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Russian-American lobbyist met with Trump Jr. , Russian lawyer - NBC News
A lobbyist who was once a Soviet counter-intelligence officer participated last year in a meeting with senior aides to U. S. President Donald Trump, including his eldest son, and a Russian lawyer, NBC News reports, adding to allegations of possible connections between Moscow and the November election.
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Russian-American lobbyist met with Trump Jr., Russian lawyer - NBC News
A lobbyist who was once a Soviet counter-intelligence officer participated last year in a meeting with senior aides to U.S. President Donald Trump, including his eldest son, and a Russian lawyer, NBC News reports, adding to allegations of possible connections between Moscow and the November election. (USA-TRUMP/RUSSIA (WRAPUP 6, PIX, TV), moved, by Mark Hosenball, 850 words)
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- USA-TRUMP/RUSSIA-LAWYER, moved, by Karen Freifeld and Steve Holland, 415 words
Honolulu tower blaze kills three, including mother and son - media
HONOLULU - Flames rip through three floors of a Honolulu tower block, killing three people including a mother and her son, media say. (HAWAII-FIRE/ (UPDATE 6, PIX, TV), moved, by Hugh Gentry, 427 words)
China says Nobel laureate cremated and his wife is "free"
SHENYANG, China - Deceased Chinese Nobel Peace Prize-winning dissident Liu Xiaobo was cremated on Saturday and his wife is "free", a government official says, as a state-run newspaper attacks him as a "despised" criminal out of step with Chinese society. (CHINA-RIGHTS/ (UPDATE 2, TV, PIX), moved, by Joseph Campbell, 566 words)
ASIA
Xi confidant and rising Chinese political star promoted
SHANGHAI/BEIJING - China names rising political star Chen Miner as Communist Party boss in southwestern Chongqing, cementing his reputation as a favourite of President Xi Jinping ahead of a leadership reshuffle at a key party congress in the autumn. (CHINA-POLITICS/ (UPDATE 2, PIX), moved, by Adam Jourdan and Philip Wen, 427 words)
North Korea may have more nuclear bomb material than thought - U.S. think tank
WASHINGTON - Thermal images of North Korea's main nuclear site show Pyongyang may have reprocessed more plutonium than previously thought that can be used to enlarge its nuclear weapons stockpile, a U.S. think tank says. (NORTHKOREA-NUCLEAR/ (UPDATE 1, PIX), moved, by David Brunnstrom and Matt Spetalnick, 436 words)
UNITED STATES
Trump asks Supreme Court to block travel ban ruling
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Justice Department asks the Supreme Court to block a judge's ruling that prevents President Donald Trump's travel ban from being applied to grandparents of U.S. citizens and refugees already being processed by resettlement agencies. (USA-IMMIGRATION/ (UPDATE 3), moved, by Lawrence Hurley, 514 words)
Turkish envoy urges U.S. to search cleric Gulen's communications
WASHINGTON - U.S. authorities should search through any intercepted communications of Fethullah Gulen to seek evidence backing Turkey's accusation that the U.S.-based Muslim cleric orchestrated last year's failed coup, Turkey's envoy to Washington says. (TURKEY-SECURITY/GULEN-DIPLOMACY (INTERVIEW), moved, by Julia Harte and Matt Spetalnick, 559 words)
One more Republican defection would doom Senate healthcare bill
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump turns up the heat on fellow Republicans in the U.S. Senate to pass a bill dismantling the Obamacare law, but with their retooled healthcare plan drawing fire within the party, even one more defection would doom it. (USA-HEALTHCARE/ (UPDATE 3, PIX, TV), moved, by Susan Cornwell and David Alexander, 755 words)
AMERICAS
Jimmy Carter recovers from dehydration scare in Canada
WINNIPEG, Manitoba - Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter, appearing fully recovered from dehydration suffered while helping to build a home for charity in Canada, is released from an overnight hospital stay and addresses the project's closing ceremony. (PEOPLE-CARTER/ (UPDATE 3, PIX), moved, by Zachary Prong, 427 words)
Peru's ex-presidents Humala and Fujimori, old foes, share prison
LIMA - Peru's former left-leaning president Ollanta Humala, ordered to spend 18 months in pre-trial detention, moves to a prison built for his longtime foe autocratic ex-leader Alberto Fujimori. (PERU-CORRUPTION/HUMALA (PIX, TV), moved, by Mitra Taj, 401 words)
MIDDLE EAST
Two German tourists stabbed to death on Egyptian beach
CAIRO - An Egyptian man stabs two German tourists to death and wounds four others at popular vacation spot on the Red Sea, after apparently searching out foreigners to attack, officials and witnesses say. (EGYPT-SECURITY/TOURISTS (UPDATE 5, PIX, TV), moved, by Mohamed Abdellah and Ahmed Tolba, 491 words)
UN ends round of Syria talks with focus on fight against terrorism
GENEVA - U.N. Syria envoy Staffan de Mistura puts the emphasis on the international fight against terrorism as he wraps up a round of Syria peace talks where there was "no breakthrough, no breakdown and no one walking out". (MIDEAST-CRISIS/SYRIA-TALKS (TV), moved, by Tom Miles, 454 words)
EUROPE
EU leaders willing to compromise on freedom of movement, says Tony Blair
LONDON - European Union leaders are willing to change the bloc's rules for the freedom of movement of workers, opening an opportunity for Britain to avoid a damaging "hard Brexit", former prime minister Tony Blair says. (BRITAIN-EU/BLAIR, moved, 290 words)
'Hard works starts now': Brexit bargaining to begin
BRUSSELS - EU officials hope the British government shows more sense of urgency about a Brexit deal when its negotiators come to Brussels on Monday for the first full round of talks aimed at smoothing Britain's departure. (BRITAIN-EU/NEGOTIATIONS, moved, by Alastair Macdonald, 691 words)
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