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WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – A former U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee staffer appeared in federal court yesterday on charges of lying to FBI agents in a case that has raised concerns about media freedoms.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – Chinese government hackers compromised the computers of a U.S.

(Reuters) – U.S. celebrity chef Anthony Bourdain, host of CNN’s food-and-travel-focused “Parts Unknown” television series, killed himself in a French hotel room, officials said on Friday, in the second high-profile suicide of a U.S.

BUENOS AIRES, (Reuters) – Argentina and the International Monetary Fund said yesterday they reached an agreement for a three-year, $50 billion standby lending arrangement, which the government said it sought to provide a safety net and avoid the frequent crises of the country’s past.

PAHOA, Hawaii,  (Reuters) – Approximately 600 homes have been destroyed by lava flows on Hawaii’s Big Island since the current eruption of Kilaeua Volcano began early last month, Hawaii County Mayor Harry Kim said on Thursday.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – Republican and Democratic U.S. senators introduced legislation yesterday that would roll back an agreement President Donald Trump’s administration announced to ease sanctions on Chinese telecommunications company ZTE Corp.

OTTAWA, (Reuters) – Canada’s Senate yesterday voted to legalize recreational marijuana, clearing a major hurdle that puts the country on track to become the first Group of Seven nation to permit national use of the drug.

SAN MIGUEL LOS LOTES, Guatemala,  (Reuters) – The search for survivors from deadly eruptions of Guatemala’s Fuego volcano was temporarily suspended yesterday due to dangerous conditions for rescue workers, as the death toll from the disaster climbed to 109, authorities said.

OTTAWA,  (Reuters) – Leaders of the Group of Seven rich nations headed for a summit in Canada on Thursday more divided than at any time in the group’s 42-year history, as U.S.

(Reuters) – A 500-year-old copy of a letter in which Christopher Columbus describes his voyage to the Americas has been returned to Spain after U.S.

WASHINGTON/OTTAWA,  (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump is not backing down from the tough line he has taken on trade, the White House’s top economic adviser said yesterday, setting the stage for a showdown with top allies at this week’s G7 summit in Canada.

SAN MIGUEL LOS LOTES, Guatemala,  (Reuters) – Rescuers scoured a lava- and ash-ravaged landscape in Guatemala for a third straight day yesterday in search of survivors and victims of Fuego volcano’s calamitous eruption, which has killed at least 99 people.

WASHINGTON/SAN FRANCISCO,  (Reuters) – Facebook Inc faced criticism yesterday from Republican and Democratic U.S.

CARACAS/HOUSTON (Reuters) – Venezuela has released two local executives of U.S.

BOTUM SAKOR, Cambodia,  (Reuters) – The Dara Sakor Seashore Resort seems a long way off the new Silk Road that China is building to connect Asia with Europe.

MEXICO CITY,  (Reuters) – Mexico put tariffs on American products ranging from steel to pork and bourbon yesterday, retaliating against import duties on metals imposed by President Donald Trump and taking aim at Republican strongholds ahead of U.S.

CARACAS,  (Reuters) – The Organization of American States (OAS) yesterday passed a resolution to call an extraordinary assembly to vote on suspending Venezuela from the 34-member group after President Nicolas Maduro’s widely condemned re-election last month.

GUATEMALA CITY,  (Reuters) – Guatemalan authorities warned that the Fuego volcano was showing signs of greater activity last night as the death toll from a devastating eruption at the weekend climbed to 75 and nearly 200 people remained missing.

LONDON,  (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – A ruling by the European Union’s top court recognising same-sex marriages, even in EU countries where it is banned, is a landmark that reflects new attitudes to gay rights, the lawyer who led the case said on Tuesday.

NEW YORK,  (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump yesterday said he had committed no wrongdoing but has the “absolute” power to pardon himself, echoing sweeping arguments put forth by his lawyer Rudy Giuliani on Sunday.