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TAMPA, Fla./WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump yesterday urged Florida election officials to end a recount and declare his fellow Republicans the winners of disputed races in last week’s elections, while Democrats picked up a U.S.

RIO DE JANEIRO,  (Reuters) – The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) yesterday expressed concerns about the state and outlook for rights in Brazil, singling out for particular worry some of the signature campaign issues of far-right President-elect Jair Bolsonaro.

LOS ANGELES,  (Reuters) – Stan Lee, who dreamed up Spider-Man, Iron Man, the Hulk, Black Panther and a cavalcade of other Marvel Comics superheroes that became mythic figures in pop culture with soaring success at the movie box office, died at the age of 95, his daughter said on Monday.

YANGON,  (Reuters) – Amnesty International has withdrawn its most prestigious human rights prize from Aung San Suu Kyi, accusing the Myanmar leader of perpetuating human rights abuses by not speaking out about violence against the Rohingya Muslim minority.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Theresa May said yesterday that there were still considerable unresolved issues with the European Union over Brexit as the two sides approached the “endgame” in negotiations for departure from the bloc.

COLOMBO, (Reuters) – Eight Western countries stayed away from a meeting with Sri Lanka’s government yesterday to register their protest against President Maithripala Sirisena’s decision to dissolve parliament, diplomatic and government sources said.

PARIS,  (Reuters) – French President Emmanuel Macron led tributes to the millions of soldiers killed in World War One yesterday, using an emotional ceremony in Paris attended by scores of world leaders to warn against nationalism a century on from the conflict.

COLOMBO,  (Reuters) – Sri Lanka’s new prime minister Mahinda Rajapaksa and 44 former lawmakers have defected from the party led by President Maithripala Sirisena, splitting with the president barely two weeks after he installed Rajapaksa in office.

LONDON,  (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Most big companies operating in sectors at high risk of labour abuses are failing to meet human rights standards set by the United Nations, according to an analysis of 100 major companies published yesterday.

DAR ES SALAAM,  (Reuters) – Tanzania’s President John Magufuli said the government could buy up the country’s cashew nut stock after he fired two ministers and dissolved the industry regulator in a row over the price of the commodity.

(Reuters) – Florida will hold a machine recount of votes in its neck-and-neck races for the U.S.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Four British ministers who back remaining in the European Union are on the verge of quitting Theresa May’s government over Brexit, the Sunday Times reported, as pressures built on the prime minister from all sides.

QUERETARO, Mexico,  (Reuters) – Hundreds of Central American migrants resumed their march north through Mexico yesterday, en route to the U.S.

ISTANBUL,  (Reuters) – Turkey has given recordings related to the killing of Jamal Khashoggi to Germany, France and Britain, President Tayyip Erdogan said yesterday, seeking to maintain international pressure on Riyadh over the Saudi journalist’s death.

COLOMBO,  (Reuters) – Sri Lanka President Maithripala Sirisena’s decision to dissolve parliament, worsening an already major political crisis, has drawn criticism from Western powers, including the United States and the European Union.

HAVANA (Reuters) – Cuban artists and international rights activists are pushing the government to revise legislation due to take effect in December that they fear will hamper creativity and increase censorship on the Communist-run island.

COLOMBO,  (Reuters) – Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena dissolved parliament last night and called a general election for Jan.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – U.S. Senate Democrats are considering legal action over President Donald Trump’s appointment of a new acting attorney general, congressional sources said yesterday, as some outside experts called the move unconstitutional.

WINNIPEG, Manitoba/NEW YORK,  (Reuters) – A U.S. judge in Montana has blocked construction of the Keystone XL pipeline designed to carry heavy crude oil from Canada to the United States, drawing praise yesterday from environmental groups and a rebuke from President Donald Trump.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Jo Johnson, the younger brother of Boris, resigned from British Prime Minister Theresa May’s government yesterday, calling in a withering critique for another referendum to avoid her Brexit plans unleashing Britain’s greatest crisis since World War Two.