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RIYADH,  (Reuters) – Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and several international officials will be in Riyadh this week for talks aimed at pushing for a peace agreement in Gaza to be held on the sidelines of a World Economic Forum meeting, the WEF’s president said on Saturday.

LISBON, (Reuters) – Portugal’s government said yesterday it refuses to initiate any process to pay reparations for atrocities committed during transatlantic slavery and the colonial era, contrary to earlier comments from President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Russia’s industrial production and investments are stagnating, its exports of goods are continuing to deteriorate and profitability in most industries is declining, a think tank close to the government has said in a report.

MADRID,  (Reuters) –  Thou-sands of Socialist Party supporters travelled from across Spain for a rally in Madrid yesterday to call on Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez to stay on, after he stunned the country this week by saying he might quit the premiership.

UNITED NATIONS,  (Reuters) – The U.N. Security Council yesterday expressed its “deep concern” over an imminent attack on al-Fashir in Sudan’s North Darfur region by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF).

(Reuters) – Haiti’s transition council yesterday said it will vote for the country’s next president on Tuesday as part of efforts to bring the Caribbean country under control amid rampant gang violence.

KYIV,  (Reuters) – A Russian missile attack pounded power facilities in the centre and west of Ukraine today, mounting pressure on the ailing energy system as the country faces a shortage of air defences despite a breakthrough in U.S.

CAIRO,  (Reuters) – Hamas said it had received yesterday Israel’s official response to its latest ceasefire proposal and will study it before submitting its reply, the group’s deputy Gaza chief said in a statement.

NEW YORK,  (Reuters) – A federal judge in Manhattan dismissed for good a lawsuit accusing Aerosmith lead singer Steven Tyler of sexually assaulting a former teenage model twice in one day in the mid-1970s.

NEW YORK,  (Reuters) – Columbia University’s embattled president came under renewed pressure yesterday as a campus oversight panel sharply criticized her administration for clamping down on a pro-Palestinian protest at the Ivy League school.

NEW YORK,  (Reuters) – Former National Enquirer publisher David Pecker testified yesterday at Donald Trump’s criminal trial that he suppressed a story about an alleged affair to help Trump’s 2016 presidential bid, even though it would have boosted sales of his tabloid.

SYDNEY,  (Reuters) – The capsizing of a boat carrying childhood vaccines and health workers in Tuvalu underscored the challenges of healthcare in remote Pacific Islands as they battle extreme weather caused by climate change, the U.N

BERLIN,  (Reuters) – Azerbaijan, host of this year’s U.N. climate summit, will defend the right of oil and gas producing nations to invest in the sector, the country’s president said yesterday, noting that despite climate targets, fossil fuel demand remains strong.

RAFAH, Gaza,  (Reuters) – A baby girl who was delivered from her dying mother’s womb in a Gaza hospital following an Israeli airstrike has herself died after just a few days of life, the doctor who was caring for her said yesterday.

HANOI,  (Reuters) – The chairman of Vietnam’s parliament Vuong Dinh Hue resigned over unspecified “violations and shortcomings”, the ruling Communist Party said yesterday, a new sign of political turbulence weeks after the dismissal of the country’s president.

BEIJING, (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken raised concerns today about China’s support for Russia’s military, one of the many issues threatening to sour the recent improvement in relations between the world’s biggest economies.

(Reuters) – Burkina Faso has suspended the radio broadcasts of BBC Africa and the U.S-funded

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – The  Supreme Court’s conservative justices signaled support yesterday for U.S.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Renewed  clashes between police and students opposed to Israel’s war in Gaza broke out yesterday, raising questions about forceful methods being used to shut down protests that have intensified since mass arrests at Columbia University last week.

NEW YORK,  (Reuters) – Harvey Weinstein’s 2020 conviction for sexual assault and rape was overturned by New York’s highest court, reopening the landmark case that fueled the #MeToo movement and highlighting the challenges of holding powerful men accountable.