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MEXICO CITY,  (Reuters) – The Organization of American States (OAS) yesterday approved the creation of a working group to seek a peaceful solution to the violent protests that have roiled Nicaragua since April, leaving more than 300 people dead.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump’s national security team said yesterday that Russia is behind “pervasive” attempts to interfere in upcoming U.S.

SAN FRANCISCO, (Reuters) – Apple Inc yesterday became the first $1 trillion publicly listed U.S.

CARACAS, (Reuters) – Venezuela’s all-powerful Constituent Assembly yesterday voted to legalize money exchange operations to relax the strict currency controls imposed by the social government that have throttled the oil-rich nation’s economy.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Republican and Democratic U.S. senators introduced legislation yesterday to impose stiff new sanctions on Russia and combat cyber crime, the latest effort by lawmakers to punish Moscow over interference in U.S.

DETROIT/WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – California and 18 other U.S. states promised yesterday to fight a Trump administration proposal to weaken fuel efficiency standards for cars and trucks and force states into line, arguing the United States has an obligation to protect the environment for future generations.

HARARE,  (Reuters) – Zimbabwe police said three people were killed in Harare yesterday as soldiers dispersed stone-throwing opposition supporters who accused the ruling party of trying to rig Monday’s presidential election.

BRASILIA, Brazil, (Reuters) – Jailed former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva’s Workers Party has reached a neutrality pact with the Brazilian Socialist Party (PSB) that will end their rivalries in several states in Brazil’s general election in October.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump appealed to Attorney General Jeff Sessions to end an investigation into Russia’s role in the 2016 election, drawing a rebuke from his fellow Republicans in Congress who said the probe must go on.

(Reuters) – CBS Corp said yesterday it retained two law firms for a full investigation into the allegations about Chairman and Chief Executive Leslie Moonves, CBS News and cultural issues in the company.

PARIS,  (Reuters) – A punch-up between two rival French rappers that descended into a mass brawl in the departure lounge of Paris’ Orly airport yesterday forced the brief closure of one terminal and caused flight delays.

HARARE, (Reuters) – European Union observers today listed several problems in Zimbabwe’s presidential and parliamentary election, including media bias, voter intimidation and mistrust in the electoral commission.

(Reuters) – Facebook Inc said yetserday it had identified a new coordinated political influence campaign to mislead its users and sow dissension among voters ahead of November’s U.S.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – The U.S. Treasury Department said yesterday that it had extended the deadline for investors to divest holdings in sanctioned Russian companies EN+ , GAZ Group and Rusal to Oct.

RIO DE JANEIRO,  (Reuters) – Brazil’s three largest fuel distribution companies are under investigation for fixing prices at the pump, police said yesterday, reigniting debate over potential collusion among gas station owners in Latin America’s largest oil producer.

(Trinidad Express) A combined total of TT$20 million bail has been granted to the ten people who were arrested last Thursday and later charged with a series of money laundering and conspiracy-related charges involving $22.5 million in fraudulent payment of salaries at the San Juan/Laventille Regional Corporation (SJLRC) over a six-year period.

(Reuters) – A U.S. judge yesterday blocked the planned release of 3-D printed gun blueprints hours before they were set to hit the internet, siding with states that sued to halt publication of designs to make weapons that security screening may not detect.

ALEXANDRIA, Va.,  (Reuters) – Prosecutors portrayed U.S. President Donald Trump’s onetime campaign chairman Paul Manafort as a tax cheat who used offshore accounts to hide tens of millions of dollars from political work in Ukraine, as the first trial from a probe into Russia’s meddling in the 2016 election got off to a quick start yesterday.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – The United States yesterday said it was revoking visas of Nicaraguan officials connected to a crackdown on protesters, while President Daniel Ortega said in Managua that he wanted to strengthen dialogue with opposition groups.

NEW DELHI,  (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – More than four million people left off a draft list of citizens in northeast India yesterday have effectively been made stateless, campaigners said, likening them to the Rohingya minority driven out of Myanmar.