcing a U.N.-backed

KARACHI/ISLAMABAD, (Reuters) – A Pakistani official’s critical comments about projects funded by China to the tune of billions of dollars rattled investors and sparked worries on Monday of a souring in ties, a day after Beijing’s top government diplomat concluded a visit.

CURITIBA, Brazil, (Reuters) – Brazil’s imprisoned former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva will not yet bow out of next month’s presidential race, waiting first to hear a Supreme Court decision on an appeal of his ban from running, his legal team said.

COPENHAGEN,  (Reuters) – Greenland yesterday picked Denmark as partner in a planned upgrade of two airports as it sought to defuse a diplomatic row over how the infrastructure projects, of strategic interest to both Washington and Beijing, should be financed.