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KYIV,  (Reuters) – The United States promised more military support for Ukraine, including drones, and is doing preliminary work on whether to send fighter aircraft, as fighting raged on in the east of the country five months into Russia’s invasion.

MUMBAI,  (Reuters) – Lawmakers chose India’s first president from the country’s tribal communities on Friday, which could boost the appeal of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s party among marginalised groups ahead of the 2024 general election.

THE HAGUE,  (Reuters) – The World Court yesterday rejected Myanmar’s objections to a genocide case over its treatment of the Muslim Rohingya minority, paving the way for the case to be heard in full.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – Steve Bannon, a key associate of former President Donald Trump and an influential figure on the American right, was convicted on Friday of contempt of Congress for defying a subpoena from the committee probing last year’s attack on the U.S.

TRIPOLI,  (Reuters) – Rival factions fought each other in Tripoli overnight and into yesterday, killing 13 people in the Libyan capital’s worst clashes for two years as a political standoff festers.

ISTANBUL/KYIV, (Reuters) – Russia and Ukraine signed a landmark deal today to reopen Ukrainian Black Sea ports for grain exports, raising hopes that an international food crisis aggravated by the Russian invasion can be eased.

MUMBAI,  (Reuters) – Lawmakers chose India’s first president from the country’s tribal communities yesterday, which could boost the appeal of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s party among marginalised groups ahead of the 2024 general election.

(Reuters) – A case of polio has been identified outside New York City and confirmed by federal health officials, the New York State Health Department said yesterday in what would be the nation’s first known case of the disease in nearly 10 years.

SAN JUAN,  (Reuters) – A Puerto Rico judge has lifted a restraining order on actor and singer Ricky Martin at the request of the man who earlier this month had said the pop icon had harassed him, lawyers representing Martin said yesterday.

ROME,  (Reuters) – Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi quit yesterday after his national unity government fell apart, setting the country on course for an early election and shaking financial markets.

SANTIAGO,  (Reuters) – Electric buses built by a Chilean company are now operating in the world’s top copper-producing nation, as the country seeks ways to reduce its use of fossil fuels and achieve its environmental goals.

MEXICO CITY,  (Reuters) – Mexico has asked Chinese fast fashion company Shein to explain its use of cultural elements from the Mayan indigenous community in the design of one of its garments.

GENEVA,  (Reuters) – The migratory monarch butterfly, which has for millennia turned North American woodlands into kaleidoscopes of colour in one of nature’s most spectacular mass migrations, is threatened with extinction, international conservationists said on Wednesday.

(Reuters) – Russia and Ukraine will sign a deal today to reopen Ukraine’s Black Sea ports to grain exports, Turkey said, a hopeful sign that an international food crisis caused by Russia’s invasion could be eased.

(Reuters) – Amazon.com Inc AMZN.O yesterday agreed to buy primary care provider One Medical ONEM.O

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – Donald Trump sat for hours watching the attack on the U.S.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – Joe Biden, the oldest person ever to serve as president of the United States, has tested positive for COVID-19, is experiencing mild symptoms and will continue working but in isolation, the White House said yesterday.

SOMERSET, Mass./WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden said yesterday that climate change is an emergency but stopped short of a formal declaration, announcing a modest package of executive actions and promising more aggressive efforts.

(Reuters) – Ukrainian armed forces said yesterday they had killed 111 Russian soldiers in the south and east over the past day, as comments from Russia’s foreign minister showed the Kremlin’s goals had grown during the five-month war.

RAWALPINDI, Pakistan,  (Reuters) – As 90-year-old Indian woman Reena Varma stands on the balcony of the house in Pakistan where she was born, visiting on Wednesday for the first in 75 years, she recalls her playful childhood.