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BEIJING, (Reuters) – China’s foreign ministry yesterday condemned a brief U.S.

KAHULUI, Hawaii,  (Reuters) – The death toll from the Maui wildfires is now at 89, officials said yesterday, making it the deadliest U.S.

(Reuters) – A Georgia prosecutor probing whether Donald Trump and his allies illegally sought to overturn the state’s 2020 election results is expected to seek an indictment from a grand jury next week.

BEIJING,  (Reuters) – Chinese state media today rejected a Western claim that developed nations were shunning the country’s Belt and Road Forum, while saying most of the leaders invited this year were from developing nations.

MAALAEA, Hawaii,  (Reuters) – The death toll from the Maui wildfires rose to 67 yesterday as search teams combed through the smoldering ruins of Lahaina, and Hawaiian officials sought to determine how the inferno spread so rapidly through the historic resort town with little warning.

(Reuters) – The International Monetary Fund said yesterday it has reached a staff-level agreement with Honduras for a 36-month credit facility for about $830 million to support the country’s economic reform policies.

BRASILIA/RIO DE JANEIRO,  (Reuters) – Brazil-ian police yesterday raided the addresses of a lawyer to former President Jair Bolsonaro and the family of his jailed personal aide to investigate the alleged sale of jewelry and other presents from Arab governments.

NEW YORK,  (Reuters) – Sam Bankman-Fried is heading to jail after a U.S

LONDON,  (Reuters) – OPEC+ supply cuts could erode oil inventories in the rest of this year, potentially driving prices even higher, before economic headwinds limit global demand growth in 2024, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said today.

ABUJA,  (Reuters) – West Africa’s regional bloc yesterday ordered the activation of a standby force for possible use against the junta that took power in Niger in July, saying it wanted a peaceful restoration of democracy but all options including force were on the table.

QUITO,  (Reuters) – One dead suspect and six others arrested in the assassination of Ecuadorean presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio are Colombians, Ecuadorean police said yesterday, and the government said it was pursuing the “intellectual authors” of the murder.

KAHULUI, Hawaii,  (Reuters) – Maui’s wildfires have killed at least 53 people, a toll expected to rise,and unleashed destruction on the resort town of Lahaina that will take many years and billions of dollars to rebuild, Hawaiian officials said on Thursday.

AMSTERDAM, (Reuters) – Customs officials in Rotterdam seized a shipment of more than 8,000 kg (16,635 pounds) of cocaine concealed in a container of bananas, Dutch prosecutors said on Thursday, the largest on record in the port.

QUITO,  (Reuters) – A suspect in the killing of Ecuador presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio has died from injuries sustained during a shootout, the attorney general’s office said on Wednesday on social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter.

NEW YORK/WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – President Joe Biden yesterday signed an executive order that will prohibit some new U.S.

KAHULUI, Hawaii,  (Reuters) – At least 36 people have died after wildfires, fanned by winds from a faraway hurricane, devastated much of the resort city Lahaina on Hawaii’s Maui island, the Maui County said in a statement late yesterday.

KAHULUI, Hawaii, (Reuters) – Wildfires fanned by the winds of a distant hurricane devastated Hawaii’s Maui island today, killing at least six people and forcing tourists and residents to flee as beloved tourist destinations became flaming infernos.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – The World Bank said yesterday it would halt new lending to the Ugandan government after concluding that its anti-LGBTQ law, which has been condemned by many countries and the United Nations, contradicts the bank’s values.

NIAMEY,  (Reuters) – Niger was slapped with more sanctions yesterday, hours after its new military leaders rejected the latest diplomatic mission aimed at restoring constitutional order following a July 26 coup.

ISLAMABAD, (Reuters) – Former Pakistani prime minister Imran Khan, who has been convicted and jailed on graft charges, was barred from politics for five years yesterday, an official order said.