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WASHINGTON/BEIJING,  (Reuters) – Beijing is ready to resume trade talks with Washington, China’s ambassador to the United States Cui Tiankai said, as a top U.S.

GENEVA,  (Reuters) – Venezuelans fleeing political and economic crisis at home deserve protection as refugees, the United Nations said today, urging other states not to deport them.

(Reuters) – The U.S. government yesterday temporarily eased some trade restrictions imposed last week on China’s Huawei, a move that sought to minimize disruption for the telecom company’s customers around the world.

LOS ANGELES,  (Reuters) – Warning: This story contains spoilers for the final episode of “Game of Thrones.”

CARACAS,  (Reuters) – Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro yesterday proposed early elections for the National Assembly, which is headed by opposition leader Juan Guaido and is the sole body recognized as democratically legitimate by most Western nations.

(Reuters) – A U.S. judge yesterday ruled in favour of a U.S.

(Reuters) – The chairman of the U.S. House Judiciary Committee said in a television interview yesterday that his panel will hold the former White House counsel in contempt of Congress for not testifying.

COLOMBO,  (Reuters) – After coming under fire for not acting on warnings about Easter bombings that killed more than 250 people, Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena is now facing criticism over his leadership in the aftermath of the Islamist attacks.

NEW DELHI,  (Reuters) – Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to return to power with an even bigger majority in parliament after a mammoth general election that ended yesterday, exit polls showed, a far better showing than expected in recent weeks.

SAO PAULO,  (Reuters) – An armed group entered a bar in the Brazilian northern city of Belem yesterday and fired at patrons, killing 11 people and leaving one wounded, according to local media reports.

MARACAIBO/PUNTO FIJO, (Reuters) – Soldiers oversaw rationing of gasoline at service stations in several parts of Venezuela on Sunday as worsening fuel shortages forced angry drivers to wait for hours to fill their tanks, prompting protests in some areas.

RIYADH, (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump issued a new threat to Tehran yesterday, tweeting that a conflict would be the “official end” of Iran, as Saudi Arabia warned it stood ready to respond with “all strength” and said it was up to Iran to avoid war.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – Anti-money laundering specialists at Deutsche Bank AG recommended in 2016 and 2017 that multiple transactions involving entities controlled by President Donald Trump and his son-in-law, Jared Kushner, be reported to a federal financial-crimes watchdog, the New York Times reported yesterday.

RIYADH,  (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia said today that it wants to avert war in the region but stands ready to respond with “all strength” following last week’s attacks on Saudi oil assets, telling Iran that the ball was now in its court.

VIENNA, (Reuters) – Austria raced yesterday towards a snap election as Chancellor Sebastian Kurz pulled the plug on his coalition with the far right after its leader was caught on video offering to fix state contracts with a woman posing as a Russian oligarch’s niece.

LA PAZ, (Reuters) – Bolivian President Evo Morales launched his campaign for a fourth term yesterday in a remote coca-growing valley without addressing the biggest controversy in his bid – the fact that he is running at all.

SYDNEY/MELBOURNE,  (Reuters) – Australia’s Liberal-led conservative government was headed for a remarkable win at the national election early yesterday after uncovering a narrow path to victory that twisted through urban fringes and rural townships.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Britain’s Prime Minister Theresa May said she will present a “new bold offer” to lawmakers with “an improved package of measures” in a final attempt to get the Brexit Withdrawal Agreement Bill through parliament before she leaves office.

BASRA, Iraq/DUBAI,  (Reuters) – Exxon Mobil has evacuated all of its foreign staff, around 60 people, from Iraq’s West Qurna 1 oilfield and is flying them out to Dubai, a senior Iraqi official and three other sources told Reuters yesterday.

VIENNA, (Reuters) – Austria’s vice chancellor and longtime far-right leader, Heinz-Christian Strache, said today he was stepping down over “catastrophic” video footage of him that threatened to bring down the right-wing coalition government.