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New Russia probe leaks threaten to derail Trump's foreign
WASHINGTON - U. S. President Donald Trump suffers embarrassing leaks that a senior adviser was a "person of interest" in a probe of possible collusion with Russia during last year's election campaign and that Trump had boasted to Russian officials of firing the man heading the investigation.
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New Russia probe leaks threaten to derail Trump's foreign
WASHINGTON - U.S. President Donald Trump suffers embarrassing leaks that a senior adviser was a "person of interest" in a probe of possible collusion with Russia during last year's election campaign and that Trump had boasted to Russian officials of firing the man heading the investigation. (USA-TRUMP/ (UPDATE 4, PIX, TV), moved, by Eric Beech and Jeff Mason, 970 words)
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- USA-TRUMP/ISOLATED (ANALYSIS), move by James Oliphant, 1101 words
- USA-TRUMP/POLL (POLL), moved, by Chris Kahn, 344 words
- USA-TRUMP/FBI (UPDATE 1), moved, 356 words
- USA-TRUMP/MUELLER, moved, by Julia Edwards Ainsley, 550 words
- USA-CONGRESS/WYDEN (INTERVIEW, PIX, TV), moved, by Patricia Zengerle, 556 words
Iran counts votes after big turnout in presidential election
DUBAI/BEIRUT - Vote counting begins in Iran after large turnout in unexpectedly tight presidential election pitting President Hassan Rouhani, who wants to normalize ties with West, against hard-line judge who says he already goes too far. (IRAN-ELECTION/ (UPDATE 1, PIX, GRAPHICS), expect by 2230 GMT/6.30 PM ET, by Parisa Hafezi and Babak Dehghanpisheh, 900 words)
Assange hails victory after Sweden drops probe, says prepared to end impasse
STOCKHOLM/LONDON - Swedish prosecutors drop investigation of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange over rape allegation, but British police say he would still be arrested if he were to leave Ecuadorean embassy in London where he is holed up. (ECUADOR-SWEDEN/ASSANGE (UPDATE 5, TV, PIX), moved, by Simon Johnson and Michael Holden, 839 words)
+ See also:
- ECUADOR-SWEDEN/ASSANGE-ANDERSON (TV, PIX), moved, by Jill Serjeant
French researchers find way to unlock WannaCry without ransom
FRANKFURT - French researchers say they find last-chance way for technicians to save Windows files encrypted by WannaCry, racing against deadline as ransomware threatens to start locking up victims' computers. (CYBER-ATTACK/CURE (UPDATE 3), moved, by Eric Auchard, 691 words)
ASIA Chinese jets intercept U.S. radiation-sniffing plane, U.S. says
WASHINGTON - Two Chinese SU-30 aircraft carry out what U.S. military describes as "unprofessional" intercept of U.S. aircraft designed to detect radiation while it is flying in international air space over East China Sea. (USA-CHINA/INTERCEPT (UPDATE 4, TV), moved, 378 words)
N.Korea says U.S. has to roll back 'hostile policy' before talks
UNITED NATIONS - North Korea's deputy U.N. envoy says the United States needs to roll back "hostile policy" before there could be talks as Washington raises concern that Pyongyang could be producing a chemical used in a nerve agent. (NORTHKOREA-NUCLEAR/USA-UN (UPDATE 1), moved, by Michelle Nichols, 485 words)
MIDDLE EAST
U.S. says Iranian-directed convoy targeted by U.S. strike in Syria
WASHINGTON - The United States says it believes forces in a convoy targeted by U.S. military aircraft in southern Syria on Thursday were Iranian-directed, in a possible sign of increased tension between Washington and Tehran in the Syrian war. (MIDEAST-CRISIS/SYRIA-USA, moved, by Phil Stewart, 450 words)
Death toll rises to 141 in southern Libya attack
BENGHAZI, Libya - A spokesman for east Libyan armed forces says as many as 141 people had been killed in an attack on a southern air base, and the head of Libya's U.N.-backed government suspends defence minister pending an investigation into the incident. (LIBYA-SECURITY/ (UPDATE 2), moved, by Ayman al-Warfalli, 540 words)
Yemen's Houthis say fire ballistic missile towards Saudi capital
DUBAI - Yemen's Houthi movement says it had fired a ballistic missile toward Saudi capital Riyadh and Arab coalition waging war in Yemen says it had intercepted and destroyed a projectile around 200 km (120 miles) west of the city. SAUDI-YEMEN/SECURITY (UPDATE 2), moved 250 words)
UNITED STATES
Ex-U.S. Congressman Weiner pleads guilty in teen 'sexting' case
NEW YORK - Former U.S. Rep. Anthony Weiner weeps as he pleads guilty to sending sexually explicit messages to teenage girl, ending investigation of "sexting" scandal that plays role in U.S. presidential election. (PEOPLE-WEINER/ (UPDATE 6, PIX, TV), moved, by Brendan Pierson, 600 words)
Three in critical condition after car plows through Times Square
NEW YORK - Three people remain in critical condition after driver plows into pedestrians in New York City's Times Square, killing young woman on vacation and injuring her sister and 19 other people, police say. (NEW YORK-CRASH/ (UPDATE 1, PIX, TV, GRAPHIC), moved, by Jonathan Allen and Gina Cherelus, 569 words)
AMERICAS
Brazil's top court releases testimony linking president to bribes
SAO PAULO/BRASILIA - Brazil's top court releases plea-bargain testimony accusing President Michel Temer and his two predecessors of receiving millions of dollars in bribes, the most damaging development yet in a historic political corruption probe.(BRAZIL-CORRUPTION/ (UPDATE 3, PIX), moved, by Brad Brooks and Lisandra Paraguassu, 800 words)
Highland Venezuelan town blitzed by looting and protests
LOS TEQUES, Venezuela - As with many Portuguese immigrants to Venezuela after World War Two, Manuel Fernandes spends lifetime building small business: his bread and cake shop in highland town. It takes just one night for it to fall apart.(VENEZUELA-POLITICS/LOOTING (PIX, TV), moved, by Andrew Cawthorne, 778 words)
AFRICA
Macron vows to step up French fight against Islamists in Africa
GAO, Mali - France will step up the fight against resurgent Islamist militants in north and west Africa and will work more closely with Germany to help the tinderbox region, President Emmanuel Macron says on his first trip outside Europe. FRANCE-MALI/ (UPDATE 2, PIX, TV) moved, by Marine Pennetier, 540 words)
South Sudan forces killed 114 civilians around Yei in six months - UN
GENEVA - South Sudanese pro-government forces kill at least 114 civilians in and around Yei town from July 2016 to January 2017, U.N. human rights office says in report that army dismisses as "baseless." (SOUTHSUDAN-UN/ (UPDATE 2, PIX, TV), moved, by Tom Miles, 690 words)
EUROPE
EXCLUSIVE-Putin's ex-wife linked to multi-million-dollar property business
MOSCOW - Former wife of Russian president Vladimir Putin helps create and now supports foundation that owns historic Moscow property generating millions of dollars from tenants, Reuters examination of property records finds. (RUSSIA-PUTIN/FOUNDATION (EXCLUSIVE, PIX), moved, by Svetlana Reiter, 1,573 words)
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