NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump has asked New York state's highest court to delay a defamation lawsuit by a former contestant on his reality television show "The Apprentice" who said he sexually harassed her, claiming immunity and denying the allegations.

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MBANDAKA, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) - Three patients infected with the fatal Ebola infection slipped out of a seclusion ward at a healthcare facility in the Congolese city of Mbandaka, an aid group stated, as medics raced to stop the disease dispersing in the busy river port.

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KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Ninety-two-year-old Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad held his first cabinet conference on Wednesday as officials expand a probe into corruption linked to the previous federal government with raids on sites linked to the head of a Muslim trip fund.

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MOSCOW (Reuters) - Preparations for possible summit meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin have not advanced since the two men spoke on the phone on March 20, Kremlin foreign policy aide Yuri Ushakov said on Wednesday.

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ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan's former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Wednesday accused a former intelligence chief of asking him to resign during opposition protests in 2014, comments likely to further fray tense civil-military relations ahead of general elections.

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ATHENS (Reuters) - Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras is taking a huge gamble in attempting to settle a decades-old name dispute with neighbouring Macedonia which could backfire in a pre-election year among citizens already jaded by his economic austerity policies.

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