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ABUJA,  (Reuters) – Nigeria has become the first country in the world to roll out the “revolutionary” new Men5CV vaccine against meningitis, the World Health Organization (WHO) said.

JERUSALEM/DUBAI,  (Reuters) – Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps said it launched dozens of drones and missiles at Israel late today, an attack that may trigger a major escalation between the regional archenemies, with the U.S.

MADRID,  (Reuters) – Police forces led by Spain have arrested a gang which allegedly defrauded 645 million euros ($686.41 million) from victims in 35 countries in a scam centred around cannabis plants for medicinal use.

SYDNEY,  (Reuters) – An attacker who fatally knifed six people in a Sydney mall was shot dead by police in the beachside suburb of Bondi today, police said, as hundreds fled the scene.

PORT-AU-PRINCE,  (Reuters) – Haiti’s government formalized the creation of a nine-member transitional presidential council yesterday, a long-delayed move intended as the first step in restoring security to the gang-ravaged Caribbean country.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) –  Republican U.S. lawmakers yesterday criticized the Biden administration after sanctioned Chinese telecoms equipment giant Huawei unveiled a laptop this week powered by an Intel AI chip.

ORENBURG, Russia,  (Reuters) – Authorities in the Russian city of Orenburg called on thousands of residents to evacuate immediately yesterday due to rapidly rising flood waters after major rivers burst their banks due to a historic deluge of melting snow.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden yesterday said he expected Iran to attack Israel “sooner, rather than later” and warned Tehran not to proceed.

MEXICO CITY,  (Reuters) – Mexican public health officials are sounding an alarm after a study discovered the presence of animal tranquilizer Xylazine in opioids in cities on the country’s northwest border with the United States.

GENEVA/ZURICH,  (Reuters) – Switzerland for all its snow-capped mountains and crisp Alpine air has failed to protect its people from the ravages of climate change, as a top European court ruled this week.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – Long-simmering tensions between China and its neighbors took centre stage yesterday as leaders of the U.S.,

(Reuters) – Russia, Germany and Britain yesterday urged countries in the Middle East to show restraint and Israel said it was preparing to “meet all its security needs” in a region on edge over an Iranian threat to strike Israel.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – The climate targets verification group that announced a plan this week to allow companies to offset greenhouse gas emissions from their supply chain with carbon credits came under new pressure on Thursday to drop the policy.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – O.J. Simpson, the American football star and actor who was sensationally acquitted in 1995 of murdering his former wife in what U.S.

NIAMEY,  (Reuters) – Military instructors and personnel from Russia’s defence ministry arrived in Niger on Wednesday, Niger state television RTN said, in a further sign the West African country is building closer relations with Moscow like its junta-led neighbours.

(Reuters) – The village of Kaminskoye in Russia’s Kurgan region was being evacuated last night after the water level there rose 1.4 metres (4.59 ft) overnight, regional governor Vadim Shumkov said on the Telegram messaging app.

(Field Level Media) O.J. Simpson, a Pro Football Hall of Fame running back who was accused of, and ultimately acquitted, in the 1994 killings of his former wife and her friend in “The Trial of the Century,” has died after a battle with cancer.

KYIV,  (Reuters) – Russian missiles and drones destroyed a large electricity plant near Kyiv and hit power facilities in several regions of Ukraine today, officials said, ramping up pressure on the embattled energy system as Kyiv runs low on air defences.

ORENBURG, Russia, (Reuters) – The Russian city of Orenburg battled rising water levels today after major rivers across Russia and Kazakhstan burst their banks in the worst flooding seen in the areas in nearly a century.

HANOI,  (Reuters) – A court in Vietnam handed the death sentence today to real estate tycoon Truong My Lan for her role in a 304-trillion-dong ($12.5-billion) financial fraud, the country’s biggest on record, state media said.