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CAIRO/RAFAH, Gaza Strip,  (Reuters) – Hamas and Egyptian mediators said yesterday they were going ahead with talks in Cairo on securing a ceasefire in Gaza, despite Israel’s decision not to send a delegation, as Washington pressed again for a truce, the release of hostages and plan to alleviate the humanitarian catastrophe.

ISLAMABAD,  (Reuters) – Pakistan’s Shehbaz Sharif took the oath yesteday to officially become prime minister for a second time, nearly four weeks after an uncertain national election caused delays in the formation of a coalition government.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court handed Donald Trump a major victory yesterday, barring states from disqualifying candidates for federal office under a constitutional provision involving insurrection and reversing Colorado’s exclusion of him from its ballot.

DAKAR,  (Reuters) – Writer Moustapha Gueye voted for Senegalese President Macky Sall at the last two elections.

GENEVA,  (Reuters) – U.N. human rights chief Volker Turk yesterday called on China to implement recommendations to amend laws that violate fundamental rights, including in the Xinjiang and Tibet regions.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – The Church of England’s 100 million pound fund to address its historical links to the slave trade is too small and should be expanded at least tenfold, an oversight group led by descendants of enslaved Africans said on Monday.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court handed Donald Trump a major victory today, barring states from disqualifying candidates for federal office under a constitutional provision involving insurrection and reversing Colorado’s exclusion of him from its ballot.

LONDON, (Reuters) – The Church of England has accepted a 1 billion pound target to address historical financial links to the slave trade as recommended by an oversight group led by descendants of enslaved Africans which said the initial 100 million pounds was too low.

CAIRO/RAFAH, Gaza Strip (Reuters) – Israel boycotted Gaza ceasefire talks in Cairo on Sunday after Hamas rejected its demand for a complete list naming hostages that are still alive, an Israeli newspaper reported.

KYIV (Reuters) – Rescue workers completed operations on Sunday after a drone strike on an apartment building in the southern city of Odesa, finding four more bodies and bringing the death toll to 12.

BERLIN (Reuters) – Police said that their search on Sunday for two individuals wanted for their involvement in Germany’s notorious Red Army Faction (RAF) militant group ended unsuccessfully.

PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) – International connectivity to Haiti was disrupted on Sunday following violent clashes in the capital that have damaged communications and led to a prison break at the main penitentiary as a major gang leader seeks to oust Prime Minister Ariel Henry.

DUBAI, (Reuters) – OPEC+ members led by Saudi Arabia and Russia agreed today to extend voluntary oil output cuts into the second quarter, sources said, giving extra support to the market amid concerns over global economic growth.

RAFAH,  (Reuters) – Born a few weeks into the Gaza war, infant twins Wesam and Naeem Abu Anza were buried today, the youngest of 14 members of the same family whom Gaza health authorities say were killed in an Israeli airstrike in Rafah overnight.

CAIRO,  (Reuters) – Mediators expected to reconvene in Cairo as soon as today and search for a formula acceptable to Israel and Hamas for a lasting ceasefire in Gaza, sources with knowledge of the talks said, after foreign governments resorted to airdrops to aid desperate civilians in the Palestinian enclave.

GRAND RAPIDS, Michigan,  (Reuters) – Donald Trump yesterday easily won the Republican caucuses in Michigan, where the party has been riven by infighting that some Republicans fear could hurt his campaign in the key battleground state as he gears up for the general election in November.

(Reuters) – Turnout for Iran’s parliamentary election, seen as a test of the clerical establishment’s legitimacy, appears to have hit an historic low of around 41%, according to unofficial reports quoted by state media yesterday.

MOSCOW,  (Reuters) – Russians queued yesterday to place flowers on the grave of late opposition politician Alexei Navalny, with mourners hailing him as a symbol of hope and perseverance the day after he was laid to rest in Moscow.

FRANKFURT, (Reuters) – Germany said yesterday it was investigating an apparent eavesdropping of a call, after Moscow said a recording of German officers showed them discussing weapons for Ukraine and a potential strike by Kiev on a bridge in Crimea.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – The White House yesterday said the U.S. government was taking seriously an internal watchdog report that the U.S.