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BEIJING (Reuters) – Combining public bluster with behind-the-scenes diplomacy, China wrested a concession from the United States as the two presidents spoke for the first time this week, but Beijing may not be able to derive much comfort from the win on US policy toward Taiwan.

VITORIA, Brazil (Reuters) – Police in the Brazilian state of Espirito Santo did not return to work yesterday, although the government announced hours earlier that a deal had been struck to end a week-long strike that has led to a sharp increase in murders.

SYDNEY (Reuters) – Whale rescuers in New Zealand linked arms in neck-deep water yesterday to try and prevent about 200 pilot whales from stranding themselves again in a remote bay, where 300 of the animals died this week.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – President Donald Trump’s acceptance of Beijing’s demand that he re-commit to a “one China” policy was heavily influenced by his new top diplomat, who argued behind the scenes that relations would remain on hold until Trump cleared up doubts about a longtime bedrock of U.S.-China

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – President Donald Trump’s acceptance of Beijing’s demand that he re-commit to a “one China” policy was heavily influenced by his new top diplomat, who argued behind the scenes that relations would remain on hold until Trump cleared up doubts about a longtime bedrock of U.S.-China

VITORIA, Brazil, (Reuters) – Authorities in the Brazilian state of Espirito Santo yesterday said they had reached a deal to end a week-long police strike that has sparked violent anarchy and left more than 120 people dead.

ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE/WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said late yesterday aboard Air Force One that he is considering issuing a new travel ban executive order, while White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus said the administration could still escalate a legal dispute over Trump’s original travel ban to the Supreme Court.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – President Donald Trump’s “wall” along the U.S.-Mexico border would be a series of fences and walls that would cost as much as $21.6 billion, and take more than three years to construct, based on a U.S.

BRASILIA, (Reuters) – A Brazilian Supreme Court justice called yesterday for the legalization of marijuana and even cocaine to undo the growing power of drug gangs behind a wave of violence that has shaken Latin America’s largest country.

SAO PAULO, (Reuters) – A Brazilian Supreme Court justice on Thursday authorized a probe into allies of President Michel Temer on allegations they tried to thwart an investigation into political kickbacks at state-run oil firm Petrobras, a court official said.

BEIJING/WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump changed tack and agreed to honour the “one China” policy during a phone call with China’s leader Xi Jinping, a major diplomatic boost for Beijing which brooks no criticism of its claim to self-ruled Taiwan.

(Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump suffered a legal blow yesterday when a federal appeals court refused to reinstate a temporary travel ban he had ordered on people from seven Muslim-majority countries.

BEIJING/WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump has broken the ice with Chinese President Xi Jinping in a letter that said he looked forward to working with him to develop relations, although the pair haven’t spoken directly since Trump took office.

BERAGAMA, Sri Lanka, (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – T hese days, Vimalabudhi Thero, head monk at the Beragama village Buddhist temple, is consumed more by worldly concerns than matters of the soul.

NEW DELHI,  (Reuters) – India said yesterday it had applied to Britain to extradite Vijay Mallya to face trial after the liquor and aviation tycoon was charged with conspiracy and fraud over a loan to his defunct Kingfisher Airlines.

STOCKHOLM, (Reuters) – Eight countries have joined an initiative to raise millions of dollars to replace shortfalls caused by President Donald Trump’s ban on U.S.-funded

(Reuters) – A U.S. federal appeals court today unanimously upheld a temporary suspension of President Donald Trump‘s order that restricted travel from seven Muslim-majority countries.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee, Neil Gorsuch, yesterday described as “demoralizing” and “disheartening” the U.S.

KIROV/MOSCOW, Russia, (Reuters) – Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny accused the Kremlin of trying to block him from running in next year’s presidential election after a court yesterday found him guilty of embezzlement.

GUATEMALA CITY,  (Reuters) – A Guatemalan Supreme Court judge was arrested yesterday accused of influence trafficking, prosecutors said, in the latest anti-corruption drive in the Central American country.