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SEOUL/WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – North Korea dismissed yesterday warnings by U.S. President Donald Trump that it would face “fire and fury” if it threatened the United States as a “load of nonsense”, and outlined detailed plans for a missile strike near the Pacific territory of Guam.

NAIROBI, (Reuters) – Kenya’s election commission dismissed claims yesterday by opposition leader Raila Odinga that its systems and website had been hacked to produce a “fictitious” lead for Odinga’s long-time rival President Uhuru Kenyatta.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – A raid on the Virginia home of President Donald Trump’s former 2016 election campaign manager showed an investigation of possible ties between the campaign and Russia is intensifying and focused on the financial dealings of Trump associates, sources familiar with the probe said.

SAN FRANCISCO, (Reuters) – The hype is fading for coding “boot camps,” for-profit U.S.

WASHINGTON/HAVANA, (Reuters) – Cuba said yesterday it was investigating allegations by the United States that unspecified “incidents” caused physical symptoms in Americans serving at the U.S.

N.J., (Reuters) – North Korea said yesterday it is considering plans for a missile strike on the U.S.

CAPE TOWN, (Reuters) – South African President Jacob Zuma survived an attempt in parliament to force him from office yesterday, but was left politically wounded after some members of his ruling African National Congress (ANC) party voted with the opposition.

CAPE TOWN,  (Reuters) – South Africa’s President Jacob Zuma survived a no-confidence motion against him in parliament on Tuesday by garnering 198 votes to the opposition’s 177 votes as African National Congress lawmakers rallied to his support.

  GENEVA,  (Reuters) – Venezuelan security forces have wielded excessive force to suppress protests, killing dozens, and have arbitrarily detained 5,000 people since April, including 1,000 still in custody, the United Nations human rights office said on Tuesday.

CARACAS, (Reuters) – Venezuela launched a country-wide manhunt yesterday  for the men who assaulted an army base the day before, using state TV to flash pictures of the accused rebels who escaped with weapons after a gunfight with soldiers.

DAR ES SALAAM,  (Reuters) – Tanzanian President John Magufuli yesterday rejected calls from some of his supporters to extend his rule beyond the constitutional limit of two, five-year terms, bucking a trend in the region.

JOHANNESBURG, (Reuters) – South African President Jacob Zuma’s time in office could come to a sudden end yesterday following the speaker of parliament’s surprise decision to allow anonymous voting in a motion of no confidence.

LAGOS, (Reuters) – Nigeria has been told by a court it can permanently seize a $37.5 million apartment block owned by a former oil minister who is wanted for money laundering.

DETROIT, (Reuters) – Tesla Inc said yesterday it would raise about $1.5 billion through its first-ever offering of junk bonds as the U.S.

MANILA/WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson held a door open for dialogue with North Korea yesterday, saying Washington was willing to talk to Pyongyang if it halted a series of recent missile test launches.

YAOUNDE,  (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Governments and businesses in developing countries must act now to ensure rapid technological advances boost rather than hinder development, a think-tank said yesterday, warning that growing automation posed a particular threat to women’s jobs.

MANILA, (Reuters) – Australia, Japan and the United States today urged Southeast Asia and China to ensure that a South China Sea code of conduct they have committed to draw up will be legally binding and said they strongly opposed “coercive unilateral actions”.

VALENCIA/CARACAS, Venezuela,  (Reuters) – Venezuelan authorities quelled an attack on a military base near the city of Valencia by soldiers and armed civilians yesterday, killing two of them in a dramatic escalation of unrest in the protest-convulsed South American nation.

SEOUL/BEIJING, (Reuters) – South Korean President Moon Jae-in and his U.S.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – One of the top officials at the U.S.