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MEXICO CITY, (Reuters) – Latin American and Caribbean nations should aspire to a bloc like the European Union, Mexico’s president and other leaders said yesterday in a bid to wrest influence away from the Washington-based Organization of American States (OAS).

(Reuters) – The quartet of newly minted citizen astronauts comprising the SpaceX Inspiration4 mission safely splashed down in the Atlantic off Florida’s coast yesterday, completing a three-day flight of the first all-civilian crew ever launched into Earth orbit.

CIUDAD ACUÑA, Mexico, (Reuters) – U.S. authorities moved some 2,000 people to other immigration processing stations on Friday from a Texas border town that has seen an influx of Haitian and other migrants, the Department of Homeland Security said yesterday.

MELBOURNE/PARIS, (Reuters) – Australia has made a “huge” diplomatic error by ditching a multi-billion-dollar order for French submarines in favour of an alternative deal with the United States and Britain, France’s envoy to Canberra said yesterday.

(Reuters) – A woman charged with murdering her three young daughters, just weeks after the family arrived in New Zealand from South Africa, appeared in court yesterday.

(Reuters) – A woman charged with murdering her three young daughters, just weeks after the family arrived in New Zealand from South Africa, appeared in court on Saturday.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden urged world leaders yesterday to join the United States and European Union in a pledge to cut methane emissions, hoping to build momentum before an international summit on climate change begins next month.

(Reuters) – A California jury yesterday found multimillionaire real estate heir Robert Durst guilty of murdering his best friend Susan Berman in 2000, the first homicide conviction for a man suspected of killing three people in three states over the past 39 years.

(Reuters) – Advisers to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration voted yesterday to recommend COVID-19 vaccine booster shots for Americans 65 and older and those at high risk of severe illness, after overwhelmingly rejecting a call for broader approval.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – International Monetary Fund chief Kristalina Georgieva yesterday denied allegations that she pressured World Bank staff to alter data to favor China during her time as World Bank CEO, as the IMF’s executive board launched a formal review of the matter.

ROME,  (Reuters) – Bookings for COVID-19 vaccinations jumped in Italy yesterday after the government made inoculation mandatory for all workers in some of the strictest anti-coronavirus measures adopted in the world.

JOHANNESBURG,  (Reuters) – South Africa’s top court today dismissed a bid by former president Jacob Zuma to overturn his 15-month jail sentence for contempt of court after he ignored instructions to participate in a corruption inquiry.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – World Bank leaders, including then-Chief Executive Kristalina Georgieva, applied “undue pressure” on staff to boost China’s ranking in the bank’s “Doing Business 2018” report, according to an independent investigation released yesterday.

YENAGOA, Nigeria, (Reuters) – Projects aimed at preserving peace in Nigeria’s oil-producing Niger Delta by giving former insurgents jobs and training have stalled because corrupt officials are demanding kickbacks, the man in charge of the programme said.

(Reuters) – A group of leading Haiti-based diplomats met with Prime Minister Ariel Henry and said it backed his efforts to solve the country’s political crisis, an apparent vote of confidence as he faces off accusations of links to the slaying of President Jovenel Moise.

WASHINGTON/CANBERRA,  (Reuters) – China yesterday denounced a new Indo-Pacific security alliance between the United States, Britain and Australia, saying such partnerships should not target third countries and warning of an intensified arms race in the region.

HAVANA,  (Reuters) – Cuba published a long-awaited draft of a new family code on Wednesday that would open the door to gay marriage if approved, in a move that LGBT rights activists applauded cautiously as they remained wary of whether it would actually be implemented.

WASHINGTON/CANBERRA,  (Reuters) – China today denounced a new Indo-Pacific security alliance between the United States, Britain and Australia, saying such partnerships should not target third countries and warning of an intensified arms race in the region.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Investors managing more than $10 trillion yesterday published an ambitious blueprint for energy companies seeking to tackle climate change, including sharp cuts to greenhouse gas emissions and a winding down of oil and gas production.

SEOUL,  (Reuters) – North Korea and South Korea test fired ballistic missiles yesterday, the latest volley in an arms race in which both nations have developed increasingly sophisticated weapons while efforts prove fruitless to get talks going on defusing tensions.