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ABU DHABI,  (Reuters) – World Trade Organization (WTO) negotiators failed to break a deadlock on major reforms yesterday despite talks extending deep into overtime in Abu Dhabi, in what some delegates said was a triumph of national interest over collective responsibility.

THE HAGUE,  (Reuters) – Appeals judges at the International Criminal Court (ICC) yesterday rejected Venezuela’s appeal against a decision to resume an investigation into alleged human rights abuses by government officials.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden announced today plans to carry out a first military airdrop of food and supplies into Gaza, a day after the deaths of Palestinians queuing for aid threw a spotlight on an unfolding humanitarian catastrophe in the crowded coastal enclave.

NAIROBI,  (Reuters) – Kenya and Haiti signed a security deal today that Nairobi hopes will satisfy a domestic court’s objections to its plan to send 1,000 police officers to lead a U.N.-approved

CAIRO,  (Reuters) – Gaza health authorities said Israeli forces yesterday shot dead more than 100 Palestinians as they waited for an aid delivery, but Israel blamed the deaths on crowds that surrounded aid trucks, saying victims had been trampled or run over.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) –  The Democratic-majority U.S. Senate yesterday approved a bill to avert a partial government shutdown, after the Republican-controlled House of Representatives backed it with less than 36 hours before funding would have begun to run out.

(Reuters) – Brian Mulroney, the former Canadian prime minister who struck a free trade deal with the U.S.

KINGSTOWN, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, (Reuters) – U.N. Secretary-General  Antonio Guterres yesterday said cutting emissions is “essentially” the responsibility of G20 nations, the largest pollutors, calling for stronger targets and fairer financing for countries bearing the brunt of climate change.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court appears likely to reject Donald Trump’s claim of immunity from prosecution for trying to undo his 2020 election loss, according to legal experts, but its decision to spend months on the matter could aid his quest to regain the presidency by further delaying a monumental criminal trial.

ACCRA,  (Reuters) – Ghana’s state-run electricity supplier, ECG, briefly cut off power supplies to the parliament building on Thursday in an effort to push the legislature to honour its 23 million Ghanaian cedi ($1.8 million) debt, an ECG spokesperson said.

ABU DHABI, (Reuters) – Negotiations at the World Trade Organisation ministerial meeting in Abu Dhabi yesterday were extended for another day, with the WTO saying the closing session had been delayed, and no immediate sign of breakthroughs in talks to set new global commerce rules.

CAIRO, (Reuters) – Gaza health authorities said Israeli forces today shot dead more than 100 Palestinians as they waited for an aid delivery, but Israel blamed the deaths on crowds that surrounded aid trucks, saying victims had been trampled or run over.

MOSCOW,  (Reuters) – President Vladimir Putin told Western countries today they risked provoking a nuclear war if they sent troops to fight in Ukraine, warning that Moscow had the weapons to strike targets in the West.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi cannot be sued in Britain over allegations he accepted unlawful payments as part of Mozambique’s litigation over the decade-long “tuna bond” scandal, London’s Court of Appeal ruled on Thursday.

ACCRA, (Reuters) – Ghana’s parliament passed legislation yesterday that intensifies a crackdown on the rights of LGBTQ people and those promoting lesbian, gay or other non-conventional sexual or gender identities in the West African country.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden exercises at least five days a week and is “fit for duty,” his doctor said yesterday in a memo about his annual physical that showed the 81-year-old had a root canal last year and is being treated for sleep apnea but is in good health.

NEW YORK,  (Reuters) – Donald Trump yesterday lost a bid to pause a $454.2 million civil fraud judgment against him for overstating his net worth and real estate values to dupe lenders, meaning he must soon find the cash or post a bond to prevent New York authorities from seizing his property while he appeals.

LONDON, (Reuters) – American rapper Ja Rule said he was “devastated” that he had been denied entry to Britain days before he was due to begin the opening leg of his international tour due to his criminal record.

CAIRO/DUBAI/JERUSALEM  (Reuters) – Hamas called yesterday for Palestinians to march to Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa Mosque at the start of Ramadan, raising the stakes in ongoing negotiations for a truce in Gaza, which U.S.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) –  Democratic and Republican leaders in the U.S. Congress on Wednesday announced they had reached a deal for advancing the 12 annual bills that fund an array of federal programs for the fiscal year ending on Sept.