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MANAGUA,  (Reuters) – A Nicaraguan opposition group claimed responsibility yesterday for “military actions,” after a series of small explosions struck the country, including one that damaged a bridge leading to Nicaragua’s most important port.

UNITED NATIONS,  (Reuters) – Banks with more than $47 trillion in assets, or a third of the global industry, adopted new U.N.-backed

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – If an investigation shows that President Donald Trump pressured Ukraine to investigate former Vice President Joe Biden, the U.S.

HOUSTON,  (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi shared a stage and showered each other with praise yesterday at a “Howdy, Modi!”

DAR ES SALAAM,  (Reuters) – Tanzania is refusing to provide detailed information on suspected Ebola cases, the World Health Organization (WHO) said in a rare public rebuke as the region struggles with an outbreak already declared a global health emergency.

HOUSTON,  (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi shared a stage and showered each other with praise today at a “Howdy, Modi!”

CONCEPCION, Bolivia,  (Reuters) – Bolivian volunteer firefighters, exhausted from battling blazes sweeping rapidly across the country’s lowlands, are starting to lose hope and retreat from the front lines of some infernos in the drought-stricken region.

DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran will pursue any aggressor, even it carries out a limited attack, and seek to destroy it, the head of the elite Revolutionary Guards said yesterday, after attacks on Saudi oil sites which Riyadh and U.S

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – From grasslands to seashores to forests and backyards, birds are disappearing at an alarming rate in the United States and Canada, with a 29% population drop since 1970 and a net loss of about 2.9 billion birds, scientists said on Thursday.

BOGOTA (Reuters) – Colombian President Ivan Duque called yesterday for coordinated international sanctions targeting Venezuela to help stop President Nicolas Maduro’s support for Colombian rebels and drug traffickers from destabilising Latin America.

(Reuters) – Millions of young people flooded the streets of cities around the world yesterday to demand political leaders take urgent steps to stop climate change, uniting in a worldwide protest inspired by 16-year-old Swedish activist Greta Thunberg.

HAVANA,  (Reuters) – Cuba is deploying oxen to replace tractors, using wood instead of gas at many state bakeries and advising citizens to save electricity by making the most of daylight as it grapples with an acute fuel shortage amid U.S.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – A political battle over a classified whistleblower complaint about U.S.

COLOMBO,  (Reuters) – China’s state-run Aerospace Long-March International Trade Co (ALIT) yesterday rejected Sri Lanka President Maithripala Sirisena’s allegation of misappropriating 2 billion rupees ($11 million) in a deal to work on the construction of South Asia’s tallest tower.

ABUJA,  (Reuters) – Nigeria’s anti-fraud office yesterday charged a former petroleum ministry official with accepting bribes and failing to follow protocol over an ill-fated gas deal that has left the government facing a disputed bill of more than $9 billion.

 (Reuters) – Two shootings in Washington, D.C. left two people dead and seven injured late on Thursday, reports by police and several media outlets said, as authorities on Friday hunted for a pair of suspects from one of the attacks likely armed with an assault rifle.

DUBAI,  (Reuters) – The United States said yesterday it was building a coalition to deter Iranian threats following a weekend attack on Saudi Arabian oil facilities.

LONDON, (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson could suspend parliament again even if the Supreme Court rules that his original suspension, or prorogation, was unlawful, a court document tweeted by an opposition lawyer showed today.

HONG KONG,  (Reuters) – Amnesty International accused Hong Kong police yesterday of torture and other abuses in their handling of more than three months of pro-democracy protests, but the police say they have shown restraint on the street in the face of increased violence.

CHICAGO,  (Reuters) – U.S. health officials said yesterday there are now 530 confirmed and probable cases and seven deaths from severe lung-related illnesses tied to vaping, and there are no signs that the outbreak is easing.