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U.S. Defense Secretary issues stark warning to North Korea

WASHINGTON/SEOUL - U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis issues stark warning to North Korea, telling Pyongyang that it should stop any actions that would lead to "end of its regime and the destruction of its people." (NORTHKOREA-MISSILES/ (WRAPUP 14, PIX, TV, GRAPHIC), expect by 2230 GMT/6.30 PM ET, by Doina Chiacu, Idrees Ali and Christine Kim, 1,100 words)

+ See also:

- NORTHKOREA-MISSILES/USA (UPDATE 2), moved, by John Walcott, 703 words

- NORTHKOREA-MISSILES/USA-DEFENSE, moving shortly, by Mike Stone, 800 words

FBI raided former Trump campaign manager's home in Russia probe

WASHINGTON - FBI raid on Virginia home of President Donald Trump's former campaign manager shows that federal investigation of possible ties between Trump's campaign and Russian meddling in 2016 U.S. election is intensifying. (USA-TRUMP/RUSSIA (UPDATE 3, PIX), moving shortly, by Sarah N. Lynch, Patricia Zengerle and Karen Freifeld, 800 words)

EXCLUSIVE-U.S. envoy to U.N. will go to Vienna to review Iran nuclear activities -U.S. official

UNITED NATIONS - U.S. Ambassador to United Nations Nikki Haley will travel to Vienna later this month to discuss Iran's nuclear activities with U.N. atomic watchdog officials, U.S. official says, as part of Washington's review of Tehran's compliance with 2015 nuclear deal (IRAN-NUCLEAR/USA (EXCLUSIVE, PIX), moved, by Michelle Nichols, 436 words)

U.S. sanctions eight more Venezuelan officials, including Chavez brother

WASHINGTON - Trump administration imposes sanctions on eight more Venezuelan officials, including brother of late socialist leader Hugo Chavez, to punish them for helping President Nicolas Maduro to create new legislative superbody, U.S. officials say. (VENEZUELA-POLITICS/SANCTIONS (UPDATE 2, PIX), moved, by Matt Spetalnick, 563 words)

UNITED STATES

U.S. productivity rises, keeps labor costs in check

WASHINGTON - U.S. productivity grows more than expected as hours worked rise at their fastest pace in 1-1/2 years, leading to modest increase in labor costs that could keep inflation muted in near term. (USA-ECONOMY/ (WRAPUP 3), moved, by Lucia Mutikani, 733 words)

Scant oversight, corporate secrecy preceded U.S. weed killer crisis

NEW YORK - As U.S. growing season enters its peak this summer, farmers begin posting startling pictures on social media: fields of beans, peach orchards and vegetable gardens withering away. Photographs serve as early warnings of crisis that damages millions of acres of farmland. New versions of herbicide dicamba, according to farmers, drift across fields to crops unable to withstand it, charge authorities are investigating. (USA-PESTICIDES/DICAMBA (UPDATE 1, INSIGHT, PIX, GRAPHIC), moved, by Emily Flitter, 1,211 words)

Some U.S. coding boot camps stumble in a crowded field

SAN FRANCISCO - Hype is fading for coding "boot camps," for-profit U.S. schools offering graduates entry into lucrative world of software development. (BOOTCAMPS-ENTERPRISE/ (GRAPHICS, PIX), moved, by Salvador Rodriguez, 1,171 words)

AMERICAS

Canada to set up border camp as number of asylum seekers swells

MONTREAL - Canada deploys soldiers to erect tents near U.S. border to temporarily house hundreds of asylum seekers crossing from New York state, officials say, influx of mostly Haitians prompted by fear of deportation by U.S. government. (USA-IMMIGRATION/CANADA-HAITIANS (UPDATE 1, PIX), moved, by Allison Lampert, 493 words)

U.S. sanctions Mexican soccer star Rafa Marquez for alleged drug ties

MEXICO CITY - U.S. Treasury Department says it sanctions Mexican soccer star Rafael "Rafa" Marquez and more than 20 others for suspected links with accused drug kingpin, tarnishing reputation of one of Mexico's sporting giants. (MEXICO-DRUGS/SOCCER (UPDATE 3, PIX, TV), moving shortly, by Gabriel Stargardter, 400 words)

ASIA

Thousands attend events for ousted Pakistani prime minister Sharif

ISLAMABAD - Thousands of people attend rally and procession in support of former Pakistani prime minister Nawaz Sharif as he embarks on show of political power after Supreme Court decision to disqualify him from office over undeclared assets. (PAKISTAN-POLITICS/ (UPDATE 3, PIX, TV), moved, by Asif Shahzad, 548 words)

