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PARIS,  (Reuters) – French President Emmanuel Macron ordered a shake-up of his office after acknowledging failings in the way the presidency handled a scandal over his top bodyguard who was filmed beating a protester on May Day, a source close to the Elysee said.

BUENOS AIRES,  (Reuters) – Global finance leaders called yesterday for stepped-up dialogue to prevent trade and geopolitical tensions from hurting growth, but ended a two-day G20 meeting with little consensus on how to resolve multiple disputes over U.S.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday denied any wrongdoing a day after reports that his onetime attorney Michael Cohen had recorded them both discussing buying the rights to a story by a woman who said she had an affair with Trump.

DAKAR, (Reuters) – China’s President Xi Jinping pledged during a visit to Senegal on Saturday to strengthen economic ties with Africa, a continent already awash with cheap Chinese loans in exchange for minerals and huge construction projects.

HONG KONG (Reuters) – Hundreds of Hong Kong pro-democracy protesters on Saturday rallied against the government’s attempt to ban a political party, saying it dealt the most serious threat to the city’s freedom of association since its return to Chinese rule.

SAO PAULO, (Reuters) – The U.S. Treasury is open to removing Russian aluminum producer Rusal from a U.S.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump yesterday said he was ready to impose tariffs on all $500 billion of imported goods from China, threatening to escalate a clash over trade policy that has unnerved financial markets.

NEW DELHI,  (Reuters) – Indian opposition leader Rahul Gandhi surprised Prime Minister Narendra Modi yesterday when he interrupted a no-confidence debate by walking across the parliament floor to give his rival a hug.

PHNOM PENH, (Reuters) – China has lent Cambodia $259 million to build a new road in the capital Phnom Penh with Cambodia describing relations between the two countries as being at the “best stage” ever.

PHNOM PENH,  (Reuters) – Three of the groups approved to monitor Cambodia’s election have close ties to Prime Minister Hun Sen, one headed by his son and the other two led by a man who was appointed by the Southeast Asian country’s strongman ruler as a “goodwill ambassador”.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – President Donald Trump has invited Russian President Vladimir Putin to Washington this autumn, the White House said yesterday, a daring rebuttal to the torrent of criticism in the United States over Trump’s failure to publicly confront Putin at their first summit for Moscow’s meddling in the 2016 election.

LIMA,  (Reuters) – Peruvians marched in the streets across the Andean country yesterday, many carrying effigies of rats or vultures, to demand anti-corruption reforms to clean up the country’s institutions as the head of the judiciary resigned.

MANAGUA,  (Reuters) – Nicara-guans mark the anniversary of the Sandinista revolution yesterday despite months of bloody repression of protesters opposed to President Daniel Ortega, with critics increasingly comparing the former rebel to the dictator overthrown in 1979.

PARAMARIBO,  (Reuters) – Suriname issued a protest note to the Netherlands yesterday after the Dutch foreign minister said the South American nation was a “failed state” because of its ethnic diversity.

SAO PAULO,  (Reuters) – Volkswagen AG will furlough about 1,000 workers at its largest factory in Brazil, union representatives said yesterday, due to weaker economic growth and slumping exports to Argentina.

(Reuters) – Facebook Inc’s WhatsApp is launching a test to limit forwarding messages that will apply to all users, the messaging app said on Thursday, after a series of violent incidents in India triggered by false social media messages.

(Reuters) – A U.S. judge yesterday ordered another extension of a temporary assistance program for hundreds of Puerto Rico families who fled the hurricane-ravaged island in 2017 and are living in hotels across the United States.

BRUSSELS, (Reuters) – EU regulators hit Google with a record 4.34 billion euros ($5 billion) antitrust fine today for using its Android mobile operating system to squeeze out rivals.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump tried yesterday to calm a storm over his failure to hold Russian President Vladimir Putin accountable for meddling in the 2016 U.S.

MANAGUA/GENEVA, (Reuters) – Nicaraguan security forces yesterday moved to clear barricades in a suburb of Masaya, a stronghold of protests against President Daniel Ortega, with rights groups reporting gunfire as police and armed civilians surrounded the area.