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SAN FRANCISCO, (Reuters) – The account of Twitter Inc Chief Executive Jack Dorsey was hacked yesterday afternoon, sending public tweets and retweets including racial slurs and curse words to 4 million followers before Twitter secured the account.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – After more than 1,000 days of political brawling, hordes of headlines and dizzying lurches in sterling, the battle of Brexit enters the endgame.

BEIJING,  (Reuters) – Factory activity in China shrank in August for the fourth month in a row, official data showed yesterday, as the United States ramped up tariff pressure and domestic demand remained sluggish.

SYDNEY,  (Reuters) – Australian universities will be required to work with security agencies to ensure they guard against undue foreign interference, Minister for Education Dan Tehan said on Wednesday.

NAIROBI (Reuters) – Seven eggs from the world’s last two remaining northern white rhinos have been successfully fertilised artificially, reviving hopes of saving the endangered animals, scientists said last Monday.

GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) – The death toll from Democratic Republic of Congo’s year-long Ebola outbreak has climbed above 2,000, government data showed on Friday, as responders battle to overcome community mistrust and widespread security problems.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – After more than 1,000 days of political brawling, hordes of headlines and dizzying lurches in sterling, the battle of Brexit enters the endgame.

MIAMI/NEW YORK,  (Reuters) – Florida residents yesterday were bracing for a hurricane that was threatening to smack into the centre of the state over the Labor Day weekend, and President Donald Trump said it appeared the storm’s winds would be “unbelievably high.”

LONDON,  (Reuters) – A large scientific study into the biological basis of sexual behaviour has confirmed there is no single “gay gene” but that a complex mix of genetics and environment affects whether a person has same-sex sexual partners.

BOGOTA, (Reuters) – A group of former rebels from the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) said in a video posted overnight that they will embark on a new offensive, threatening to resume five decades of armed conflict against the government.

BRASILIA/RIO DE JANEIRO,  (Reuters) – Fires in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest have receded slightly since President Jair Bolsonaro sent in the military to help battle the blazes, but international fallout accelerated as a major shoemaker said it would not buy supplies from Brazil.

SEOUL, (Reuters) – North Korea’s parliament has approved changes to the country’s constitution to solidify leader Kim Jong Un’s role as head of state, official state media said on Thursday.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – The opposition Labour Party said yesterday it would trigger an emergency debate in parliament next week to try to stop Prime Minister Boris Johnson taking Britain out of the European Union without a withdrawal deal.

MIAMI, (Reuters) – President Donald Trump on Thursday canceled a trip to Poland and Florida’s governor expanded a state of emergency due to Hurricane Dorian, which is forecast to strengthen into a highly dangerous Category 4 storm during the weekend before hitting the state’s Atlantic coast with heavy rains and strong winds.

JAKARTA, (Reuters) – Protesters in Indonesia’s easternmost region of Papua set buildings ablaze today, forcing the state power firm to cut off electricity in parts of the provincial capital of Jayapura, state media and an executive of the utility said.

LONDON, (Reuters) – A forgery crisis is quietly roiling the world’s gold industry.

(Reuters) – President Donald Trump lashed out at Puerto Rico yesterday, calling it “one of the most corrupt places on earth” before an approaching hurricane skirted the U.S.

MELBOURNE/BEIJING,  (Reuters) – Waste from a nickel plant in Papua New Guinea owned by Metallurgical Corporation of China spilled into the adjacent Basamuk Bay over the weekend, three sources told Reuters yesterday.

BOGOTA,  (Reuters) – The United States said yesterday it will provide thousands of doses of HIV medication to treat Venezuelans in Colombia as part of regional efforts to manage care for millions of migrants fleeing the crisis-hit nation.

LONDON, (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson moved to limit parliament’s opportunity to derail Brexit by cutting the amount of time it sits between now and EU exit day on Oct.