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DUBAI, (Reuters) – Iran’s judiciary has sentenced three more anti-government protesters to death on charges of “waging war on God”, its Mizan news agency reported today, defying growing international criticism over its fierce crackdown on demonstrators.

GENEVA,  (Reuters) – Pakistan said today that donors had committed to give more than $8 billion to help it recover from last year’s devastating floods in what is seen as a major test for who pays for climate disasters.

TAIPEI/BEIJING,  (Reuters) – Taiwan condemned China today for holding its second military combat drills around the island in less than a month, with the defence ministry saying it had detected 57 Chinese aircraft.

BRASILIA, (Reuters) – Supporters of Brazil’s far-right former President Jair Bolsonaro invaded and defaced the country’s Congress, presidential palace and Supreme Court yesterday, in a grim echo of the U.S.

(Reuters) – A Russian missile attack on the Ukrainian city of Kramatorsk missed its targets and there were no obvious signs of casualties, a Reuters reporter said on Sunday, after Moscow claimed the strike killed 600 Ukrainian soldiers.

EL PASO, Texas,  (Reuters) – President Joe Biden visited the U.S.-Mexico

HONG KONG/BEIJING,  (Reuters) – Travellers streamed into China by air, land and sea today, many eager for long-awaited reunions, as Beijing opened borders that have been all but shut since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – Kevin McCarthy woke up yesterday morning with a long-held dream fulfilled: After a four-day standoff, he was elected speaker of the U.S.

(Reuters) – Iran hanged two men yesterday for allegedly killing a member of the security forces during nationwide protests that followed the death of 22-year-old Kurdish Iranian woman Mahsa Amini on Sept.

NAIROBI, (Reuters)  – Six journalists in South Sudan have been detained over the circulation of footage showing President Salva Kiir appearing to wet himself at an official event, the national journalists union said yesterday.

KYIV, (Reuters) – Tears of joy streamed down worshippers’ faces as Ukraine’s main church celebrated a “return” to Kyiv’s Cathedral of the Assumption on Orthodox Christmas day, shortly after taking control of it from a rival church with alleged ties to Russia.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – Republican Kevin McCarthy was elected speaker of the U.S.

(Reuters) – FTX’s U.S.-based bankruptcy team have agreed to coordinate with liquidators winding down the crypto exchange’s operations in the Bahamas, resolving a dispute that threatened the recovery of what could be billions of dollars in lost funds.

LIMA, (Reuters) – Dozens of protesters attempted to take over an airport near Peru’s border with Bolivia yesterday as part of anti-government protests, prompting police to use tear gas to disperse them.

NEAR KREMINNA, Ukraine,  (Reuters) – Russian and Ukrainian forces exchanged artillery fire at the front line in Ukraine yesterday, even after Moscow said it had ordered its troops to stop shooting for a unilateral truce that was firmly rejected by Kyiv.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – President Joe Biden marked the second anniversary of the deadly attack on the U.S.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Embattled Republican Kevin McCarthy suffered yet another embarrassing defeat – his 14th of the week – as he failed late yesterday to secure the votes needed to lead the U.S.

(Reuters) – Power was restored in Toronto after multiple outages left large parts of the city in the dark last evening.

NAIROBI, (Reuters) – Kenyan police yesterday said a suspect had been arrested in connection with the death of a prominent LGBTQ rights campaigner whose body was found stuffed into a metal box in the west of the country.

NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – India will host a virtual summit of around 120 developing countries next week, its foreign minister said today, as the country looks to bolster international cooperation during its presidency of the Group of 20 (G20) biggest economies.