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BOSTON,  (Reuters) – Boston City Councilor Ayanna Pressley was poised yesterday to become Massachusetts’ first black congresswoman after scoring an upset win over a 10-term incumbent in the Democratic contest to represent the liberal city in the U.S.

NEW ORLEANS,  (Reuters) – Tropical Storm Gordon began lashing the U.S.

YANGON,  (Reuters) – Seventy-six Myanmar civil society groups called yesterday for the release of two jailed Reuters reporters, denouncing their conviction as unfair and an assault on the right to freedom of information.

BEIJING,  (Reuters) – Chinese President Xi Jinping offered another $60 billion in financing for Africa today and wrote off some debt for poorer African nations, while warning against funds going towards “vanity projects”.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump yesterday launched a fresh attack on Attorney General Jeff Sessions, accusing him of jeopardizing the chances of re-election for two Republican congressmen by bringing criminal charges against them just before the midterm elections.

BUENOS AIRES,  (Reuters) – Argentine President Mauricio Macri  yesterday announced new taxes on exports in the world’s third-biggest soy producer and steep cuts to spending in an “emergency” bid to balance next year’s budget, as his center-right government aims to persuade the IMF to speed up a $50 billion loan program.

BEIJING,  (Reuters) – Chinese President Xi Jinping offered another $60 billion in financing for Africa today and wrote off some debt for poorer African nations, while warning against funds going towards “vanity projects”.

RIO DE JANEIRO,  (Reuters) – A massive fire raced through Brazil’s 200-year-old National Museum in Rio de Janeiro yesterday, probably destroying its collection of more than 20 million items, ranging from archeological finds to historical memorabilia.

AUSTIN, Texas,  (Reuters) – The National Hurricane Center issued a tropical storm watch yesterday for parts of the U.S.

YANGON,  (Reuters) – A Myanmar judge today found two Reuters journalists guilty of breaching a law on state secrets and sentenced them to seven years in prison, in a landmark case seen as a test of progress towards democracy in the Southeast Asian country.

ANNAPOLIS, Md.,  (Reuters) – Fighter jets roared over the U.S. Naval Academy yesterday in a final tribute to former Senator John McCain as the Vietnam War hero and two-time presidential candidate was laid to rest at the military college that began his career six decades ago.

TRIPOLI,  (Reuters) – Some 400 prisoners escaped from a jail in Libya’s capital yesterday while fighting between rival armed groups raged nearby, a judiciary official said as the United Nations called for the warring parties to meet on Tuesday.

LONDON, (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Theresa May said she would not compromise with Brussels over her plans for Brexit as a media report said rivals in her party were set to publish their own proposal calling for a cleaner break with the European Union.

(Reuters) – President Donald Trump and U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions both supported a proposal during the 2016 campaign that Trump meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin, lawyers for a former campaign adviser said in a court filing late on Friday.

MAIDUGURI, (Reuters) – Islamist militants have killed up to 30 soldiers in an attack on a military base in northeast Nigeria, security sources said on Saturday, in one of the biggest attacks of its kind this year.

DUBAI, (Reuters) – Iran on Saturday rejected a Reuters report that Tehran has moved missiles to Iraq, saying it aimed to hurt Iran’s ties with neighbours, the Iranian state news agency IRNA reported.

SEOUL, (Reuters) – Satellite imagery shows North Korea is poised to stage another military parade amid new worries that diplomatic efforts on denuclearisation are stalling, though analysts say it is unclear whether it will showcase any of the country’s largest ballistic missiles.

MOSCOW/KIEV (Reuters) – The leader of Russian-backed separatists in the Donetsk region in eastern Ukraine was killed in an explosion at a cafe on Friday, prompting Russia to accuse Ukraine of assassinating him while Kiev blamed separatist infighting.

WASHINGTON/TORONTO, (Reuters) – Contentious U.S.-Canada trade talks ended on Friday with no deal to revamp the North American Free Trade Agreement after the mood soured, and President Donald Trump notified Congress of his intent to sign a bilateral trade pact with Mexico.

BUENOS AIRES, (Reuters) – Argentina’s beleaguered peso bounced back slightly on Friday after the central bank auctioned $250 million in dollar reserves and the International Monetary Fund issued a strong statement of support for President Mauricio Macri’s government.