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WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – A second whistleblower has come forward with first-hand knowledge of President Donald Trump’s attempts to get the Ukrainian president to investigate a political rival, lawyers for the official said today.

HONG KONG,  (Reuters) – Hong Kong police and protesters clashed today as tens of thousands marched through the central city wearing face masks in defiance of colonial-era emergency powers which threaten them with a year in prison for hiding their faces.

WASHINGTON/ATHENS,  (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump yesterday opened a new front in the impeachment battle that threatens his administration, blasting a prominent member of his party for criticizing his push to get foreign nations to probe a leading Democratic rival.

STOCKHOLM,  (Reuters) – North Korea’s top negotiator said late yesterday that working-level nuclear talks in Sweden between officials from Pyongyang and Washington had broken off, dashing prospects for an end to months of stalemate.

SANTA CRUZ DE LA SIERRA, Bolivia,  (Reuters) – Hundreds of thousands of protesters marched through the streets of Bolivia’s largest city, turning up heat on President Evo Morales as they voiced outrage over his government’s response to wildfires that have razed broad swaths of the country’s forests this year.

CARACAS/MOSCOW,  (Reuters) – Russian Deputy Prime Minister Yuri Borisov was in Caracas yesterday to underline Moscow’s support for Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro that has helped him stay in power despite intense Western pressure to quit.

QUITO,  (Reuters) – Ecuadorean indigenous and union organizations kept protests going yesterday and promised no let-up in their push to overturn austerity measures by President Lenin Moreno’s government that have convulsed the nation for three days.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump yesterday signed a proclamation suspending entry of immigrants who will not be covered by health insurance within 30 days of entering the United States or do not have the means to pay for their healthcare costs themselves.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – U.S. House Democrats yesterday subpoenaed the White House for documents they want to see as part of their impeachment investigation of President Donald Trump.

BAGHDAD,  (Reuters) – One of Iraq’s most influential clerics called yesterday for the government to resign as the death toll rose to 65 in three days of violent national protests against official corruption.

HONG KONG,  (Reuters) – Hong Kong’s embattled leader Carrie Lam invoked colonial-era emergency powers last used more than 50 years ago yesterday, in a dramatic move that enraged protesters who took to the streets of the Chinese-ruled city within hours.

PORT-AU-PRINCE,  (Reuters) – Haitians armed with rocks, bottles and Molotov cocktails clashed with police yesterday as they called on President Jovenel Moise, blamed for a deep economic and political crisis in the troubled Caribbean country, to step down.

DAR ES SALAAM,  (Reuters) – Tanzanian president John Magufuli yesterday backed an official who sparked outrage and violated the country’s rules by beating more than a dozen students with a stick, and Magufuli urged parents and school teachers to do the same to build a disciplined nation.

QUITO,  (Reuters) – Ecuadorean protesters halted transport, barricaded streets and clashed with police for a second day yesterday as almost 370 people were jailed over unrest triggered by President Lenin Moreno’s scrapping of fuel subsidies.

HONG KONG, (Reuters) – Hong Kong’s embattled leader Carrie Lam invoked colonial-era emergency powers today for the first time in more than 50 years in a dramatic move intended to quell escalating violence in the Chinese-ruled city.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – President Donald Trump yesterday again invited foreign interference in a U.S.

LIMA,  (Reuters) – Peru’s centrist President Martin Vizcarra swore in a new Cabinet yesterday as a challenge to his leadership by dismissed lawmakers fizzled out, potentially ushering in a rare period of political calm in the South American nation.

HAVANA/MOSCOW,  (Reuters) – Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev lambasted the Trump administration today for trying to create a “toxic atmosphere” around Cuba, during a two-day trip to the island demonstrating Russia’s support for its Communist government.

NEW YORK,  (Reuters) – Ride-hailing company Uber Technologies Inc is taking to the air in New York City where users with a little cash to spare will soon be able to book helicopter flights to John F.

NEW YORK,  (Reuters) – Honduran politician Juan Antonio “Tony” Hernandez is accused of smuggling tons of cocaine into the United States for years under the protection of his brother, the Central American country’s current president, a U.S.