World

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The US military detected a failed North Korean test launch of an intermediate ballistic missile near the northwestern city of Kusong, the Pentagon said yesterday.

KIGALI, (Reuters) – Nearly 200 nations hammered out a legally binding deal to cut back on greenhouse gases used in refrigerators and air conditioners, a Rwandan minister announced to loud cheers on Saturday, in a major step against climate change.

WASHINGTON/HAVANA, (Reuters) – Americans traveling to Cuba will be allowed to bring home more of the communist-ruled island’s coveted cigars and rum under new measures announced by the U.S.

CHARLOTTE, N.C./LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – Republican U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump yesterday charged that the women accusing him of sexual misconduct fabricated their stories to damage his campaign after two more women came forward with allegations that he had groped them.

PRETORIA, (Reuters) – South Africa’s anti-graft watchdog has deferred release of a report into allegations of political interference by wealthy friends of Jacob Zuma in a move critics of the president fear could lead to a watering down of its conclusions.

PORT-AU-PRINCE,  (Reuters) – Haiti will hold the first round of its serially delayed presidential election on Nov.

JOHANNESBURG, (Reuters) – South African President Jacob Zuma has asked a court to stop the release of results of an anti-corruption investigation over allegations of political interference by his wealthy friends, his spokeswoman said yesterday.

STOCKHOLM/BOSTON, (Reuters) – Bob Dylan, a powerful voice of social turmoil in the United States from the 1960s onward, was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature yesterday in a surprise decision that made him the first singer-songwriter to win the honour.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – With Donald Trump’s U.S. election prospects dimming and controversy swirling around him, future Republican presidential hopefuls may be weighing whether standing by their man is the savvy move.

BANGKOK,  (Reuters) – Thailand’s King Bhumibol Adulyadej, the world’s longest-reigning monarch and a father-figure to the nation, died in hospital yesterday.

(Reuters) – Hurricane Nicole plowed directly into Bermuda yesterday, causing widespread damage and knocking out power to most homes and businesses while apparently sparing the tiny Atlantic island chain any severe injuries or fatalities, government officials said.

ABUJA,  (Reuters) – Jihadist group Boko Haram has freed 21 of more than 200 girls it kidnapped in April 2014 in the northern Nigerian town of Chibok, after mediation by Switzerland and the International Red Cross, officials said yesterday.

BOGOTA,  (Reuters) – Colombia’s President Juan Manuel Santos yesterday extended his ceasefire with Marxist FARC rebels through the end of the year as he seeks to revive a peace accord to end five decades of war after voters rejected the hard-fought deal in a referendum.

MEXICO CITY, (Reuters) – In barely four years, a little-known criminal gang has grown to challenge the world’s most notorious drug lord, Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, for domination of the Mexican underworld, unleashing a new tide of violence.

LONDON, (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – British Prime Minister Theresa May vowed yesterday to put the UK at the forefront of global efforts to eradicate modern slavery, warning human traffickers: “We are coming after you.”

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – Two women accused Donald Trump of inappropriate touching in a story posted on the New York Times website yesterday, accusations his spokesman called “fiction” but which may further damage the Republican presidential nominee’s campaign with only four weeks to go until the Nov.

NAIROBI, (Reuters) – Burundi’s parliament voted overwhelmingly yesterday to withdraw from the International Criminal Court, a move no other country has taken despite bitter complaints from Africa that the court disproportionately targets the continent.

SINGAPORE, (Reuters) – Lithium-based batteries have been powering our portable devices for 25 years.

 (Reuters) – Singer Janet Jackson yetserday showed off her baby bump, confirming that she is pregnant with her first child at the age of 50.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump lashed out at U.S.