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STEINHATCHEE, Florida, (Reuters) – Tropical Storm Debby dropped buckets of rain on northern Florida yesterday and killed at least four people as the downgraded hurricane churned toward Georgia and the Carolinas, threatening a week of torrential downpours and flooding across the region.

CARACAS, (Reuters) – Venezuela is launching a criminal probe against the opposition leaders contesting last month’s election for inciting police and military officials to break the law, the country’s top prosecutor said, as security forces targeted people they say committed violent crimes during recent election protests.

SAO PAULO,  (Reuters) – Brazil’s President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva came into office in 2023 pledging to tackle deforestation in the Amazon and restore his country as a climate leader after years of intense destruction in the world’s largest rainforest under predecessor Jair Bolsonaro.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) –  The U.S. Supreme Court yesterday rejected a bid by the state of Missouri to halt Donald Trump’s upcoming sentencing for his conviction in New York on felony charges involving hush money paid to a porn star and left a related gag order until after the Nov.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) –  The United States has been urging other countries through diplomatic channels to tell Iran that escalation in the Middle East is not in their interest, a State Department spokesperson said yesterday, at what Secretary of State Antony Blinken called a “critical moment” for the region.

BRASILIA,  (Reuters) – Armed men backed by farmers in trucks and tractors attacked Indigenous people reclaiming land in Brazil’s farming state of Mato Grosso do Sul at the weekend, injuring 11 of them, government officials and a rights group said on Monday.

By John Kemp LONDON,  (Reuters) – Investors abandoned many of their remaining bullish petroleum positions last week amid growing concerns about lacklustre consumption and a worsening outlook for the global economy.

(Reuters) – Hurricane Debby made landfall as a Category 1 storm in the Big Bend region of Florida’s Gulf Coast this morning and began a slow crawl across the state, where it could trigger dangerous storm surges, heavy rainfall and catastrophic flooding.

DHAKA,  (Reuters) – Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina resigned today and fled the country, as more people were killed in some of the worst violence since the birth of the South Asian nation more than five decades ago.

DHAKA (Reuters) – At least 91 people were killed and hundreds injured in clashes in Bangladesh on Sunday as police fired tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse tens of thousands of protesters calling for Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to resign.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Vice President Kamala Harris will interview three top candidates – Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, U.S.

BONN, Germany (Reuters) – Two of the Russian dissidents who were freed from prison and arrived in Germany as part of last week’s major East-West prisoner swap say they are already thinking about returning to Russia, but vow to continue political activism even from abroad.

(Reuters) – Ukrainian pilots have started flying F-16s for operations within the nation, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Sunday, confirming the long-awaited arrival of the U.S.-made

DHAKA, (Reuters) – At least 73 people were killed and hundreds injured in clashes in Bangladesh today, as police fired tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse tens of thousands of protesters calling for Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to resign.

WILMINGTON, Del./RAMALLAH,  (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden expressed hope Iran would stand down despite its threat to avenge the assassination of Hamas’ leader in Tehran, as fears mounted that Israel’s war against Palestinian militants in Gaza could escalate into a wider Middle East conflict.

ATLANTA, (Reuters) – Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump proposed to debate Democratic Vice President  Kamala Harris on Fox News on Sept.

(Reuters) – U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan scheduled a pretrial meeting on Aug.

(Reuters) – Tropical storm Debby formed late yesterday and was expected to surge up into a hurricane before it slams into Florida’s northern Gulf Coast shoreline on Monday, the National Hurricane Center said.

KYIV, (Reuters) – Ukraine’s military said yesterday it had sunk a submarine in Russian-controlled Sevastopol, attacked a southern Russian airfield and hit oil depots and fuel and lubricant storage facilities in Belgorod, Kursk and Rostov regions.

YAOUNDE,  (Reuters) – The head of Cameroon’s National Hydrocarbons Corporation (SNH) has said some managers and employees will appear before a UK court over suspected involvement in bribery offences linked to Swiss commodity trader Glencore GLEN.L.