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QUITO/LONDON,  (Reuters) – Ecuador has given citizenship to Julian Assange as part of its efforts to allow the WikiLeaks founder to leave the country’s London embassy where he has been holed up for more than five years.

MEXICO CITY,  (Reuters) – Mexico will leave the NAFTA negotiating table if U.S.

WILLEMSTAD, (Reuters) – Four Venezuelans attempting to reach the Dutch Antilles island of Curacao despite a travel ban by Caracas, died when their boat broke apart, authorities and family members of the passengers said yesterday.

WASHINGTON/NEW YORK,  (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump yesterday blasted the federal court system as “broken and unfair” after a judge blocked his administration’s move to end a program protecting young immigrants brought to the United States illegally by their parents.

LUANDA, (Reuters) – Angolan President Joao Lourenço removed the son of his long-serving predecessor Jose Eduardo dos Santos as head of the country’s $5 billion sovereign wealth fund yesterday, the latest in a series of moves that sidelined dos Santos allies.

LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – Oscar winning actor Michael Douglas has issued a pre-emptive denial of a sexual misconduct accusation, saying he wanted to get ahead of a potential story being investigated by Hollywood publications.

(Reuters) – A U.S. judge blocked President Donald Trump’s administration on Tuesday from ending a program that shielded from deportation children brought to the United States illegally by their parents.

TEGUCIGALPA, (Reuters) – An earthquake of magnitude 7.6 that struck near remote islands belonging to Honduras yesterday was felt across northern Central America, prompting a tsunami warning for parts of the Caribbean which was later lifted.

PARIS, (Reuters) – Actress Catherine Deneuve and 99 other French women on Tuesday denounced a backlash against men following the Harvey Weinstein scandal, saying the #Metoo campaign against sexual harassment amounted to “puritanism” and was fuelled by a “hatred of men.”

MOSCOW, (Reuters) – A Russian historian whose exposure of Soviet leader Josef Stalin’s crimes angered state officials is due to begin enforced psychiatric testing this week amid fears he will be falsely declared insane, his lawyer said on Tuesday.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – President Donald Trump’s administration will not allow drilling for oil and gas off the coast of Florida after urging from the state’s governor, Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke said yesterday.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he was ready to accept an onslaught of criticism if lawmakers tackle broad immigration reforms after an initial deal to help the young illegal immigrants known as Dreamers and build a wall on the U.S.

SEOUL, (Reuters) – North and South Korea kicked off their first formal talks in more than two years yesterday, with both sides expressing optimism ahead of discussions on how the North’s athletes can attend the Winter Olympics in the South despite tensions.

QUITO, (Reuters) – Ecuador’s comptroller’s office on Monday announced it will open an audit of debt contracted in the last five years of the government of former President Rafael Correa to determine the legality of the operations and the use of the funds.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Theresa May named an ally to run the ruling Conservatives and promoted younger ministers yesterday to try to give her divided party and government a new start after a year marred by an ill-judged election, rows over Brexit and scandals.

MUMBAI,  (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – India’s Supreme Court on Monday agreed to reconsider its 2013 decision that criminalises consensual sexual relations between same sex adults, a victory for equal rights campaigners.

MEXICO CITY, (Reuters) – A Mexican state governor on Monday accused the finance ministry of withholding federal funds to punish his administration for launching an investigation into alleged corruption that has embarrassed the ruling Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI).

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – President Donald Trump’s former strategist Steve Bannon yesterday backed away from derogatory comments ascribed to him about Trump’s son in a new book that sparked White House outrage and could threaten Bannon’s influence as a would-be conservative power broker.

KUALA LUMPUR,  (Reuters) – Malaysia’s opposition alliance named former premier Mahathir Mohamad yesterday as its prime ministerial candidate for a general election this year, although the authoritarian who ran the country for two decades and is now 92 years old faces an uphill task.

MEXICO CITY, (Reuters) – The aftermath of a gunfight on the outskirts of the Mexican seaside resort of Acapulco that pit residents of a small town against members of a local, self-appointed community police force has left 11 dead, state officials said yesterday.