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MEXICO CITY,  (Reuters) – North Korea’s ambassador to Mexico yesterday said its tensions with the United States were not Mexico City’s business after President Enrique Pena Nieto ordered that he leave the country in protest over Pyongyang’s nuclear tests.

BRASILIA,  (Reuters) – Brazilian police yesterday said they arrested former minister Geddel Vieira Lima on new charges after a corruption probe found his fingerprints in bags hiding more than 51 million reais ($16.52 million) in cash.

(Jamaica Observer) Within an hour of being arrested and charged for possession of an offensive weapon on August 29, Romario Brown was bailed by fashion designer Dexter Pottinger — the man he is now accused of killing.

At least six die in huge  JUCHITAN, Mexico, (Reuters) – At least 34 people were killed when the most powerful earthquake to hit Mexico in decades tore through buildings, forced mass evacuations and triggered alerts as far away as Southeast Asia.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – President Donald Trump yesterday embraced a suggestion from the Senate’s top Democrat to end congressional battles over the U.S.

YANGON/COX’S BAZAR, Bangladesh,  (Reuters) – Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi said yesterday her government was doing its best to protect everyone in the strife-torn state of Rakhine, as the estimated number of Rohingya Muslims who have fled to Bangladesh leapt by 18,000 in one day, to 164,000.

WASHINGTON/BEIJING,  (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said yesterday he would prefer not to use military action against North Korea to counter its nuclear and missile threat but that if he did it would be a “very sad day” for the leadership in Pyongyang.

MADRID,  (Reuters) – Spain’s central authorities moved yesterday to crush plans by the northeastern region of Catalonia to hold an independence referendum and took steps to prosecute regional lawmakers backing the ballot.

  BEIJING/VLADIVOSTOK, Russia,  (Reuters) – China said today it agreed the United Nations should take more action against North Korea after its latest nuclear test, while pushing for more dialogue to resolve the crisis on the Korean peninsula.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – President Donald Trump yesterday scrapped an Obama-era program that protects from deportation immigrants brought illegally into the United States as children, delaying implementation until March and giving a gridlocked Congress six months to decide the fate of almost 800,000 young people.

SHAMLAPUR, Bangladesh/ DHAKA, (Reuters) – Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi came under more pressure yesterday to halt violence against Rohingya Muslims that has sent nearly 125,000 of them fleeing over the border to Bangladesh in just over 10 days.

GENEVA/SEOUL,  (Reuters) – A top North Korean diplomat yesterday warned that his country is ready to send “more gift packages” to the United States as world powers struggled for a response to Pyongyang’s latest nuclear weapons test.

RIO DE JANEIRO/PARIS,  (Reuters) – Police raided the home of Brazil’s Olympics chief Carlos Arthur Nuzman today, accusing him of brokering a deal to bribe International Olympic Committee members to bring the 2016 Games to Rio de Janeiro with the backing of the former state governor.

SEOUL/UNITED NATIONS,  (Reuters) – The United States accused North Korea’s trading partners yesterday of aiding its nuclear ambitions and said Pyongyang was “begging for war” after the North’s powerful nuclear test on Sunday and signs that further missile launches were on the way.

XIAMEN, China,  (Reuters) – China will give $80 million in funding for BRICS cooperation plans, Chinese President Xi Jinping said yesterday, while the bloc of five emerging countries pledged to oppose protectionism.

GUATEMALA CITY,  (Reuters) – Guatemala’s top court opened the way yesterday for an investigation of President Jimmy Morales for alleged illegal campaign finances, but Congress will have the final say on removing his presidential immunity and could yet block the probe.

HONG KONG/SAO PAULO,  (Reuters) – China Merchants Port Holdings Co Ltd agreed to buy 90 percent of TCP Participações SA, Brazil’s most profitable port terminal, for about 2.9 billion reais ($924 million), a sign of growing interest in assets across Latin America’s No.

(Reuters) – Hurricane Irma, barreling towards the Caribbean and the southern United States, was upgraded to a powerful Category 4 storm yesterday as islands in its path braced themselves.

HOUSTON,  (Reuters) – Texas yesterday edged toward recovery from the devastation of Hurricane Harvey as shipping channels, oil pipelines and refineries restarted some operations and authorities lifted an evacuation order for the area around a once-burning chemical plant.

NAIROBI,  (Reuters) – Kenya’s Supreme Court ruling to scrap last month’s presidential election was shaped by a new chief justice who proved a staunch defender of judicial independence on a continent where judges are often seen as being under the thumb of executive powers.