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JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Two migrants deported from the United States arrived in Eswatini, authorities in the southern African country said, under an agreement between the two countries that has drawn criticism from rights groups. The two migrants are from Latin America, according to a statement government late Thursday which described the individuals as “third-party nationals” and said they arrived following consultations and agreements between the U.S. and Eswatini. The pair […]

NEW YORK (AP) — In a Michigan swing district just north of Detroit, Democratic congressional candidate Christina Hines said voters are far more worried about affording fuel, groceries and healthcare than about left-wing extremists gaining ground in her party. “It costs me $73 to fill up our minivan right now,” she said. “This is just not acceptable for working families.” Some 600 miles away, political extremism is exactly what Republican […]

Aug 28 (Reuters) – Institutional investors are increasing allocations to private credit in Asia. Granite Asia raised more than $500 million for a pan-Asian strategy and Partners Group secured a $1 billion mandate as managers expand in a region that remains a small part of the global market. Granite Asia said this week that its Libra Hybrid strategy had raised more than its $500 million target, attracting new commitments from […]

By Promit Mukherjee OTTAWA, Aug 28 (Reuters) – Canada’s economy rebounded sharply in the second quarter after six months of virtually no growth, aided by strong jump in exports and solid domestic demand, data showed on Friday. The economy grew at an annualized rate of 3.3% in the second quarter, following an upwardly revised 0.3% in the first quarter, Statistics Canada said. With the first quarter revision, which was previously […]

By Michael Holden and Sam Tobin LONDON, Aug 28 (Reuters) – Seven protesters accused of daubing pro-Palestinian graffiti on U.S. President Donald Trump’s Turnberry golf resort in Scotland last year could face longer sentences if found guilty due to what prosecutors have described as a “terrorist connection”. Activists from the now-banned group Palestine Action were charged last year with criminal damage for spray-painting walls at the course with the slogans […]

Aug 28 (Reuters) – U.S. equity funds recorded their largest weekly outflow in five months in the week to August 26, as investors reassessed the outlook for artificial intelligence ahead of Nvidia’s earnings and awaited potentially pivotal remarks from Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh. Investors withdrew a net $22.33 billion from U.S. equity funds during the week, marking the largest weekly net sales since March 18, according to LSEG Lipper […]

The U.K. government warned against any attempt by Israel to remove British officials from the Gaza ceasefire coordination center after reports that Israel was considering expelling U.K. and potentially other European officials. Here’s a look at the latest developments Friday in the Iran war and the wider Middle East. Full coverage can be found here. The U.K. government said Thursday that it remains committed to implementing the 20-point Gaza peace […]

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian forces on Friday resumed their drone barrage of Ukraine’s Kyiv region, hitting more than a dozen apartment buildings and storage depots in a second straight day of aerial attacks, officials said. Prolonged air raids in Kyiv on Thursday essentially locked down the Ukrainian capital for 15 hours, the Foreign Ministry said, choking the economy and severely disrupting civilian life more than four years after Russia’s […]

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — A Dutch court on Friday convicted a Rwandan man of participation in his home country’s 1994 genocide and sentenced him to life imprisonment. The 66-year-old defendant, whose name was not released, took part in attacks in which homes were looted and torched in two predominantly Tutsi communities and threw a grenade into a crowd of Tutsis sheltering in a soccer stadium, The Hague District Court […]