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HANOI,  (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin said he wanted to build a “reliable security architecture” in the Asia-Pacific region during a state visit to Vietnam on Thursday, part of a trip to Asia seen as show of defiance to the West.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Deadly heatwaves are scorching cities on four continents as the Northern Hemisphere marks the first day of summer, a sign that climate change may again help to fuel record-breaking heat that could surpass last summer as the warmest in 2,000 years.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – The campaign chief for British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s Conservatives stepped aside two weeks before an election, the party said on Thursday, after reports he and his candidate wife were being investigated for betting on the election date.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Planning authorities should have considered the impact of climate-warming emissions in approving an oil well near Gatwick Airport, the UK’s highest court said today, a ruling activists say could profoundly impact new fossil fuel projects in Britain.

CAIRO,  (Reuters) – Israeli tanks backed by warplanes and drones advanced deeper into the western part of the Gaza Strip city of Rafah yesterday, killing eight people, according to residents and Palestinian medics.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Global fossil fuel consumption and energy emissions hit all-time highs in 2023, even as fossil fuels’ share of the global energy mix decreased slightly on the year, the industry’s Statistical Review of World Energy report said yesterday.

SEOUL,  (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a deal with North Korea’s Kim Jong Un yesterday that included a mutual defence pledge, one of Russia’s most significant moves in Asia for years that Kim said amounted to an “alliance”.

SEOUL, (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a deal with North Korea’s Kim Jong Un today that included a mutual defence pledge, one of Russia’s most significant moves in Asia for years that Kim said amounted to an “alliance”.

MANILA,  (Reuters) – The Philippines urged China today to avoid actions that endanger sailors and vessels in the South China Sea, saying peace could not be achieved if China’s words did not match its behaviour in the disputed waters.

PRETORIA, (Reuters) – A weakened South African President Cyril Ramaphosa pledged today that his new multi-party government would work to improve basic living conditions for all citizens as he was sworn in for a second term in office.

UNITED NATIONS, (Reuters) – The United Nations said yesterday it has been unable to distribute aid in the Gaza Strip from the Israel-controlled Kerem Shalom crossing because of lawlessness and panic among hungry people in the area, despite Israel’s daytime pause in military activity.

RACINE, Wisconsin, (Reuters) –  Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump sought to present himself as the best candidate for the U.S.

SEOUL, (Reuters) –  North Korean leader Kim Jong Un embraced Russian Vladimir Putin on his arrival at Pyongyang’s airport yesterday, and the two leaders shared their “pent-up inmost thoughts” and agreed to develop their nations’ relations, North Korean state media said.

VIENNA,  (Reuters) – An heiress who has denounced the absence of taxes on wealth and inheritance in Austria has given the bulk of her money, 25 million euros ($27 million), to 77 organisations, including social and climate groups, as well as prominent left-wing ones.

PARIS,  (Reuters) – Anouk Aimee, the French actress whose cult movies included Federico Fellini’s ‘La Dolce Vita’, Jacques Demy’s ‘Lola’ and Claude Lelouch’s ‘A Man and a Woman’, has died aged 92.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) –  President Joe Biden announced one of the biggest legalization efforts in recent history yesterday offering a path to citizenship to hundreds of thousands of immigrants in the U.S.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – President Joe Biden announced one of the biggest legalization efforts in recent history today offering a path to citizenship to hundreds of thousands of immigrants in the U.S.

NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – A scion of India’s Nehru-Gandhi dynasty is due to make her electoral debut, potentially strengthening the opposition’s challenge to Prime Minister Narendra Modi in parliament after he was humbled in a recent election, politicians and analysts said.

JERUSALEM,  (Reuters) –  Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has dissolved the six-member war cabinet, an Israeli official said yesterday, in a widely expected move following the departure from government of centrist former general Benny Gantz.

MOSCOW/SEOUL, (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin will visit North Korea today and tomorrow for the first time in 24 years, the two countries said, underscoring Moscow’s burgeoning partnership with the nuclear-armed state since the invasion of Ukraine.