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URUAPAN, Mexico (Reuters) – Mexican authorities said yesterday they are investigating the possible murder of a tour guide working at a famous butterfly reserve in the western state of Michoacan, just two days after its former environmental activist was buried.

SHANGHAI,  (Reuters) – China faced mounting isolation from international travel curbs and flight suspensions today as the death toll from a spreading coronavirus outbreak rose to 259.

BEIJING/SHANGHAI,  (Reuters) – The total number of deaths from a coronavirus epidemic in China had reached 259 by the end of yesterday, an increase of 46, state broadcaster CCTV said, citing numbers from the country’s National Health Commission.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – The United Kingdom finally cast off from the European Union yesterday for an uncertain future, with Brexiteers claiming victory and popping champagne corks for an “independence day” they said marked a new era for the country.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – The U.S. Senate yesterday voted against calling witnesses and collecting new evidence in President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial, clearing the way for Trump’s almost certain acquittal next week.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump issued an expanded version of his travel ban yesterday that targets prospective immigrants from Nigeria and five other countries, a move that could affect thousands of people and reignite debate on whether the policy is discriminatory.

PARIS/LONDON/WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – Airbus bribed public officials and hid the payments as part of a pattern of worldwide corruption, prosecutors said yesterday as the European planemaker agreed a record $4 billion settlement with France, Britain and the United States.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – The U.S. Senate today voted against calling witnesses and collecting new evidence in President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial, clearing the way for Trump’s almost certain acquittal in the coming days.

EL ROSARIO, Mexico  (Reuters) – Surrounded by the millions of monarch butterflies that Mexican environmental activist Homero Gomez fought to protect until his mysterious death, relatives and friends paid tribute to him today.

LONDON, (Reuters) – A coronavirus outbreak in China could cut oil demand by over 250,000 barrels per day (bpd) in the first quarter of this year and drag on oil prices already beleaguered by oversupply, analysts and traders say.

SHANGHAI/BEIJING,  (Reuters) – The U.S. government warned Americans not to travel to China as the death toll from a new coronavirus reached 213 yesterday and the World Health Organization (WHO) declared a global health emergency.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – Democrats appeared to have fallen short yesterday in their bid to secure the votes needed to call witnesses in President Trump’s impeachment trial, clearing the way for Trump’s likely acquittal as early as this weekend.

BEIJING/GENEVA,  (Reuters) – The World Health Organization (WHO) said today  it was declaring the China coronavirus outbreak that has killed 170 people in China a global emergency, as cases spread to 18 countries.

BEIJING,  (Reuters) – Hundreds of foreign evacuees from the Chinese city of Wuhan entered quarantine on Thursday as deaths from a fast-spreading virus rose to 170 and markets shuddered at the impact of an inevitable big hit to the world’s No.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – A Democratic push to force Republicans to accept witnesses at President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial in the U.S.

LONDON/MONTREAL,  (Reuters) – Global airlines yesterday suspended or scaled back more direct flights to China’s major cities amid an increase in travel warnings and decline in demand from passengers due to a growing outbreak of coronavirus.

SAN SALVADOR,  (Reuters) – The U.S. State Department yesterday issued a public designation for 13 current and former Salvadoran military officials for what it called gross human rights violations during El Salvador’s civil war three decades ago.

BOGOTA, (Reuters) – Colombia will allow hundreds of thousands of Venezuelan migrants to legalize their presence in the country through work permits meant to bring them into the legal economy, the government said yesterday.

JOHANNESBURG,  (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Facing destitution when her marriage broke down, 72-year-old Agnes Sithole went to court to challenge a sexist law – and won not only a share of her husband’s property but a legal victory that will protect some 400,000 other black South African women.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – Amid uncertainty over the question of whether to call witnesses in President Donald Trump’s Senate impeachment trial, his legal team wrapped up its opening arguments on Tuesday with an appeal for a quick acquittal.