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LONDON,  (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has asked his attorney general whether parliament can be shut down for five weeks from Sept.

HONG KONG,  (Reuters) – Hong Kong police fired volleys of tear gas to break up anti-government protests in a gritty industrial suburb today after activists threw petrol bombs and bricks, as China freed a British consulate worker whose detention had fuelled tensions.

BRASILIA/BRUSSELS,  (Reuters) – European leaders yesterday threatened to tear up a trade deal with South America, reflecting growing international anger at Brazil as a record number of fires in the Amazon rainforest intensified an unfolding environmental crisis.

SEOUL,  (Reuters) – North Korea fired what appeared to be two short-range ballistic missiles into the sea off its east coast yesterday, the South Korean military said, the latest in a series of launches in recent weeks amid stalled denuclearisation talks.

WASHINGTON/BEIJING,  (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump yesterday lashed back at a new round of Chinese tariffs by heaping an additional 5% duty on some $550 billion in targeted Chinese goods in the latest tit-for-tat trade war escalation by the world’s two largest economies.

CHICAGO,  (Reuters) – A judge in Chicago yesterday named a special prosecutor to probe the case involving former “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett’s allegation that he was the victim of a racist attack, which authorities have ruled a hoax.

SAN PEDRO SULA, Honduras,  (Reuters) – Regional leaders yesterday called for “shock” investment in infrastructure in Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador to reduce the number of migrants flowing from the three economically fragile countries, bound for the United States.

UNITED NATIONS,  (Reuters) – Sexual violence committed by Myanmar troops against Rohingya women and girls in 2017 indicated the military’s genocidal intent to destroy the mainly Muslim ethnic minority, United Nations investigators said in a report released on Thursday.

BRASILIA/SAO PAULO,  (Reuters) – Amid growing international criticism over the wildfires raging through the Amazon, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro yesterday admitted farmers could be illegally setting the rainforest ablaze but told foreign powers not to interfere.

(Reuters) – GlaxoSmithKline’s experimental HIV injection is as effective when given every other month as monthly, according to a study, a convenience that could help the British drugmaker in its battle against a rival drug from Gilead Sciences.GSK’s

MOSCOW,  (Reuters) – Russian state oil major Rosneft has become the main trader of Venezuelan crude, shipping oil to buyers in China and India and helping Caracas offset the loss of traditional dealers who are avoiding it for fear of breaching U.S.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Action movie hero Dwayne Johnson, star of the “Jumanji” and “Fast and Furious” franchises, topped the annual list of the world’s highest-paid actors, Forbes magazine reported on Wednesday.

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Former Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein is scheduled to be arraigned on Monday morning on an indictment in connection with his upcoming criminal trial, a spokesman for the Manhattan district attorney said on Thursday.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – The White House will not move forward with plans to cut billions of dollars in foreign aid, U.S.

MOSCOW, (Reuters) – Russian state oil major Rosneft has become the main trader of Venezuelan crude, shipping oil to buyers in China and India and helping Caracas offset the loss of traditional dealers who are avoiding it for fear of breaching U.S.

BRASILIA/RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – Brazil’s far-right President Jair Bolsonaro yesterday accused non-governmental organisations of burning down the Amazon rainforest to hurt his government, as a growing global outcry against the wildfires raged through social media.

BERLIN (Reuters) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel yesterday challenged Britain to come up with alternatives to the Irish border backstop within 30 days, but French President Emmanuel Macron cautioned there would be no renegotiation of the Brexit deal.

HARARE (Reuters) – Phelekezela Mphoko, a former deputy to ousted Zimbabwe president Robert Mugabe, was charged yesterday with criminal abuse of office, his lawyer said, in the latest move by the new anti-corruption commission.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said yesterday that his administration was seriously looking at ending the right of citizenship for U.S.-born

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said yesterday he was considering scaling back an effort that could have cut billions of dollars in foreign aid and would decide on the proposal – which faces strong opposition in Congress – within days.