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BEIJING,  (Reuters) – People in China celebrated the withdrawal on Tuesday of a state-mandated app used to track whether they had travelled to COVID-stricken areas, in the latest loosening of some of the world’s toughest anti-virus rules.

BRUSSELS,  (Reuters) – The European Union’s credibility is at stake, EU foreign ministers warned today, following allegations Qatar lavished cash and gifts on European Parliament officials to influence decision-making.

BOGOTA,  (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Indigenous leaders from rainforests from Brazil to Indonesia say a new European Union law preventing the import into the bloc of key commodities linked to deforestation is insufficient to protect forests and will do little to bolster indigenous rights.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – The United States yesterday imposed sanctions on the son of Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa, several other Zimbabwean nationals and two entities, as part of Washington’s efforts to address corruption in the country.

BRUSSELS,  (Reuters) – The European Union’s credibility is at stake, EU foreign ministers warned today, following allegations Qatar lavished cash and gifts on European Parliament officials to influence decision-making.

KYIV, (Reuters) – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy held talks with U.S.

(Reuters) – NASA’s Orion capsule barreled through Earth’s atmosphere and splashed down in the Pacific ocean on Sunday after making an uncrewed voyage around the moon, winding up the inaugural mission of the U.S.

(Reuters) – U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen yesterday forecast a substantial reduction in U.S.

ROME,  (Reuters) – Three women including a friend of Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni were killed yesterday when a man pulled out a gun and opened fire at a meeting of residents of an apartment block in Rome.

TOKYO,  (Reuters) – A Japanese space startup launched a spacecraft to the moon today after several delays, a step toward what would be a first for the nation and for a private company.

SHANGHAI,  (Reuters) – China reported 8,838 new COVID-19 infections for Dec.

QUETTA, Pakistan, (Reuters) – Six Pakistani civilians and one Afghan soldier were killed yesterday in cross border shelling and gunfire, according to officials on both sides of the frontier.

BELGRADE,  (Reuters) – Serbia demands the release of all arrested Serbs from northern Kosovo, but also seeks to defuse tensions there following tensions in the restive region, President Aleksandar Vucic said yesterday.

POTSDAM, Germany,  (Reuters) – Chancellor Olaf Scholz said this weekend Germany should attract more foreign workers and make it easier for women and older people to work in order to avoid labour shortages and a crisis in its public pension system in the years ahead.

MONTREAL, (Reuters) – Here’s the plan: Select 100 companies whose business burdens nature.

BEIJING, (Reuters) – Beijing’s COVID-19 gloom deepened today with many shops and other businesses closed, and an expert warned of many thousands of new coronavirus cases as anger over China’s previous COVID policies gave way to worry about coping with infection.

TOKYO,  (Reuters) – A Japanese space startup launched a spacecraft to the moon today after several delays, a step toward what would be a first for the nation and for a private company.

(Reuters) – Residents near the site of the worst U.S. oil pipeline leak in a decade took the commotion and smell in stride as cleanup crews labored in near-freezing temperatures, and investigators searched for clues to what caused the spill.

(Reuters) – All non-critical infrastructure in the Ukrainian port of Odesa was without power after Russia used Iranian-made drones to hit two energy facilities, officials said on Saturday, adding it could take months to repair the damage.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Three people were killed and around a dozen others remain missing after an explosion early on Saturday morning at a block of flats on the island of Jersey, off the coast of northern France.