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KIGALI, (Reuters) – Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame has been re-elected with 99.18% of the vote, the National Electoral Commission said today, extending his near quarter-century in office.

MILWAUKEE,  (Reuters) – Donald Trump’s vice presidential running mate, U.S. Senator J.D.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – Top Democrats including U.S. Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer and former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi have increased pressure on President Joe Biden to withdraw from his reelection campaign over concerns he cannot defeat Republican challenger Donald Trump, U.S.

BUTLER, Pennsylvania, (Reuters) – – Thomas Crooks was pacing next to a warehouse building outside the Butler Farm Show grounds as a crowd gathered for one of former President Donald Trump’s signature outdoor rallies.

STOCKHOLM, (Reuters) – Denmark’s A.P. Moller-Maersk MAERSKb.CO said yesterday that disruption to its container shipping via the Red Sea had extended beyond trade routes between the Far East and Europe to its entire global network.

MILWAUKEE, July 16 (Reuters) – Donald Trump’s former leading rivals for the Republican presidential nomination, Nikki Haley and Ron DeSantis, offered full-throated endorsements of his candidacy at the party’s convention on Tuesday, a display of unity three days after Trump survived an assassination attempt.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – U.S. Senator Bob Menendez was convicted yesterday on all 16 criminal counts he faced including bribery at his corruption trial in Manhattan federal court, completing the once-powerful New Jersey Democrat’s dramatic downfall.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – The inspector general of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security is investigating the Secret Service’s planning of the weekend rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, where a man tried to assassinate former President Donald Trump.

TORONTO,  (Reuters) – Torrential rain on Tuesday triggered flash flooding in parts of Toronto, Canada’s financial center, causing power outages, disrupting traffic and forcing airlines to curtail service.

CAIRO,  (Reuters) – More than 10 million Sudanese, or 20% of the population, have been driven from their homes since the war there began, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said yesterday, as the world’s largest displacement crisis continues to worsen.

DUBAI,  (Reuters) – Four Pakistani nationals were killed and 30 others wounded by gunfire at a mosque in Oman, Omani and Pakistani officials said today, in a rare breach of security in one of the most stable countries in the Middle East.

CAIRO, (Reuters) – More than 10 million Sudanese, or 20% of the population, have been driven from their homes since the war there began, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said today, as the world’s largest displacement crisis continues to worsen.

MILWAUKEE,  (Reuters) – Donald Trump made a triumphant entrance during the first night of the Republican National Convention yesterday, receiving a raucous ovation from the party faithful two days after a would-be assassin’s bullet grazed his right ear.

(Reuters) – A U.S. judge in Florida yesterday dismissed the criminal case accusing Donald Trump of illegally keeping classified documents after leaving office, handing the Republican former president another major legal victory as he seeks a return to the White House.

(Reuters) – Yemen’s Houthis targeted three vessels, including an oil tanker, in the Red and Mediterranean seas with ballistic missiles, drones and booby-trapped boats, they said yesterday.

(Reuters) – A U.S. judge in Florida today dismissed the criminal case accusing Donald Trump of illegally holding onto classified documents after leaving office, handing the Republican former president another major legal victory as he seeks a return to the White House.

NEW DELHI,  (Reuters) – Thousands of lawyers in India’s capital protested today against an overhaul in criminal legislation by staying away from work and boycotting court hearings, as opposition mounted to the changes.

MILWAUKEE, (Reuters) – Donald Trump arrived yesterday in Milwaukee, where he will be formally nominated as the Republican presidential candidate later this week after surviving an assassination attempt that has aggravated an already bitter U.S.

BANGKOK,  (Reuters) – When Chinese electric vehicle maker BYD 002594.SZ opened its first Southeast Asian factory in Thailand earlier this month, the nation of 66 million people basked in the limelight and won praise for its industrial vision.

CAIRO/JERUSALEM,  (Reuters) – A senior Hamas official said yesterday that the Islamist group has not withdrawn from ceasefire talks with Israel after this weekend’s deadly attacks in Gaza that Israel said had targeted the group’s military leader Mohammed Deif.