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(Reuters) – Next week, in the waning days of what is set to be the hottest year on record, world leaders meet on the outskirts of Paris for a summit that seeks nothing less than to steer the global economy away from its ever-growing reliance on fossil fuels.

PARIS (Reuters) – There were multiple chances to stop the men who attacked Paris.

BAMAKO (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin said yesterday he wanted global cooperation to combat terrorism after Islamist militants killed 19 people, including six Russians, in an attack on a luxury hotel in Mali.

(Reuters) – Western leaders who met on the margins of last week’s Group of 20 summit in Turkey agreed to extend sanctions against Russia for its actions in Ukraine by six months until July of next year, a senior European diplomat told Reuters.

BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Belgium put the capital Brussels on maximum security alert yesterday, shutting the metro and warning people to avoid crowds because of a “serious and imminent” threat of coordinated, multiple attacks by militants.

DHAKA (Reuters) – Bangladesh executed two opposition leaders today for war crimes committed during the 1971 war to break away from Pakistan, a senior police official said, in a move likely to draw an angry reaction from supporters.

BAMAKO, (Reuters) – Islamist militants killed 19 people in an attack on a top hotel in the capital of Mali yesterday before Malian commandos stormed the building and rescued 170 people, many of them foreigners.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The Obama administration yesterday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to revive President Barack Obama’s executive action to protect millions of illegal immigrants from deportation, saying Republican-led states had no legal basis to challenge it.

LONDON, (Reuters) – The militants who killed 130 people in Paris, triggering waves of air strikes on Syria and security alerts around the world, may have spent as little as around 7,000 euros ($7,500) to stage their attacks.

ABUJA, (Reuters) – Nigeria hopes to reach a deal with China within weeks to set up 40 rice mills, its new agriculture minister said, as part of plans to eliminate the need for any imports of the grain within two years.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – South America’s vast Amazon region harbors one of the world’s most diverse collection of tree species, but more than half may be at risk for extinction due to ongoing deforestation to clear land for farming, ranching and other purposes, scientists say.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said he would implement a database to keep track of Muslims in the United States as part of his immigration policy.

GENEVA, (Reuters) – The World Trade Organization’s Appellate Body ruled against the United States yesterday in a dispute with Mexico over tuna labelling, upholding an earlier ruling issued in April that found U.S.

BAMAKO,  (Reuters) – Malian commandos stormed a luxury hotel in Bamako today after Islamist gunmen took 170 people including many foreigners hostage in the capital of the former French colony, which has been battling rebels allied to al Qaeda for several years.

PARIS, (Reuters) – The suspected Islamic State mastermind of the Paris attacks was among those killed in a police raid north of the capital, France confirmed yesterday, bringing an end to the hunt for Europe’s most wanted man.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Contradictory advice from two European-based agencies about the cancer risk posed by the weed-killer glyphosate offers clarity on only one message – that uncertainty is inherent in the scientific process.

PANAMA CITY, (Reuters) – The wait time to pass through the Panama Canal has shortened to four days, down from more than 10 days last month, the authority that runs the waterway said yesterday.

ABIDJAN, (Reuters) – Authorities in Ivory Coast have closed a large gold mine that United Nations investigators claimed was controlled by a former rebel commander who now holds a senior position in the army, officials said yesterday.

SEOUL, (Reuters) – North Korea has proposed talks with South Korea to be held on Nov.

SAINT DENIS, France, (Reuters) – A suicide bomber blew herself up in a police raid yesterday that sources said had foiled a jihadi plan to hit Paris’s business district, days after a wave of attacks killed 129 across the French capital.