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BRUSSELS,  (Reuters) – The name of late Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar cannot be registered as an EU trade mark, the European Court of Justice ruled yesterday, after his brother tried to lay a claim.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – Brazil’s proposal to tax the super-rich globally gained momentum among Group of Twenty members yesterday, with France’s finance minister and the head of the International Monetary Fund backing a coordinated push to generate new revenue and build a better common future.

DUBAI,  (Reuters) – Authorities and communities across the United Arab Emirates were clearing debris today after at least one person died and homes and businesses were damaged in a rare torrential storm.

WASHINGTON/JERUSALEM,  (Reuters) – The U.S. and its allies planned fresh sanctions against Iran over its unprecedented attack on Israel, seeking to dissuade Israel from a major escalation as its war cabinet was set to meet for a third time on Wednesday to decide a response.

(Reuters) – A section of TC Energy’s TRP.TO NGTL gas pipeline system in Alberta ruptured and caught fire yesterday, sparking a wildfire in a remote area, which is currently being held, the company said.

HANOI,  (Reuters) – Vietnam has mounted an “unprecedented” rescue of Saigon Joint Stock Commercial Bank (SCB), a lender engulfed in the nation’s biggest financial fraud, according to three bank documents and new official information provided to Reuters by a person with access to the documents.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – The first seven jurors were selected on Tuesday to serve on Donald Trump’s hush-money criminal trial, as the selection process continues to choose a panel of 12 members and six alternates who can be fair to the former U.S.

PORT-AU-PRINCE, (Reuters) – Haiti’s government yesterday named the members of a transitional council set to take power when Prime Minister Ariel Henry steps down – inching closer to putting in place measures that could restore security in the violence-wracked country.

NEW DELHI,  (Reuters) – Popular Indian yoga guru Baba Ramdev said today he made a mistake and apologised to a court for defying its orders to stop misleading advertisements that claim his traditional ayurvedic medicines can cure chronic diseases like diabetes.

JERUSALEM,  (Reuters) – Israelis awaited word on how Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu would respond to Iran’s first-ever direct attack on their country as international pressure for restraint grew amid fears of an escalation of conflict in the Middle East.

NEW YORK,  (Reuters) – The judge in Donald Trump’s trial dismissed dozens of potential New York City jurors yesterday who said they could not fairly decide whether the 2024 Republican presidential candidate illegally covered up a hush money payment to a porn star.

PETROPAVLOVSK, Kazakhstan,  (Reuters) – Swathes of northern Kazakhstan and Russia’s Urals region were flooded yesterday as melt waters swelled the tributaries of the world’s seventh longest river system, forcing more than 125,000 people to flee their homes.

TBILISI,  (Reuters) – Thousands of Georgians protested yesterday and lawmakers came to blows as ruling party legislators gave the initial go-ahead for debate on a bill on “foreign agents” that has been criticised by Western and domestic critics as Russian-inspired.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – The FBI said yesterday it opened a criminal probe into the collapse of a Baltimore bridge in March when a ship crashed into a bridge support, while local officials confirmed the recovery of a fourth body from the incident.

BERLIN,  (Reuters) – Tesla TSLA.O is laying off more than 10% of its global workforce, an internal memo seen by Reuters yesterday shows, as it grapples with falling sales and an intensifying price war for electric vehicles (EVs).

NEW YORK,  (Reuters) – New York prosecutors asked a judge at the start of Donald Trump’s criminal hush money trial today to fine him and remind him he could go to jail for violating a gag order that bars him from interfering with potential witnesses.

TBILISI, (Reuters) – Georgian lawmakers came to blows in parliament today as ruling party legislators looked set to advance a controversial bill on “foreign agents” that has been criticised by Western countries and sparked protests at home.

MOSCOW, (Reuters) – Russian aluminium giant Rusal 0486.HKRUAL.MM said today that new sanctions on Russian metals introduced by the United States and Britain will have no impact on its ability to supply aluminium to world markets.

WASHINGTON, BAGHDAD, DUBAI (Reuters) – Turkish, Jordanian and Iraqi officials said on Sunday Iran gave wide notice days before Saturday’s drone and missile attack on Israel allowing mass casualties and rampant escalation to be averted, but a U.S.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States on Sunday will announce an additional $100 million in aid to respond to the conflict in Sudan, according to a statement seen by Reuters, as Washington seeks to spur international response ahead of Monday’s anniversary of the war.