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DOHA, (Reuters) – Qatar reiterated yesterday that the country denies any involvement in a corruption case being investigated by Belgian authorities involving people linked to the European Parliament.

MOSCOW,  (Reuters) – The time is approaching for a negotiated peace in Ukraine to reduce the risk of another devastating world war, but dreams of breaking up Russia could unleash nuclear chaos, veteran U.S.

(Reuters) – Hearses bearing the dead lined the driveway to a designated COVID-19 crematorium in the Chinese capital on Saturday while workers at the city’s dozen funeral homes were busier than normal, days after China reversed tight pandemic restrictions.

(Reuters) – Only 8.8% of Tunisian voters cast ballots in Saturday’s parliamentary elections, authorities announced, after most political parties boycotted the vote as a charade aimed at shoring up President Kais Saied’s power.

(Reuters) – President Vladimir Putin has sought proposals from his armed forces commanders on how they think Russia’s military campaign in Ukraine should proceed, during a visit to the operation’s headquarters, the Kremlin said on Saturday.

(Reuters) – Pope Francis revealed in a new interview published on Sunday that after he was elected in 2013 he signed a letter of resignation to be used if someday severe and permanent health problems made it impossible to carry out his duties.

(Reuters) – Elon Musk reinstated the Twitter accounts of several journalists that were suspended for a day over a controversy on publishing public data about the billionaire’s plane.

BEIJING/SHANGHAI, (Reuters) – Hearses bearing the dead lined the driveway to a designated COVID-19 crematorium in the Chinese capital today while workers at the city’s dozen funeral homes were busier than normal, days after China reversed tight pandemic restrictions.

JOHANNESBURG,  (Reuters) – Protesters disrupted South African President Cyril Ramaphosa’s opening speech at the ruling party’s conference yesterday to elect their leaders, preventing him from starting and forcing him to shout to be heard over the din.

TOKYO,  (Reuters) – Japan yesterday unveiled its biggest military build-up since World War Two with a $320 billion plan that will buy missiles capable of striking China and ready it for sustained conflict, as regional tensions and Russia’s Ukraine invasion stoke war fears.

LIMA, (Reuters) – Pressure rose on Peru’s fledgling government yesterday as two Cabinet members resigned following deadly protests that have rocked the country since former President Pedro Castillo’s removal from office and arrest last week.

(Reuters) – The head of a Russian private militia accused France of attempting to assassinate the head of a Russian representative office in the Central African Republic, who was seriously injured yesterday after opening a mail bomb.

KYIV, (Reuters) – Russia fired more than 70 missiles at Ukraine yesterday in one of its biggest attacks since the start of the war, knocking out power in the second-biggest city and forcing Kyiv to implement emergency blackouts nationwide, Ukrainian officials said.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The U.S. House of Representatives committee investigating the Jan.

KYIV,  (Reuters) – Russia rained down scores of missiles on Ukraine’s power grid today, killing at least two people, damaging nine energy facilities and forcing Kyiv to introduce emergency blackouts across the country as winter bites.

BEIJING/SHANGHAI,  (Reuters) – Chinese President Xi Jinping and his senior officials pledged to support China’s battered economy next year as the deaths of two veteran state journalists highlighted the worsening spread of COVID-19 in the capital Beijing.

BERLIN,  (Reuters) – A huge aquarium in Berlin that was home to around 1,500 exotic fish burst today, spilling 1 million litres (264,172 gallons) of water and debris onto a major road in the busy Mitte district, emergency services said.

KYIV,  (Reuters) – Western allies stepped up their support of Ukraine with additional funding, sanctions against Moscow and expanded military training while Kyiv’s defence minister predicted a new Russian offensive.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – The U.S. Senate passed legislation yesterday authorizing a record $858 billion in annual defense spending, $45 billion more than proposed by President Joe Biden, and rescinding the military’s COVID vaccine mandate.

SHANGHAI,  (Reuters) – China reported 2,157 new symptomatic COVID-19 infections on Dec.