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ABUJA,  (Reuters) – At least one million Nigerian children could miss school this year as the new term begins amid a rise in mass school kidnappings and insecurity, the United Nations children’s agency UNICEF said yesterday.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden said yesterday Venezuela and Bolivia had failed to take measures over the past year to meet their obligations under international agreements to fight drugs.

SACRAMENTO, Calif.,  (Reuters) – California Governor Gavin Newsom yesterday handily beat back a Republican campaign to oust him from office, sending a decisive message that voters in the deeply Democratic state supported his policies for tackling COVID-19, immigration and crime.

(Reuters) – A prominent South Carolina attorney whose wife and son were murdered in June conspired with a man to shoot him to death so that a surviving son could collect a $10 million insurance payout, a state police agency said.

SEOUL, (Reuters) – Both North Korea and South Korea test fired ballistic missiles today, the latest volley in an arms race that has seen both countries develop increasingly sophisticated weapons while efforts to get talks going on defusing tension prove fruitless.

SACRAMENTO, Calif.,  (Reuters) – California Governor Gavin Newsom yesterday handily beat back a Republican campaign to oust him from office, sending a decisive message that voters in the deeply Democratic state supported his policies for tackling COVID-19, immigration and crime.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – The top U.S. general secretly called his Chinese counterpart twice over concerns then-President Donald Trump could spark a war with China as his potential election loss loomed and in its aftermath, the Washington Post reported yesterday.

TEXAS CITY, Texas, (Reuters) – Tropical Storm Nicholas moved slowly through the Gulf Coast yesterday, drenching Texas and Louisiana with torrential rain, flooding streets and leaving hundreds of thousands of homes and businesses without power.

PARIS, (Reuters) – France’s foreign minister yesterday criticised plans that would bring Russian mercenaries into Mali, saying such a move was “incompatible” with the French military presence in its former colony.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – The Chinese ambassador to Britain has been banned from attending an event in the British parliament because Beijing imposed sanctions on lawmakers who highlighted alleged human right abuses in Xinjiang.

 (Reuters) – U.S. oil producer Chevron Corp today pledged to triple to $10 billion its investments in low-carbon fuel and projects through 2028.

LONDON, (Reuters) – COVID-19 vaccines have saved more than 112,000 lives and averted 24 million cases of the disease, British officials said today as they recommended all vulnerable people, frontline health staff and those aged over 50 be offered a booster shot.

GENEVA, (Reuters) – The U.N. rights chief said the “triple planetary crises” of climate change, pollution and nature loss represented the biggest threat to human rights globally at the opening on Monday of a month-long session set to prioritise environmental issues.

BRUSSELS/WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The United States and the European Union have agreed to aim to cut emissions of the planet-warming gas methane by around a third by the end of this decade and are pushing other major economies to join them, according to documents seen by Reuters.

NEW YORK,  (Reuters) – A U.S.-based lawyer for Britain’s Prince Andrew yesterday forcefully rejected claims in a civil lawsuit by a woman who accused the prince of sexually assaulting her when she was 17, and challenged whether the case could even be brought.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – All 12- to 15-year-olds in England will be offered a COVID-19 vaccine after top medical advisers said yesterday that children would benefit from reduced disruption to their education.

(Reuters) – A cyber surveillance company based in Israel developed a tool to break into Apple iPhones with a never-before-seen technique that has been in use since at least February, internet security watchdog group Citizen Lab said yesterday.

OSLO, (Reuters) – Norway’s centre-left opposition parties are on course to win a majority in parliament after yesterday’s election and will now negotiate how to form a coalition, with climate change and a widening wealth gap expected to be central to discussions.

BUENOS AIRES,  (Reuters) – Argentina’s main opposition party landed a blow against the ruling Peronists yesterday, winning key races in a congressional primary vote that is a strong leading indicator of how voters will cast ballots in the midterm election in November.

VIENNA, (Reuters) – The U.N. atomic watchdog reached an agreement with Iran yesterday to solve “the most urgent issue” between them, the overdue servicing of monitoring equipment to keep it running, raising hopes of fresh talks on a wider deal with the West.