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BENGALURU,  (Reuters) – India lost contact with a spacecraft it was attempting to land on the moon yesterday, the chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) said, in a setback to the nation’s ambitious plans to become the first country to probe the unexplored lunar south pole.

SAN SALVADOR,  (Reuters) – Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele yesterday unveiled a new independent commission to tackle corruption, taking inspiration from a U.N.-backed

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – An American Airlines mechanic was ordered temporarily detained yesterday after he was charged with purposely damaging an aircraft in July amid a dispute between the airline and its mechanics union involving stalled contract negotiations.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson acted lawfully when he ordered the suspension of parliament for five weeks before Brexit, London’s High Court ruled today, but it allowed the legal challenge to be taken to the Supreme Court.

(Reuters) – Zimbabwe’s Robert Mugabe was feted as an African liberation hero and champion of racial reconciliation when he first came to power in a nation divided by nearly a century of white colonial rule.

MARSH HARBOUR, Bahamas,  (Reuters) – Richard Johnson said his six-year-old brother Adrian was just too small to withstand Hurricane Dorian.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Major oil companies have approved $50 billion of projects since last year that will not be economically viable if governments implement the Paris Agreement on climate change, think-tank Carbon Tracker said in a report published yesterday.

WASHINGTON/BEIJING,  (Reuters) – China and the United States yesterday agreed to hold high-level talks in early October in Washington, cheering investors hoping for a trade war thaw as new U.S.

WAKEFIELD, England,  (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s plan to kick off what is in effect an election campaign casting parliament as the enemy of Brexit was overshadowed yesterday when his younger brother quit the government, citing the national interest.

LOS ANGELES,  (Reuters) – Rapper Nicki Minaj took fans by surprise on Thursday with an announcement that she was retiring from the music business to “have my family.”

LOS ANGELES,  (Reuters) – Eleven more women have accused Spanish opera star Placido Domingo of sexual misconduct, allegations that the leading tenor described yesterday as “riddled with inconsistencies.”

LONDON,  (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s younger brother, Jo, has resigned as a junior minister and said he would also step down as a lawmaker, citing a conflict between family loyalty and the national interest.

NASSAU, Bahamas,  (Reuters) – Survivors of Hurricane Dorian in the Bahamas thronged rescue helicopters  yesterday and the United Nations said 70,000 people needed immediate humanitarian relief after one of the most powerful Caribbean storms on record devastated the island group.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – The British parliament voted yesterday to prevent Prime Minister Boris Johnson taking Britain out of the European Union without a deal on Oct.

HONG KONG, (Reuters) – Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam yesterday withdrew an extradition bill that triggered months of often violent protests so the Chinese-ruled city can move forward from a “highly vulnerable and dangerous” place and find solutions.

TEGUCIGALPA,  (Reuters) – The former first lady of Honduras Rosa Elena Bonilla, wife of ex-president Porfirio Lobo, was sentenced yesterday to 58 years in jail on charges of fraud and undue appropriation of funds, a spokesman for the nation’s highest court said.

BEIJING,  (Reuters) – China and the United States agreed to hold high-level trade talks in early October in Washington, China’s commerce ministry said yesterday, amid fears that an escalating trade war could trigger a global economic recession.

GUATEMALA CITY, (Reuters) – Guatemala’s government yesterday declared a state of siege in five northeastern provinces in an effort to regain control after three soldiers were killed by suspected drug traffickers, authorities said.

BOGOTA,  (Reuters) – The United States will give an additional $120 million in humanitarian assistance to help Latin America cope with the arrival of millions of Venezuelan migrants fleeing a crushing economic crisis, the State Department said yesterday.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – A U.S. judge ruled yesterday that a federal government database of people identified as “known or suspected terrorists” violates the constitutional rights of those placed on the watchlist, the New York Times reported.