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(Reuters) – Five people were killed and 18 injured in a shooting at a gay nightclub on Saturday night in Colorado Springs, Colorado, police said.

(Reuters) – Negotiators at the COP27 climate summit in Egypt neared a breakthrough deal on Saturday for a fund to help poor countries being ravaged by the impacts of global warming, but remained locked over how to reduce the greenhouse gas emissions driving them.

(Reuters) – Malaysia was facing a hung parliament for the first time in its history as support for a conservative Islamic alliance prevented major coalitions from winning a simple majority in a general election.

(Reuters) – U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland on Friday named Jack Smith, a war crimes prosecutor, to serve as special counsel to oversee Justice Department investigations related to Donald Trump including the former president’s handling of sensitive documents and efforts to overturn the 2020 election.

(Reuters) – A New York Times report of a former anti-abortion leader’s claim that he was told in advance about the outcome of a major 2014 U.S.

(Reuters) – Negotiators at the COP27 climate summit in Egypt neared a breakthrough deal today for a fund to help poor countries being ravaged by the impacts of global warming, but remained locked over how to reduce the greenhouse gas emissions driving them.

KYIV, (Reuters) – Britain’s new Prime Minister Rishi Sunak made his first visit to Kyiv today, pledging to continue the firm support for Ukraine that was a focus of his predecessors, and providing a new air defence package to help shoot down Russian drones.

SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt,  (Reuters) – Negotiators were poised to make a final push for a deal at the COP27 climate talks in Egypt today, as persistent disagreements over money forced the two-week talks into overtime.

LISBON, (Reuters) – Global police agency Interpol has issued an international arrest warrant for Angolan billionaire and daughter of the country’s former president Isabel dos Santos, Portugal’s Lusa news agency reported yesterday.

SEOUL,  (Reuters) – North Korean leader Kim Jong Un pledged to counter U.S.

KYIV/KHERSON, Ukraine, (Reuters) – Russian missile strikes have crippled almost half of Ukraine’s energy system, the government said  yesterday, and authorities in the capital Kyiv warned that the city could face a “complete shutdown” of the power grid as winter sets in.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – U.S. congressman Hakeem Jeffries yesterday formally launched a bid to become the Democratic leader in the House of Representatives, a day after Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced she was giving up her leadership role.

ACCRA,  (Reuters) – Ghana’s finance minister Ken Ofori-Atta said yesterday he was “truly sorry” for the country’s economic hardship but defended himself against accusations by lawmakers that he is unfit for the job.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – U.S. lawmaker Hakeem Jeffries launched a bid today to become Democratic leader in the House of Representatives, a day after the chamber’s speaker, Nancy Pelosi, announced she was stepping down from their party’s leadership role.

SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt, (Reuters) – Climate negotiators today were mulling a European Union proposal aimed at resolving an impasse over financing for countries hit by climate-fuelled disasters and pushing the U.N.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – British finance minister Jeremy Hunt yesterday unveiled plans to increase a windfall tax on oil and gas companies and extend it to power generation firms in an effort to raise tens of billions of pounds to plug a major hole in public finances.

KYIV, (Reuters) – Russian missiles and shells hit Ukrainian positions in several regions and there was no let up in heavy fighting in Donetsk in the east, the Ukrainian military said last night as Moscow’s occupying forces appeared more active.

(Reuters) – The Biden administration has determined that Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has legal immunity from a lawsuit filed against him over the 2018 killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, the U.S.

(Reuters) – A U.S. agency seeking to restore habitat for endangered fish gave final approval yesterday to decommission four dams straddling the California-Oregon border, the largest dam removal undertaking in U.S.

BEIJING,  (Reuters) – China’s foreign ministry yesterday said Chinese President Xi Jinping was not criticising Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau after Xi was seen confronting him at the G20 summit over alleged leaks from an informal meeting they had held on Tuesday.