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TEOTIHUACAN, Mexico, (Reuters) – A Mexican archeologist hunting for a royal tomb in a deep, dark tunnel beneath a towering pre-Aztec pyramid has made a discovery that may have brought him a step closer: liquid mercury.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is investigating a possible Islamic State-inspired terrorism plot in the United States, CNN reported yesterday, quoting law enforcement officials.

ABIDJAN (Reuters) – The five parties in Ivory Coast’s ruling coalition named President Alassane Ouattara as their candidate for an election in October in which he is expected to win a second five-year term.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Russian hackers who penetrated sensitive parts of the White House computer system last year read President Barack Obama’s unclassified emails, the New York Times reported yesterday, quoting US officials.

KATHMANDU, (Reuters) – A powerful earthquake struck Nepal and sent tremors through northern India today, killing hundreds of people, toppling a 19th-century tower in the Nepalese capital Kathmandu and triggering a fatal avalanche on Mount Everest.

LONDON, (Reuters) – The United Nations human rights chief yesterday called on Britain to tackle hate speech in the tabloid press after a columnist compared migrants to “cockroaches” and advocated using gunboats to stop them from coming to Europe.

HOUSTON/NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Venezuela, struggling to pay for essential items such as food and medicine amid strict foreign currency controls, may have failed to collect about a third of its potential oil revenue in 2014, a Reuters analysis suggests.

LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – A woman considered a material witness in an investigation by U.S.

YEREVAN, (Reuters) – Armenia marked the centenary yesterday of a mass killing of Armenians by Ottoman Turks with a simple flower-laying ceremony attended by foreign leaders as Germany became the latest country to respond to its calls for recognition that it was genocide.

BUJUMBURA/NAIROBI, (Reuters) – Any move by Burundi’s president to run for a third five-year term risks undermining a peace deal that has kept the African nation calm since civil war ended a decade ago and could stoke tensions in a region blighted by ethnic conflict.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – A U.S. drone strike in January targeting an al Qaeda compound in Pakistan near the Afghan border inadvertently killed an American and an Italian who had been held hostage for years by the group, U.S.

CHARLOTTE, N.C., (Reuters) – Former U.S. military commander and CIA director David Petraeus was sentenced to two years of probation and ordered to pay a$100,000 fine but was spared prison time yesterday after pleading guilty to mishandling classified information.

MOSCOW, (Reuters) – Russia and Argentina signed documents deepening energy cooperation yesterday, underlining Moscow’s drive to develop ties with South America since coming under Western sanctions over the Ukraine crisis.

COLOMBO, (Reuters) – Sri Lankan police detained the younger brother of former president Mahinda Rajapaksa on Wednesday on suspicion of misappropriating state funds, the first arrest of a member of the once-powerful family.

MEXICO CITY, (Reuters) – Mexico’s Congress has approved an anti-corruption law that could help relieve pressure on President Enrique Pena Nieto’s scandal-plagued government.

TEGUCIGALPA, (Reuters) – The Supreme Court of Honduras yesterday struck down a law that banned presidents from seeking a second term, paving the way for their re-election, a contentious issue at the heart of a coup six years ago.

TOKYO/JAKARTA, (Reuters) – Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe held talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping on the sidelines of a summit in Indonesia yesterday, the latest sign of a thaw between the Asian rivals that came despite an awkward diplomatic backdrop.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Puerto Rico’s top finance officials said the government of the U.S.

VATICAN CITY, (Reuters) – Pope Francis will visit Cuba en route to the United States in September, the Vatican said yesterday, capping his success in bringing the former enemies together after more than half a century of frozen antagonism.

TEGUCIGALPA, (Reuters) – Honduran security forces foiled an international plan last year by drug traffickers to assassinate President Juan Hernandez after he launched a crackdown on organized crime, the government said yesterday.