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LONDON,  (Reuters) – Thousands of ambulance workers in England and Wales walked out over pay today, increasing the strain on a state-funded health service a day after nurses went on strike, as the government advised the public to avoid taking risks.

KABUL,  (Reuters) – Afghanistan’s Taliban-run higher education ministry yesterday suspended access to universities by female students until further notice, drawing strong condemnation from the United States, Britain and the United Nations.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – A U.S. House of Representatives committee voted yesterday to release partially redacted tax filings from former President Donald Trump, which could lead to more unwelcome scrutiny for the former president as he mounts another White House bid.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – A $1.66 trillion government spending bill drew overwhelming bipartisan support in the U.S.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Terry Hall, lead singer of British ska band The Specials, whose often politically charged hits in the late 1970s and early 1980s included “Gangsters” and “Ghost Town”, has died aged 63, his former band members said.

BRUSSELS,  (Reuters) – As a corruption scandal rocks the European Parliament, lawmakers and campaign groups say a lack of asset declarations, little reporting on contacts with third countries and barely any sanctions created an environment where rule-breaking could go unpunished or undetected.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy is expected to visit the White House and the U.S.

BRUSSELS,  (Reuters) – As a corruption scandal rocks the European Parliament, lawmakers and campaign groups say a lack of asset declarations, little reporting on contacts with third countries and barely any sanctions created an environment where rule-breaking could go unpunished or undetected.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – The U.S. House of Representatives panel probing the Jan.

THE HAGUE,  (Reuters) – Prime Minister Mark Rutte yesterday apologised on behalf of the Dutch State for its historical role in slavery, and for consequences that he acknowledged continue into the present day.

MONTREAL,  (Reuters) – A United Nations summit approved yesterday a landmark global deal to protect nature and direct billions of dollars toward conservation but objections from key African nations, home to large tracts of tropical rainforest, held up its final passage.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – Teenaged boys in the United States are increasingly becoming ensnared in online financial “sextortion schemes,” impacting at least 3,000 victims and leading to more than a dozen suicides so far, U.S.

KYIV,  (Reuters) – President Vladimir Putin said the situation in four areas of Ukraine that Moscow has declared are part of Russia was “extremely difficult” as Kyiv renewed calls for more weapons after Russian drones hit energy targets.

TOWNSVILLE, Australia,  (Reuters) – Scientists working on Australia’s Great Barrier Reef have successfully trialled a new method for freezing and storing coral larvae they say could eventually help rewild reefs threatened by climate change.

OTTAWA,  (Reuters) – Six people, including the suspect, died and one person was wounded in a shooting at a high-rise condominium building near Toronto on Sunday when a 73-year-old gunman is alleged to have killed his neighbors before being shot dead by police.

THE HAGUE,  (Reuters) – Prime Minister Mark Rutte today apologised on behalf of the Dutch State for its historical role in slavery, and for consequences that he acknowledged continue into the present day.

MONTREAL, (Reuters) – A United Nations summit approved today a landmark global deal to protect nature and direct billions of dollars toward conservation but objections from key African nations, home to large tracts of tropical rainforest, held up its final passage.

JOHANNESBURG, (Reuters) – South African President Cyril Ramaphosa was re-elected leader of the governing African National Congress (ANC) today, overcoming the “Farmgate” scandal and paving the way for him to contest the presidency again at 2024 elections.

(Reuters) – Veteran U.S. diplomat Henry Kissinger said the time is approaching for a negotiated peace in Ukraine to reduce the risk of another devastating world war, but the Kyiv government dismissed his comments as amounting to “appeasing the aggressor” and said there could be no deal involving ceding territory.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – The British government is “resolute” it will not budge on nurses’ pay, senior minister Oliver Dowden said yesterday, ahead of a planned second nationwide walkout by the profession over an average pay offer of 4% while inflation runs at more than 10%.