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MEXICO CITY,  (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Mexico City lawmakers have given the green light to decriminalize sex work in the capital, hoping it will be a first step to a crackdown on sex trafficking that traps thousands of Mexican women and children.

MEXICO CITY,  (Reuters) – Mexico’s president and the top U.S. business lobbying group called on President Donald Trump to back down from a threat to impose punitive tariffs on Mexican imports, in a dispute over migration that could shock Mexico’s economy.

(Reuters) – A disgruntled public utility employee opened fire on co-workers at city offices in Virginia Beach, Virginia, yesterday afternoon, killing 11 people and wounding at least six others before he was fatally shot by police, authorities said.

BRASILIA,  (Reuters) – Brazil withdrew an invitation to the envoy for Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido to present her diplomatic credentials, she said yesterday, and the government in Brasilia said it would decide later whether to accept them.

SEOUL,  (Reuters) – North Korea executed its nuclear envoy to the United States as part of a purge of officials who steered negotiations for a failed summit between leader Kim Jong Un and U.S.

OXON HILL, MD.,  (Reuters) – Eight young super spellers beat the dictionary to be crowned co-winners of the Scripps National Spelling Bee, in what officials said was a first since the U.S.

 (Reuters) – A disgruntled city employee opened fire at the municipal center in Virginia Beach, Virginia, this afternoon, killing 11 people and wounding at least six others before he was killed himself, the city’s police chief said.

OXON HILL, MD.,  (Reuters) – Eight young super spellers beat the dictionary to be crowned co-winners of the Scripps National Spelling Bee, in what officials said was a first since the U.S.

MECCA, Saudi Arabia, (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia’s king told an emergency Arab summit yesterday that decisive action was needed to stop Iranian “escalations” in the region following attacks on Gulf oil assets, as American officials said a U.S.

JERUSALEM,  (Reuters) – Israeli lawmakers voted to dissolve parliament yesterday, paving the way for a new election after veteran Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu failed to form a coalition government before a midnight deadline.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – President Donald Trump, incensed by a surge of illegal immigrants across the southern border, vowed yesterday to impose a tariff on all goods coming from Mexico starting at 5% and ratcheting higher until the flow of border-crossers ceases.

NEW YORK,  (Reuters) – U.S. authorities have targeted Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez in an investigation of large-scale drug trafficking and money laundering, a recent court filing shows.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – The International Monetary Fund suspended work with Venezuela on its economic data in January because of questions about the legitimacy of the government, the IMF said yesterday, two days after the central bank reported its first data in nearly four years.

MEXICO CITY,  (Reuters) – The charges against former Pemex Chief Executive Emilio Lozoya, who is wanted in a major Mexican anti-corruption investigation, are for money laundering, Mexican newspaper Reforma reported yesterday.

MANILA, (Reuters) – The jewellery of former Philippine first lady Imelda Marcos, famed for her extravagant spending and vast shoe collection, will go on sale with the proceeds going to benefit the Philippine public, the president’s spokesman said yesterday.

JERUSALEM,  (Reuters) – Israeli lawmakers voted to dissolve parliament today, paving the way for a new election after veteran Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu failed to form a coalition government before a midnight deadline.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – U.S. Special Counsel Robert Mueller said yesterday his probe into Russian interference in the 2016 election was never going to end with criminal charges against President Donald Trump but he did not clear him and indicated it was up to Congress to decide whether he should be impeached.

MEXICO CITY,  (Reuters) – The impact of a first major anti-corruption drive by Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador spread deep into the political class yesterday as the probe threatened to involve top officials in the last government, including the president.

BRASILIA, (Reuters) – An attempt by Brazil’s far-right President Jair Bolsonaro and lawmakers backed by big agriculture to weaken environmental laws protecting the Amazon forest and other biomes has failed, as Congress will not vote into law a decree that weakened existing legislation.

OSLO/CARACAS,  (Reuters) – Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido vowed to press ahead with street protests after talks with government officials hosted by Norway ended yesterday without progress towards resolving the South American country’s long-running political crisis.