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LUMBERTON, N.C./KINSTON, N.C., (Reuters) – Flooding in the aftermath of Hurricane Matthew has displaced several thousand people in North Carolina, and authorities were helping more evacuate yesterday as swollen rivers threatened a wide swath of the state.

MEXICO CITY,  (Reuters) – The United States has temporarily suspended deportations of Haitians, U.S.

SEOUL,  (Reuters) – Samsung Electronics Co Ltd scrapped its flagship Galaxy Note 7 smartphone yesterday less than two months after its launch, dealing a huge blow to its reputation and outlook after failing to resolve safety concerns.

GENEVA, (Reuters) – Governments should tax sugary drinks to fight the global epidemics of obesity and diabetes, the World Health Organization said yesterday, recommendations industry swiftly branded “discriminatory” and “unproven”.

PRETORIA, (Reuters) – South African prosecutors ordered Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan yesterday to appear in court on Nov.

LIMA,  (Reuters) – The Peruvian attorney general’s office said yesterday it was investigating former president Ollanta Humala and his wife for possible money laundering linked to past campaign contributions.

SANAA (Reuters) – Yemen’s Houthi movement fired ballistic missiles at Saudi Arabia, and the United States said a failed missile attack from Houthi-controlled areas targeted one of its warships, two days after an apparent Saudi-led air strike killed 140 Yemenis.

BOGOTA/CARACAS (Reuters) – Colombia’s government and second-biggest rebel group announced yesterday they will start formal peace talks on October 27 in a boost for President Juan Manuel Santos after the rejection of his deal with the larger FARC guerrilla group.

BERLIN (Reuters) – Top European Union and NATO officials called yesterday for continued dialogue with Moscow, while maintaining pressure on Russia over its actions in Ukraine and its support for Syria’s bombardment of civilians in Aleppo.

JUBA (Reuters) – Rebels attacked trucks carrying civilians in South Sudan, killing 21 people, the government said, as violence between rival forces loyal to President Salva Kiir and his former vice president risks dragging the country back into civil war.

LONDON (Reuters) – Prime Minister Theresa May criticised Britain’s finance industry for failing to promote and retain women yesterday as the government revealed that some of the biggest players have committed to having at least 30 per cent in senior roles by 2021.

BEIRUT (Reuters) – Syrian insurgents pushed government forces and their allies out of two villages in Hama province yesterday, regaining some areas recently lost, rebel officials and a monitoring group reported.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Donald Trump may have done just enough in Sunday’s presidential debate to keep his leaky presidential campaign afloat – and that may have put Republicans considering abandoning him in an even tougher position.

LOUIS, (Reuters) – A defiant Donald Trump yesterday attacked former President Bill Clinton for his treatment of women and vowed, if he won the White House, to put Hillary Clinton in jail for operating a private email server while U.S.

COPENHAGEN,  (Reuters) – Merck & Co scored a double hit yesterday with new clinical data showing its Keytruda immunotherapy offered big benefits in previously untreated lung cancer patients, either when given on its own or with chemotherapy.

(Reuters) – NBC has suspended television personality Billy Bush from the “Today” show after fallout over the host’s 2005 taped lewd conversation with U.S.

ADDIS ABABA, (Reuters) – Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn declared a state of emergency today after weeks of protests that have resulted in deaths and damage to mostly foreign-owned factories and flower farms.

BEIRUT (Reuters) – Russia vetoed a French-drafted United Nations Security Council resolution yesterday that would have demanded an immediate end to air strikes and military flights over Syria’s Aleppo city and called for a truce and humanitarian aid access throughout Syria.

 Attack on mourners in Yemen SANAA (Reuters) – Saudi-led warplanes killed at least 82 people when they struck mourners at a hall in the Yemeni capital Sanaa yesterday, the acting health minister in the Houthi-run administration said, but the coalition denied any role in the incident.

NEW YORK/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – With his campaign in crisis, US presidential candidate Donald Trump vowed yesterday to stay in the race despite calls from more than two dozen prominent Republicans for him to drop out following the release of a recording of him making lewd comments about women.