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ATHENS,  (Reuters) – Greek actress and singer Irene Papas, who gained international recognition starring in classic 1960s films such as “Zorba the Greek” and “The Guns of Navarone”, has died at the age of 96, Greece’s culture ministry said yesterday.

OUAGADOUGOU, (Reuters) – A court in Burkina Faso has found two executives working for Canadian mining firm Trevali TV.TO

BRUSSELS,  (Reuters) – The European Union’s executive plans to raise more than 140 billion euros ($140 billion) to soften the blow to consumers from soaring energy prices by skimming off revenues from low-cost electricity generators and making fossil fuel firms share windfall profits.

(Reuters) – Former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows, who served under Donald Trump, has complied with a subpoena from the Justice Department’s investigation into the events surrounding the Jan.

IZIUM, Ukraine, (Reuters) – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said towns and villages recaptured from Russian forces had been devastated, while a major city struggled to contain damage to its water system from missile attacks by Kremlin’s forces.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Mourners from all walks of life filed past the coffin of Queen Elizabeth through the night as she lay in state in London’s ancient Westminster Hall, paying their final respects to Britain’s longest-reigning monarch before her funeral on Monday.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The Biden administration has decided to withhold $130 million of foreign military aid to Egypt over its failure to fulfill human rights conditions, U.S.

PARIS,  (Reuters) – Vladimir Putin’s chief envoy on Ukraine told the Russian leader as the war began that he had struck a provisional deal with Kyiv that would satisfy Russia’s demand that Ukraine stay out of NATO, but Putin rejected it and pressed ahead with his military campaign, according to three people close to the Russian leadership.

 (Reuters) – The world has never been in a better position to end the COVID-19 pandemic, the head of the World Health Organization said today, his most optimistic outlook yet on the years-long health crisis which has killed over six million people.

OUAGADOUGOU, (Reuters) – A court in Burkina Faso has found two executives working for Canadian mining firm Trevali TV.TO

WASHINGTON/LOS ANGELES,  (Reuters) – President Joe Biden’s administration yesterday made contingency plans aiming to ensure deliveries of critical goods in the event of a shutdown of the U.S.

BALAKLIIA, Ukraine,  (Reuters) – Ukraine has set its sights on freeing all territory occupied by invading Russian forces after driving them back in a speedy counter-offensive in the northeast, a goal U.S.

LONDON/BELFAST,  (Reuters) – King Charles and members of the royal family received the coffin of the late Queen Elizabeth at Buckingham Palace yesterday, after tens of thousands of people lined the streets in heavy rain to mark its arrival in the British capital.

(Reuters) – A group of St Petersburg local politicians who called for President Vladimir Putin to be sacked over the war in Ukraine faces the likely dissolution of their district council following a judge’s ruling yesterday, one of the deputies said.

WASHINGTON/LOS ANGELES,  (Reuters) – President Joe Biden’s administration today made contingency plans aiming to ensure deliveries of critical goods in the event of a shutdown of the U.S.

TBILISI, (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin today sought to end fighting between Armenia and Azerbaijan after border clashes killed at least 49 Armenian soldiers and raised fears of another fully-fledged war in the former Soviet Union.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – A rocket from Jeff Bezos’ space company Blue Origin failed mid-flight shortly after liftoff yesterday, aborting its cargo capsule to safety before crashing into the Texas desert, according to the company and a live video stream of the mission.

ZOLOCHIV, Ukraine,  (Reuters) – Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy is calling on the West to speed up deliveries of weapons systems as Ukrainian troops move to consolidate control over a large swath of northeastern territory seized back from Russia.

EDINBURGH,  (Reuters) – King Charles and his siblings held a silent vigil at the side of their mother Queen Elizabeth’s coffin as it lay at rest in Edinburgh’s historic cathedral, with thousands queuing for hours to pay their respects to Britain’s longest-serving monarch.

DAKAR,  (Reuters) – Senegal’s security forces were called yesterday to secure a voting process in parliament and hold back rowdy opposition members of parliament (MP) who tried to disrupt the election of a new president of the national assembly.