EUROPE

Car rams into soldiers in Paris suburb, suspect arrested after manhunt

PARIS - French police shoot and arrest man suspected of deliberately ramming his car into group of soldiers in Parisian suburb hours earlier, injuring six of them in what government calls deliberate attack. (EUROPE-ATTACKS/FRANCE (UPDATE 6, PIX, TV, GRAPHIC), moved, by Richard Lough and Benoit Tessier, 678 words)

UK says EU offers restricted post-Brexit residency rights to Britons

LONDON - European Union proposes that Britons living in bloc after Brexit will only have right to stay in country where they are resident when Britain leaves, Brexit minister David Davis says in letter. (BRITAIN-EU/CITIZENS (UPDATE 1, PIX), moved, 449 words)

MIDDLE EAST

Former Syrian rebels flee, hide from army conscription

BEIRUT - After fighting against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad for six years, rebel soldier Abu Mohammed lays down his arms as part of peace deal in his home town of Moadamiya. But he now flees Syria into Turkey. His reason: Syrian army tells him to report for duty and he fears being sent to his death fighting his former allies or Islamic State. (MIDEAST-CRISIS/SYRIA-CONSCRIPTION (INSIGHT, PIX, GRAPHIC), expect by 0500 GMT/1 AM ET, by Dahlia Nehme and John Davison, 1,100 words)

Netanyahu accuses Israeli left, media of trying to oust him

TEL AVIV - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accuses his leftist opponents and country's media of trying to oust his government by pressuring investigators to indict him "at any cost". (ISRAEL-NETANYAHU/RALLY (TV, PIX), moved, by Rami Amichay, 422 words)

+ See also:

- ISRAEL-NETANYAHU/ (PIX), moved, by Dan Williams, 917 words

Saudi security forces flatten old quarter of Shi'ite town

AWAMIYA, Saudi Arabia - Security campaign against Shi'ite Muslim gunmen in eastern Saudi Arabia reduces dozens of buildings in town of Awamiya to ruins and forces thousands of residents to flee. (SAUDI-SECURITY/AWAMIYA (UPDATE 1, PIX, TV), moved, by Katie Paul, 671 words)

AFRICA

Kenya election chief rejects opposition's hacking claims as protests erupt

NAIROBI - Kenya's election commission dismisses claims by opposition leader Raila Odinga that its systems and web site are hacked to produce "fictitious" lead for Odinga's long-time rival President Uhuru Kenyatta. (KENYA-ELECTION/ (UPDATE 8, TV, PIX), moved, by Humphrey Malalo and Rajiv Golla, 889 words)

SCIENCE & HEALTH

Crocodile rock: ancient beast named after Motörhead band's Lemmy

WASHINGTON - Ferocious sea-going crocodile that menaced coastal waters about 164 million years ago during Jurassic Period is given name honoring similarly ferocious heavy-metal rocker Lemmy, late front man for British band Motörhead. (SCIENCE-CROCODILE/ (PIX), moved, by Will Dunham, 360 words)

Infant ape fossil skull illuminates humankind's remote past

WASHINGTON - Lemon-sized fossil skull of infant ape nicknamed Alesi that inhabited Kenyan forest about 13 million years ago is offering peek at what long-ago common ancestor of people and all modern apes may have looked like. (SCIENCE-APE/ (PIX), moved, by Will Dunham, 400 words)

It's a bird! It's a plane! No, it's a prehistoric gliding mammal

WASHINGTON - In dense Chinese forests populated by dinosaurs 160 million years ago, two furry critters resembling flying squirrels glided from tree to tree, showing that even in such perilous neighborhood early mammals succeeded in going airborne. (SCIENCE-MAMMALS/ (PIX), moved, by Will Dunham, 404 words)

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

Denver DJ accused of groping Taylor Swift denies anger over VIP snub

DENVER - Taylor Swift's lawyer suggests Colorado DJ accused of groping singer at 2013 photo shoot was angry at having to wait in line with Swift's young fans for picture-taking session. (PEOPLE-TAYLORSWIFT/ (UPDATE 2, PIX, TV), expect by 2330 GMT/7.30 PM ET, by Keith Coffman and Jann Tracey, 400 words)

+ See also:

- PEOPLE-TAYLORSWIFT/SPOTLIGHT (PIX), moved, by Jill Serjeant, 512 words

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