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UNITED NATIONS, (Reuters) – The United Nations estimates that about a quarter of Venezuelans are in need of humanitarian assistance, according to an internal U.N.

BUENOS AIRES, (Reuters) – Argentina’s poverty rate rose to just under a third in the second half of 2018 as the country was battered by an economic recession, a tumbling peso and soaring inflation that has outstripped wages.

LIMA,  (Reuters) – A government negotiating team sent to Peru’s southern copper belt to calm rising tensions at a Chinese-owned mine was repelled by indigenous protesters who hurled rocks at its helicopter on Wednesday, a government official said.

BRASILIA, (Reuters) – The Russian troops sent to Venezuela should leave if their purpose is to maintain the country’s leftist government in power, Brazilian Foreign Minister Ernesto Araujo said yesterday.

OTTAWA,  (Reuters) – Canada yesterday took a notably tougher line with China over its ban on Canadian imports of canola seed, saying Beijing had provided no scientific evidence to justify the move and was hurting its own reputation.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – The United States has instructed oil trading houses and refiners around the world to further cut dealings with Venezuela or face sanctions themselves, even if the trades are not prohibited by published U.S.

(Trinidad Guardian) Homicide investigators are hoping that Shervon Narad Mohammed survives the life-threatening wounds he suffered on Tuesday night so he can help piece together his shooting and the tragic murder of his friend Joseph Narine.

BRASILIA, (Reuters) – The Russian troops sent to Venezuela should leave if their purpose is to maintain the country’s leftist government in power, Brazilian Foreign Minister Ernesto Araujo said today.

MOSCOW,  (Reuters) – Members of the Russian military have arrived in Venezuela but will not take part in military operations, Venezuela’s military attache in Moscow was cited as saying by Interfax news agency on Thursday.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Theresa May failed to sway hardline opponents of her European Union divorce deal yesterday with an offer to quit, but parliament’s bid to agree an alternative fell short, leaving the Brexit process as deadlocked as ever.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump yesterday called on Russia to pull its troops from Venezuela and said that “all options” were open to make that happen.

NEW DELHI,  (Reuters) – India shot down one of its own satellites in low-Earth orbit with a ground-to-space missile yesterday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said, hailing his country’s first test of such weaponry as a breakthrough establishing it as a military space power.

TEGUCIGALPA,  (Reuters) – The United States said yesterday it had reached an agreement with three Central American countries to carry out joint police operations in the region, as the Trump administration seeks to stem the flow of migrants across its southern border.

(Reuters) – Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel said yesterday he wanted to “find out what happened” to cause prosecutors to abruptly drop charges against “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett, who was accused of staging a hoax hate crime to boost his career.

LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – Rapper Cardi B has admitted to drugging and robbing men while working as a stripper, but defended her past actions saying she had limited options at the time, and vowed to “be a better me” in the future.

(Reuters) – Facebook Inc yesterday banned praise, support and representation of white nationalism and white separatism on its social media platforms, a shift in policy after criticism by civil rights groups that it was failing to confront extremism.

CARACAS/VALENCIA, Venezuela,  (Reuters) – Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido yesterday called on supporters to take to the streets this weekend in protest of a major nationwide blackout that has left millions without power for three straight days.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump today called on Russia to pull its troops from Venezuela and warned that “all options” were open to make that happen.

NEW DELHI,  (Reuters) – India shot down one of its satellites in space with an anti-satellite missile today, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said, hailing the country’s first test of such technology as a major breakthrough that establishes it as a space power.

SAO PAULO,  (Reuters) – Brazil’s government has resumed studies to build a large hydroelectric power plant in the northern border state Roraima, which currently relies on the shaky Venezuelan grid, officials at state energy planning agency EPE told Reuters.