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ROME (Reuters) – The Brothers of Italy party, which is tipped to win national elections at the weekend, suspended one of its candidates on Tuesday after he was found to have praised Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler in online posts.

KYIV (Reuters) – Russian-installed leaders in occupied areas of four Ukrainian regions set out plans for referendums on joining Russia, a move Ukraine and its allies dismissed on Tuesday as a stunt by Moscow to try to reclaim the initiative after battlefield losses.

(Reuters) – Wall Street closed down on Tuesday as traders, already cautious of making new bets on the eve of a U.S.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Russia today gave support to plans by separatists which it backs in Ukraine to hold referendums paving the way for the annexation of swathes of additional territory, a direct challenge to the West that could sharply escalate the conflict.

WINDSOR, England (Reuters) – Queen Elizabeth was laid to rest alongside her beloved husband on Monday after a day which saw Britain and the world pay a final farewell to the nation’s longest-reigning monarch, in a dazzling show of pomp and ceremony.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden said U.S forces would defend Taiwan in the event of a Chinese invasion, his most explicit statement on the issue, drawing an angry response from China that said it sent the wrong signal to those seeking an independent Taiwan.

KYIV (Reuters) – President Volodymyr Zelenskiy vowed there would be no let-up in Ukraine’s fight to regain its territory as Kyiv said its troops had crossed a major river, paving the way for an assault on Russia’s occupation forces in the eastern Donbas region.

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – A powerful earthquake struck western Mexico on Monday on the anniversary of two devastating temblors, killing at least one person, damaging buildings, knocking out power and sending residents of Mexico City scrambling on to streets for safety.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden said U.S forces would defend Taiwan in the event of a Chinese invasion, his most explicit statement on the issue, drawing an angry response from China that said it sent the wrong signal to those seeking an independent Taiwan.

WINDSOR, England,  (Reuters) – Queen Elizabeth’s coffin was lowered into a vault at Windsor Castle, her final resting place, today after a day of inimitable pageantry that drew world leaders to her funeral and huge crowds to the streets to say farewell to a revered monarch.

BRUSSELS/BUDAPEST (Reuters) – The European Union executive recommended on Sunday suspending some 7.5 billion euros in funding for Hungary over corruption, the first such case in the 27-nation bloc under a new sanction meant to better protect the rule of law.

LONDON (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden paid emotional tribute to Queen Elizabeth on the eve of her state funeral on Sunday, saying Britain and the world had been lucky to have such a dignified and dedicated servant on the throne for 70 years.

DUBAI (Reuters) – Protests persisted on Sunday and #MahsaAmini became one of the top hashtags ever on Persian-language Twitter as Iranians fumed over the death of a young woman in the custody of morality police enforcing strict hijab rules.

IZIUM, Ukraine, (Reuters) – Dressed in white protective suits and wearing rubber gloves, Ukrainian emergency workers yesterday dug up more bodies from a wooded burial site in territory recently recaptured from Russian forces, while townspeople looked for dead relatives.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Princes William and Harry stood vigil at either end of the coffin of their grandmother Queen Elizabeth yesterday heads bowed as a line of mourners streamed past the late monarch’s lying-in-state.

DUBAI, (Reuters) – Protests broke out in western Iran yesterday at the funeral of a young woman who died after being detained by morality police enforcing strict hijab rules, and security forces used tear gas to disperse demonstrators.

LONDON/NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – Eight radio-collared African cheetahs step out on to the grassland of Kuno National Park in central India, their final destination after a 5,000-mile (8,000 km) journey from Namibia that has drawn criticism from some conservationists.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – King Charles and his son William shook hands and greeted well-wishers who had queued for hours in central London today to file past the coffin of Queen Elizabeth, asking people how long they had been there and whether they were warm enough.

KYIV/IZIUM,   (Reuters) – Ukrainian officials said yesterday they had found hundreds of bodies, some with their hands tied behind their backs, buried in territory recaptured from Russian forces, in what President Volodymyr Zelenskiy called proof of war crimes by the invaders.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – The U.S. Justice Department yesterday appealed a court ruling blocking it from reviewing classified materials seized in an FBI search of former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence.