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By Nate Raymond Aug 28 (Reuters) – A federal judge on Friday ruled that laws that President Donald Trump’s administration used to cancel visas and initiate deportation proceedings against noncitizen college students based on their pro-Palestinian advocacy and criticism of Israel are unconstitutional.

(Refiles to correct formatting, no change to text) By Gopal Sharma KATHMANDU, Aug 29 (Reuters) – Nepal needs foreign help in specialised and technical areas in which ​it does not have expertise in the aftermath ‌of the devastating flood that hit its Himalayan border with China this week, but not in search and rescue, its foreign minister told Reuters.

TAIPEI, Aug 29 (Reuters) – Taiwan prosecutors said on Saturday they had searched the offices of Taiwanese printed circuit board maker ​Unimicron Technology on suspicion the company ‌falsely labelled some of its China-made products as being from Taiwan. • Prosecutors in the northern city of Taoyuan said they had searched two company locations ‌and ​questioned 18 defendants and ⁠witnesses.

By Eman Abouhassira and Yasmine Ghania DUBAI/CAIRO, Aug 29 (Reuters) – Iranian leaders are acknowledging the economic toll of war with the United States, with the supreme leader calling on the government to address the hardship while the president reported foreign trade has shrunk 35% due to the American sanctions and blockade.

Aug 28 (Reuters) – OpenAI said on Friday ​that ‌it plans to end its agreement providing ‌AI ​models ⁠to Cursor, ⁠the coding-tool company now owned by Elon ​Musk’s SpaceX. OpenAI said ⁠it ⁠was not ​confident that ​SpaceX would use ‌its technology “within our terms of ⁠service.” SpaceX did not immediately respond to ⁠a ‌Reuters request ⁠for ​comment ‌outside regular business ​hours. (Reporting ⁠by Anusha Shah in Bengaluru; Editing by William ​Mallard)

SAO PAULO, Aug 28 (Reuters) – Brazilian senator Flavio Bolsonaro, the main opposition candidate in the country’s presidential election, said on Friday he ​will respect the result of the October ‌vote, assuring he seeks to be elected under current electoral rules. The right-wing lawmaker is the eldest son of former President Jair Bolsonaro, who is serving a 27-year prison sentence ‌for ​attempting to overturn his 2022 election ⁠defeat to leftist ⁠President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.

DAKAR, Aug 29 (Reuters) – ​Sustained ‌gunfire and explosions ‌rang ​out ⁠across several ⁠areas of Niger’s ​capital, ⁠Niamey, ⁠early on ​Saturday, ​according to a ‌Reuters witness.

By Tom Little and Johan Ahlander REYKJAVIK, Aug 29 (Reuters) – Icelanders vote on Saturday on whether to reopen membership talks with the European Union, with islanders split down the middle after months of debate focused on the cost of living, security and control over fishing waters. The race is too close to call.

By Jarrett Renshaw Aug 28 (Reuters) – The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission on Friday ordered former White House teleprompter operator ​Gabriel Perez to pay $172,539 for ‌using advance access to President Donald Trump’s speeches to make illegal trades on a prediction-market platform. Perez must repay $107,539.02 in profits and pay a $65,000 civil ‌penalty ​under a settlement with ⁠the CFTC.

By Field Level Media Aug 29 (Field Level Media) – Colorado Avalanche defenseman Cale Makar inked an eight-year, $163.2 million contract on Friday, becoming the first player in NHL history to earn more than $20 million ​per year. The deal, which begins in the 2027-28 season, will pay ‌the 27-year-old rearguard $20.4 million per year through the 2034-35 campaign.