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TOKYO, (Reuters) – North Korea fired two ballistic missiles early on Sunday, authorities in neighbouring countries said, the seventh such launch by Pyongyang in recent days that added to widespread alarm in Washington and its allies in Tokyo and Seoul.

CREESLOUGH, Ireland, (Reuters) – Ten people, including two teenagers and a younger girl, were killed in an explosion at a petrol station in the Irish county of Donegal, police said on Saturday, adding that the incident appeared to be “a tragic accident”.

BERLIN, (Reuters) – Cables vital for the rail network were intentionally cut in two places causing a near three-hour halt to all rail traffic in northern Germany on Saturday morning, in what authorities called an act of sabotage without identifying who might be responsible.

KYIV, (Reuters) – A powerful truck explosion seriously damaged Russia’s road-and-rail bridge to Crimea today, hitting a prestige symbol of Moscow’s annexation of the peninsula and the key supply route to Russian forces battling to hold territory captured in southern Ukraine.

DUBAI, (Reuters) – Iranians enraged over the death of a young woman in police custody braved bullets and tear gas today, a human rights group said, pressing ahead with protests against clerical rulers facing a relentless popular uprising.

OSLO,  (Reuters) – Jailed Belarusian activist Ales Byalyatski, Russian rights group Memorial and Ukraine’s Center for Civil Liberties won the 2022 Nobel Peace Prize yesterday, amid a war in their region that is the worst conflict in Europe since World War Two.

MOSCOW/HOUSTON,  (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin yesterday signed a decree that creates a new operator for the Exxon Mobil Corp-led XOM.N

BOGOTA – Colombia’s government said it reached a deal with cattle farmers to buy 3 million hectares (7.4 million acres) of land, earmarked for poor rural farmers to push agrarian reform while boosting food production and tackling poverty.

(Reuters) – Haiti’s government has authorized Prime Minister Ariel Henry to ask the international community for a “specialized armed force” to address a crisis caused by a blockade of the country’s main fuel port that has led to crippling shortages, according to a decree circulating on Friday.

CARACAS,  (Reuters) – Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro is not ruling out bringing forward the country’s 2024 presidential election, his office said yesterday in a message published on Twitter.

MOSCOW/HOUSTON, (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a decree, published today, to set up a new operator for the Sakhalin 1 oil and gas project, following similar steps to seize other oil and gas projects with foreign participation.

OSLO,  (Reuters) – Jailed Belarusian activist Ales Byalyatski, Russian rights group Memorial and Ukraine’s Center for Civil Liberties won the 2022 Nobel Peace Prize today, highlighting the significance of civil society for peace and democracy.

NEW YORK/KYIV,  (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden said Russian President Vladimir Putin’s threat to use nuclear weapons is the biggest such threat since the Cuban Missile Crisis, as Russia’s military leadership faced a rare domestic public backlash over the war in Ukraine.

NA KLANG, Thailand,  (Reuters) – Thai government buildings flew flags at half mast today to mourn the death of more than 30 people, including 23 children, after an ex-policeman burst into a daycare centre in a knife and gun rampage that left the nation shocked and seeking answers.

(Reuters) – A man who pleaded guilty to participating in an elaborate plot to kidnap Michigan’s governor was sentenced to four years in prison after he served as a key witness in the trial of two co-conspirators as part of a deal with prosecutors.

GENEVA, (Reuters) – The U.N. rights council yesterday voted down a Western-led motion to hold a debate about alleged human rights abuses by China against Uyghurs and other Muslims in Xinjiang in a victory for Beijing as it seeks to avoid further scrutiny.

STOCKHOLM, (Reuters) – French author Annie Ernaux won the 2022 Nobel Prize in Literature yesterday for “the courage and clinical acuity” in her largely autobiographical books examining personal memory and social inequality.

BANGKOK,  (Reuters) – A former policeman killed 38 people, including 22 children, in a knife and gun rampage at a daycare centre in Thailand today, later shooting dead his wife and child at their home before turning his weapon on himself, police said.

STOCKHOLM, (Reuters) – French author Annie Ernaux won the 2022 Nobel Prize in Literature on Thursday for “the courage and clinical acuity” in her largely autobiographical books examining personal memory and social inequality.

LONDON, (Reuters) – U.S. intelligence agencies believe parts of the Ukrainian government authorised a car bomb attack near Moscow in August that killed Darya Dugina, the daughter of a prominent Russian nationalist, the New York Times reported.