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BALTIMORE,  (Reuters) – Six workers were missing and presumed dead from a bridge that collapsed in Baltimore Harbor early yesterday after a massive cargo ship crippled by a power loss rammed into the structure, forcing the closure of one of the busiest ports on the U.S.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko said yesterday that the gunmen who attacked Moscow’s Crocus City Hall music venue on Friday tried initially to flee to Belarus, not Ukraine as Russian officials including President Vladimir Putin have insisted.

BUDAPEST,  (Reuters) –  Thousands of people protested in Budapest near parliament yesterday demanding the chief prosecutor and Prime Minister Viktor Orban resign after a former government insider accused a senior aide to Orban of trying interfere in a graft case.

PESHAWAR, Pakistan,  (Reuters) – A suicide bomber rammed a vehicle into a convoy of Chinese engineers working on a dam project in northwest Pakistan yesterday, killing six people, police said, the third major attack on Chinese interests in the South Asian country in a week.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – The U.S. is seeking to forfeit two New York City apartments a former  Mongolian prime minister bought with stolen mining funds, prosecutors said on Tuesday, as U.S.

LOS ANGELES,  (Reuters) – A lawyer for music mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs said yesterday the rapper was being targeted by a “witch hunt” after civil lawsuits accused him of sexual misconduct and federal authorities raided two of his properties.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange’s extradition to the United States from Britain was put on hold today after London’s High Court said the U.S.

BALTIMORE,  (Reuters) – A container ship smashed into a four-lane bridge in the U.S.

UNITED NATIONS/CAIRO,  (Reuters) – The United Nations Security Council adopted a resolution yesterday demanding an immediate ceasefire between Israel and Palestinian militants Hamas after the United States abstained from the vote, sparking a spat with its ally Israel.

MOSCOW,  (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin acknowledged yesterday that last week’s deadly attack at a concert outside Moscow was carried out by Islamic militants, but suggested it was also to the benefit of Ukraine and that Kyiv may have played a role.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – U.S. and British officials yesterday filed charges, imposed sanctions, and accused Beijing of a sweeping cyberespionage campaign that allegedly hit millions of people including lawmakers, academics and journalists, and companies including defense contractors.

(Reuters) – A New York judge’s decision yesterday to set an April 15 trial date for Donald Trump’s criminal hush-money case ups the odds the former president will face at least one verdict that could complicate his bid to retake the White House on Nov.

UNITED NATIONS,  (Reuters) – The United Nations Security Council adopted a resolution today demanding an immediate ceasefire between Israel and Palestinian militants Hamas and the release of all hostages after the United States abstained from the vote.

NEW YORK,  (Reuters) – Donald Trump won a bid today to pause his $454 million civil fraud judgment if he posts a smaller $175 million bond within 10 days, in a victory for the former U.S.

MOSCOW,  (Reuters) – Russia today cast doubt on assertions by the United States that the Islamic State militant group was responsible for a gun attack on a concert hall outside Moscow which killed 137 people and injured 182 more.

MANILA,5 (Reuters) – China warned the Philippines today  to behave cautiously and seek dialogue, saying their relations were at a “crossroads” as new confrontations between their coastguards over maritime claims deepened tensions.

KYIV (Reuters) – Russia struck critical infrastructure in Ukraine’s western region of Lviv with missiles early on Sunday, Kyiv said, in a major airstrike that saw one Russian cruise missile briefly fly into Polish airspace according to Warsaw.

QUITO (Reuters) – Ecuador’s youngest mayor, Brigitte Garcia, and a staffer were found shot dead in a car early on Sunday, said police in the South American country, which is in the grips of a wave of violence that authorities blame on drug trafficking National police said they were investigating the deaths of Garcia, the 27-year-old mayor of San Vicente, and Jairo Loor, her communications director, after the discovery of their bodies in the province of Manabi.

RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – Brazilian police arrested three people on Sunday, including a federal lawmaker and former police chief, accused of planning and ordering the 2018 murder of Rio de Janeiro city council member Marielle Franco and her driver.

(Reuters) – Pope Francis at the last minute skipped reading his homily during a Palm Sunday Mass for tens of thousands of people in St.