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WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – The top two Republicans in the U.S. Congress broke their silence yesterday about former President Donald Trump’s dinner last week with white supremacist Nick Fuentes, saying the Republican Party has no place for antisemitism or white supremacy.

BUCHAREST, (Reuters) – NATO allies today said they would help Ukraine repair energy infrastructure heavily damaged by Moscow’s shelling, in what the alliance’s head said was Russia using the cold weather as “a weapon of war”.

BEIJING, (Reuters) – Chinese authorities have begun inquiries into some of the people who gathered at weekend protests against COVID-19 curbs, people who were at the Beijing demonstrations told Reuters, as police remained out in numbers on the city’s streets.

NEW DELHI,  (Reuters) – Moscow has sent India a list of more than 500 products for potential delivery including parts for cars, aircraft and trains, four sources familiar with the matter said, as sanctions squeeze Russia’s ability to keep vital industries running.

(Reuters) – Cryptocurrency lender BlockFi has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, it said yesterday, the latest industry casualty after the firm was hurt by exposure to the spectacular collapse of the FTX exchange earlier this month.

KYIV/BUCHAREST, (Reuters) – The United States will announce new aid today to help Ukraine restore electricity as its people faced another week of brutal cold and darkness after Russian strikes on its power grid caused rolling blackouts.

BEIJING, (Reuters) – The rare street protests that erupted in cities across China over the weekend were a referendum against President Xi Jinping’s zero-COVID policy and the strongest public defiance during his political career, China analysts said.

NAIROBI,  (Reuters) – South Sudan should investigate officials accused of overseeing systematic gang rapes, some of whose victims were girls as young as nine, UN rights experts said today in a statement the government dismissed as a fabrication.

BEIJING,  (Reuters) – China posted another record high COVID-19 infections yesterday, after an extraordinary weekend of protests across the country over restrictive coronavirus curbs, in scenes unprecedented since President Xi Jinping assumed power a decade ago.

OTTAWA,  (Reuters) – Canada launched its long-awaited Indo-Pacific strategy yesterday, outlining C$2.3 billion ($1.7 billion) in spending to boost military and cyber security in the region and vowed to deal with a “disruptive” China while working with it on climate change and trade issues.

SEOUL, (Reuters) – North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said his country’s intends to have the world’s most powerful nuclear force as he promoted dozens of military officers involved in the recent launch of a new ballistic missile, state media reported yesterday.

DUBAI,  (Reuters) – Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s niece, a well known rights activist, has called on foreign governments to cut all ties with Tehran over its violent crackdown on popular unrest kindled by the death in police custody of a young woman.

SHANGHAI/BEIJING,  (Reuters) – Crowds of demonstrators in Shanghai shouted and held up blank sheets of papers today, as protests flared in China against heavy COVID-19 curbs following a deadly fire in the country’s far west sparked widespread anger.

DUBAI,  (Reuters) – Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s niece, a well known rights activist, has called on foreign governments to cut all ties with Tehran over its violent crackdown on popular unrest kindled by the death in police custody of a young woman.

SEOUL, (Reuters) – North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said his country’s intends to have the world’s most powerful nuclear force as he promoted dozens of military officers involved in the recent launch of a new ballistic missile, state media reported today.

(Reuters) – Public anger in China towards widening COVID-19 lockdowns across the country erupted into rare protests in China’s far western Xinjiang region and the country’s capital of Beijing, as nationwide infections set another record.

(Reuters) – The Vatican on Saturday accused Chinese authorities of violating a bilateral pact on the appointment of bishops by installing one in a diocese not recognised by the Holy See.

(Reuters) – Belarus’s long-standing foreign minister has died suddenly, the state news agency Belta reported on Saturday, two days before he was meant to meet his Russian counterpart.

(Reuters) – Russia is likely removing nuclear warheads from ageing nuclear cruise missiles and firing unarmed munitions at Ukraine, Britain’s military intelligence said on Saturday.

DUBAI,  (Reuters) – Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said today Iran’s Basij militia forces have sacrificed their lives in what he called riots, the wave of protests sparked by the death in custody of a young Iranian Kurdish woman in September.