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SAO PAULO,  (Reuters) – After a presidential campaign that has seen political violence overshadow policy debate, many Brazilians fear attacks will continue after the likely election today of tough-talking far-right candidate Jair Bolsonaro.

BEIJING/CHICAGO/CARAMBEI, Brazil, (Reuters) – Ken Maschhoff, chairman of the largest U.S.

COLOMBO,  (Reuters) – A constitutional crisis in Sri Lanka deepened yesterday as President Maithripala Sirisena temporarily suspended parliament a day after sacking the prime minister and replacing him with a former leader seen as being close to China.

ARRIAGA, Mexico,  (Reuters) – A U.S.-bound caravan of Central American migrants pressed on through southern Mexico yesterday, in spite of government offers of jobs, as authorities stepped up efforts to disperse the convoy that has angered U.S.

GENEVA,  (Reuters) – The World Trade Organization is scrambling to develop a plan for the biggest reform in its 23-year history after U.S.

PLANTATION, Fla.,  (Reuters) – The man suspected of mailing at least 14 pipe bombs to some of U.S.

COLOMBO,  (Reuters) – Sri Lankan opposition leader Mahinda Rajapaksa was appointed prime minister yesterday after President Maithripala Sirisena dismissed the incumbent in a surprise move that threatens political turmoil in the South Asian country.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – Defense Secretary Jim Mattis has authorized the use of troops and other military resources at the U.S.-Mexico

MADRID/CARACAS  (Reuters) – Spain’s High Court agreed yesterday to extradite a Venezuelan woman who was part of the late socialist leader Hugo Chavez’s inner circle to her home country, where she is suspected of money laundering and illicit enrichment.

MIAMI,  (Reuters) – Federal agents searched a U.S. mail facility near Miami last  night racing to find who sent 10 pipe bombs to prominent Democrats and critics of U.S.

OTTAWA, (Reuters) – Top trade officials from 12 countries and the European Union yesterday vowed to reform World Trade Organization rules in the face of U.S.

DUBAI/ISTANBUL, (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia’s public prosecutor said yesterday the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in the kingdom’s Istanbul consulate was premeditated, reversing previous official statements that the killing was unintended.

LIMA,  (Reuters) – Peru’s most powerful conservative party vowed yesterday to stop engaging in disputes with other political groups, a dramatic opposition shift that could help President Martin Vizcarra pass legislation.

MADRID,  (Reuters) – Former International Monetary Fund (IMF) chief Rodrigo Rato arrived at a Madrid prison yesterday to start a four-and-a-half year jail term for using company credit cards to make costly personal purchases while running state-owned lender Bankia.

WASHINGTON/NEW YORK,  (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump, taking aim at “global freeloading,” said yesterday his administration would seek to lower prescription drug prices by basing what the government’s Medicare program pays for some medications on the lower prices paid in other countries.

RIO DE JANEIRO,  (Reuters) – Brazil’s presidential front-runner said yesterday he would not leave the Paris climate accord if elected, going back on a prior pledge to follow the pullout by U.S.

COLOMBO,  (Reuters) – A top Sri Lankan police official was arrested yesterday over a suspected plot to kill President Maithripala Sirisena, police a spokesman said.

WASHINGTON/NEW YORK,  (Reuters) – Former U.S. President Barack Obama and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton were among the targets of suspected package bombs delivered to several high-profile Democrats and CNN in what New York officials yesterday called an act of terrorism.

RIYADH, (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia’s powerful Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman vowed yesterday that the killers of Jamal Khashoggi would be brought to justice, in his first public comments since the journalist’s murder sparked global condemnation.

MAPASTEPEC, Mexico/MEXICO CITY,  (Reuters) – Central American migrants clustered for the night yesterday in a southern Mexico town after advancing on their trek toward the United States, despite Mexico’s vows to hinder their progress under pressure from the Trump administration.