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WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – President Donald Trump is ready to meet North Korean leader Kim Jong Un by May in response to Kim’s invitation to hold the first-ever U.S.-North

ADDIS ABABA,  (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said yesterday that African countries should be careful not to forfeit their sovereignty when they accept loans from China, the continent’s biggest trading partner.

NEW DELHI/COLOMBO, March 7 (Reuters) – A Chinese naval combat force that entered the Indian Ocean for the first time in four years may have helped deter an Indian intervention in the Maldives after its pro-China president imposed a state of emergency, according to military and diplomatic sources and analysts.

BUENOS AIRES, (Reuters) – Argentina has issued an international capture order for five Chinese boats it says were illegally fishing in its waters, the coast guard said in a statement yesterday, following a failed attempt to detain one of the boats at sea.

ADDIS ABABA,  (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said today that African countries should weigh Chinese loans carefully, while adding that Washington was not trying to keep Chinese investment away from the continent.

BRASILIA,  (Reuters) – Aldemir Bendine, the former chief executive of state-controlled oil firm Petroleo Brasileiro SA and Banco do Brasil, was found guilty yesterday of corruption charges and sentenced by a federal judge to 11 years in prison.

GENEVA, (Reuters) – The United Nations human rights chief said yesterday that crimes against humanity may have been committed by state forces in Venezuela and voiced alarm at “the erosion of democratic institutions” in the Andean nation.

SALISBURY, England,  (Reuters) – A nerve agent was used to deliberately poison a former Russian double agent and his daughter, Britain’s top counter-terrorism officer said on Wednesday, in a case that threatens to further damage London’s ties with Moscow.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump plans to offer Canada and Mexico a 30-day exemption from planned tariffs on steel and aluminum imports, which could be extended based on progress in NAFTA talks, a White House official said last night.

COLOMBO,  (Reuters) – A grenade blast killed one person in further violence between majority Buddhist Sinhalese and minority Muslims in Sri Lanka yesterday as the government moved to block social messaging networks in an effort to halt the bloodshed.

GENEVA, (Reuters) – The United Nations human rights chief said on Wednesday that crimes against humanity may have been committed by state forces in Venezuela and voiced alarm at “the erosion of democratic institutions” in the Andean nation.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – In floating the possibility of nuclear talks with the United States, North Korea took a first step on a road likely to be long, more arduous and just as prone to failure as past efforts.

COLOMBO,  (Reuters) – Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena yestreday declared a nationwide state of emergency for seven days in a bid to curb communal violence after clashes erupted between majority Buddhists and members of the Muslim minority.

BRASILIA, (Reuters) – Brazil’s top appeals court on Tuesday denied a request by former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva that he not be sent to prison on a corruption conviction before he has exhausted his appeals.

NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – Indian tax inspectors raided on Tuesday premises of the Gupta family at the centre of a corruption scandal involving South Africa’s former president, Jacob Zuma, on suspicion they were bringing money into their native country, an official said.

GENEVA,  (Reuters) – The U.N. human rights chief accused Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban yesterday of being a racist, bully and xenophobe after the anti-immigrant, nationalist leader said he did not want his country to be “multi-coloured”.

KINGSTON,  (Reuters) – Mexico is looking into ways to deepen energy cooperation with Jamaica, Foreign Minister Luis Videgaray said yesterday on a Caribbean trip to promote U.S.-backed

SALISBURY, England, (Reuters) – Britain warned Russia yesterday of a robust response if the Kremlin was behind a mysterious illness that has struck down a former double agent convicted of betraying dozens of spies to British intelligence.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – The top U.S. general for Africa told lawmakers yesterday that the American military could face “significant” consequences should China take a key port in Djibouti, as Beijing becomes increasingly muscular in Africa in an effort to expand its influence.

COLOMBO,  (Reuters) – Sri Lanka declared a nationwide state of emergency for 10 days today to stop the spread of communal violence, a government spokesman said, after clashes erupted between majority Buddhists and members of the minority Muslim community.