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NEW YORK,  (Reuters) – Lawyer Michael Avenatti pleaded not guilty yesterday to charges that he extorted Nike Inc , just hours after entering a not-guilty plea to defrauding porn star Stormy Daniels, the client who propelled him to fame as an outspoken adversary of U.S.

NEW DELHI,  (Reuters) – India will not invite Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan to the swearing-in of his Indian counterpart, Narendra Modi, two Indian government sources said, suggesting any early warming in ties between the nuclear-armed neighbours is unlikely.

VIENNA,  (Reuters) – Austrian conservative Chancellor Sebastian Kurz suffered the biggest setback of his meteoric career yesterday as parliament voted the 32-year-old’s government out of office in the wake of a video sting that blew up his coalition with the far right.

SAO PAULO,  (Reuters) – At least 40 prisoners in Brazil were found strangled to death yesterday in four jails in the Amazon jungle city of Manaus, where a fight between rival prison gangs resulted in 15 dead the day before, authorities said.

OTTAWA,  (Reuters) – Microsoft Corp and Facebook Inc have agreed to help boost the security of Canada’s October election by removing fake accounts and cracking down on bots, a top government official said yesterday.

TOKYO,  (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump’s comment signalling an announcement on trade in August probably reflected his hope for quick progress in negotiations, Japan’s Economy Minister Toshimitsu Motegi said yesterday.

BUCHAREST,  (Reuters) – Romania’s Supreme Court upheld a three-and-a-half year prison sentence for graft against ruling Social Democrat Party leader Liviu Dragnea today, one day after his party lost a European election to centrist groupings.

BRUSSELS,  (Reuters) – Parties committed to strengthening the European Union held on to two-thirds of seats in the EU parliament, official projections from the bloc’s elections showed yesterday, though far-right and nationalist opponents saw strong gains.

SAO PAULO/RIO DE JANEIRO,  (Reuters) – Supporters of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro marched on Sunday in support of his agenda and against lawmakers whom they see standing in his way, adding to tensions between the far-right leader and Congress.

LIMA,  (Reuters) – The presidents of Peru, Colombia, Ecuador and Bolivia criticized a recent decision by the organization that manages internet protocol to grant global retailer Amazon Inc the rights to the .amazon

SYDNEY/MELBOURNE,  (Reuters) – Political turmoil in Papua New Guinea threatened to delay a $13 billion plan to double the country’s gas exports, sending shares in one of the project’s partners, Oil Search Ltd, down nearly 4% yesterday.

YANGON,  (Reuters) – Myanmar has granted early release to seven soldiers jailed for the killing of 10 Rohingya Muslim men and boys during a 2017 military crackdown in the western state of Rakhine, two prison officials, two former fellow inmates and one of the soldiers told Reuters.

HONG KONG, (Reuters) – Thousands of protesters marched through central Hong Kong today  as part of annual demonstrations demanding that China be held accountable for its democracy crackdown in and around Tiananmen Square three decades ago.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – The contest to replace Theresa May as British prime minister hotted up yesterday with seven candidates now throwing their hat into the ring, saying they would succeed where she failed by taking a deeply-divided Britain out of the European Union.

MEXICO CITY,  (Reuters) – Mexico’s environment minister resigned yesterday after causing a commercial flight to be delayed, making her the second top official to depart from the government of President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador in less than a week.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump, engaged in personal attacks on House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi, retweeted a heavily edited video that falsely claimed the Democratic leader had difficulty speaking to reporters.

CANNES, France,  (Reuters) – “Parasite”, a wickedly humourous suspense movie about class struggles directed by South Korea’s Bong Joon-Ho, won the top Palme d’Or prize at the Cannes Film Festival yesterday, on a big night for newcomer filmmakers too.

(Reuters) – All airlines flying in and out of Canada will be required to compensate travelers for incidents like denied boarding or lost luggage, starting on July 15, Transport Minister Marc Garneau said at Pearson International Airport outside Toronto on Friday.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – The contest to replace Theresa May as British prime minister hotted up on Saturday with five candidates now vying for a job whose central task will be to find a way to take a divided Britain out of the European Union.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Fighting back tears, Theresa May said yesterday she would quit after failing to deliver Brexit, setting up a contest that will install a new British prime minister who could pursue a cleaner break with the European Union.