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WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – President Donald Trump’s lawyer said on Thursday he would try to stop publication of a book that portrays an inept president in a fumbling White House and threatened legal action against former top aide Steve Bannon over “defamatory” comments in the book.

OSLO, (Reuters) – An Oslo court approved Norway’s plans for more oil exploration in the Arctic yesterday, dismissing a lawsuit by environmentalists who had said it violated people’s right to a healthy environment.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – Former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon called a June 2016 meeting with a group of Russians attended by Donald Trump Jr.

CHARLESTON, S.C./BOSTON, (Reuters) – A rare winter storm hit the U.S.

(Reuters) – Motel 6 was sued on Wednesday by Washington state’s attorney general, who accused the discount hotel chain of illegally providing guest lists to U.S.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Brazil’s state-controlled oil company, Petroleo Brasileiro SA, said today  that it has agreed to pay $2.95 billion to settle a U.S.

OSLO, (Reuters) – Sales of electric and hybrid cars exceeded half of new registrations in Norway in 2017, a record aided by generous subsidies that extended the Nordic nation’s lead in a shift from fossil-fuel engines, data showed on Wednesday.

LONDON,  Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Other countries should follow Iceland which has become the first country to make it illegal to pay men more than women, politicians and equal rights campaigners said on Wednesday.

DUBAI, (Reuters) – Iranian authorities are concerned that nationwide unrest will undermine the clerical establishment and want to stamp out the protests quickly, senior government officials say.

SEOUL, (Reuters) – South Korea yesterday offered talks with North Korea next week amid a standoff over its weapons programmes, a day after North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said he was open to negotiations but that his country would push ahead with “mass producing” nuclear warheads.

KINSHASA, (Reuters) – The head of the Roman Catholic Church in Congo yesterday condemned a crackdown on protests against President Joseph Kabila as “barbarism”, escalating a confrontation between the government and one of the country’s most powerful institutions.

TEGUCIGALPA, (Reuters) – Honduras’ murder rate fell by more than a quarter in 2017 to 42.8 killings per 100,000 people, the security ministry said on Tuesday, attributing the decline to a government onslaught against drug traffickers and gangs.

UNITED NATIONS, (Reuters) – The United States is withholding $255 million in aid from Pakistan because of its failure to cooperate fully in America’s fight against terrorism, U.S.

(Reuters) – A U.S. government panel rejected Ant Financial’s acquisition of MoneyGram International Inc over national security concerns, the companies said yesterday, the most high-profile Chinese deal to be torpedoed under the administration of U.S.

LIMA,  (Reuters) – At least 36 people were killed in Peru on Tuesday when a bus collided with a truck and careened off a cliff along a sharply curving highway north of the capital, Lima, the country’s health ministry said.

CARACAS, (Reuters) – Venezuelan authorities arrested a National Guard soldier over the weekend and accused him of shooting a pregnant 18 year-old during an incident that local media described as a melee over scarce pork.

OFER PRISON, West Bank, (Reuters) – Israel indicted a 16-year-old Palestinian girl on Monday on charges including assault for punching an Israeli soldier in the face two weeks ago, an incident which made her into a hero for Palestinians and was seen as humiliating by right-wing Israelis.

(Reuters) – Wall Street’s major indexes were higher on the first trading session of 2018 on Tuesday, driven by gains in technology and consumer discretionary stocks, setting the stage for another robust year for equities.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – U.S. Republican Senator Orrin Hatch said yesterday he will not seek re-election in November, opening the door to a potential Senate bid by Mitt Romney, the 2012 Republican presidential candidate and one of the party’s harshest critics of President Donald Trump.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Iran’s Supreme Leader on Tuesday accused enemies of the Islamic Republic of stirring unrest across the country as a crackdown intensified against anti-government demonstrations that began last week.