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LOCKEPORT, Nova Scotia,  (Reuters) – Lee made landfall as a post-tropical cyclone packing hurricane-force winds in a far western part of Canada’s Nova Scotia province yesterday, flooding roads, downing trees and cutting out power for tens of thousands of people along the North Atlantic coast.

 (Reuters) – Defence Minister Li Shangfu, who has been missing from public view for more than two weeks, has been placed under investigation by Chinese authorities, according to 10 people familiar with the matter.

FRANKFURT/SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA,  (Reuters) – European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde seized the mobile phones of her fellow policymakers at this week’s meeting and rebuked them for leaking crucial information ahead of a policy decision, two sources told Reuters.

DETROIT, (Reuters) – The United Auto Workers said it plans to resume bargaining today after launching its first simultaneous strikes at General Motors, Ford Motor and Chrysler parent Stellantis, with effects of the limited shutdown starting to spread on Friday.

OTTAWA,  (Reuters) – Canadian Trade Minister Mary Ng is postponing a trade mission to India planned for October, an official said yesterday, reflecting increasingly tense diplomatic relations just days after India’s prime minister scolded his Canadian counterpart at a G20 summit in New Delhi.

DERNA, Libya/GENEVA,  (Reuters) – Residents and rescue workers in the devastated Libyan city of Derna are struggling to cope with the thousands of corpses washing up or decaying under rubble, after a flood that smashed down buildings and swept people to sea.

BRUSSELS,  (Reuters) – A Belgian court yesterday sentenced eight defendants in the country’s largest ever trial involving the 2016 Islamist bombings in Brussels that killed 32 people, Belga news agency said.

DETROIT,  (Reuters) – The United Auto Workers union launched simultaneous strikes at three factories owned by General Motors, Ford and Chrysler parent Stellantis today, kicking off the most ambitious U.S.

MADRID,  (Reuters) – Spain’s High Court today imposed a restraining order to prevent former soccer chief Luis Rubiales approaching national team player Jenni Hermoso, as he appeared in court to be investigated for sexual assault for kissing her on the lips.

OSLO,  (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – As the world swelters through record temperatures, scientists say an unusual culprit may be partly to blame: an underwater volcanic eruption off Tonga in the South Pacific last year.

MOSCOW,  (Reuters) – North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s security detail spent several minutes disinfecting the chair that Kim sat on during a summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin, the Kommersant newspaper reported yesterday.

KYIV,  (Reuters) – Ukraine said yesterday it attacked two Russian patrol ships and destroyed a sophisticated air defence system in the west of occupied Crimea, ramping up its strikes to challenge Moscow’s dominance in the Black Sea region.

GENEVA,  (Reuters) – The head of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said yesterday that casualties could have been avoided in the floods that hit Libya if the divided country had a functional weather service able to issue warnings.

SHANGHAI/BEIJING  (Reuters) – Beijing yesterday blasted the launch of a probe by the European Commission into China’s electric vehicle (EV) subsidies as protectionist and warned it would damage economic relations, a concern shared by Germany’s car industry.

SHANGHAI/BEIJING  (Reuters) – Beijing today blasted the launch of a probe by the European Commission into China’s electric vehicle (EV) subsidies as protectionist and warned it would damage economic relations, a concern shared by Germany’s car industry.

NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – A grand temple of Lord Ram, worshipped by millions of Hindus, will open in January in northern India at a site believed to be his birthplace, fulfilling a promise from the ruling party in a location that was a flashpoint for Hindu-Muslim violence.

MOSCOW/SEOUL,  (Reuters) – North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and Russian President Vladimir Putin met for a rare summit yesterday at which they discussed military matters, the war in Ukraine and possible Russian help for the secretive state’s satellite programme.

JERUSALEM,  (Reuters) – Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s camp and his political rivals have both been presented with proposals for judicial reform that could end a crisis tormenting Israel for months, the country’s president said yesterday.

DERNA, Libya,  (Reuters) – Residents of the devastated Libyan city of Derna desperately searched for missing relatives on Wednesday and rescue workers appealed for more body bags, after a catastrophic flood that killed thousands of people and swept many out to sea.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – A U.S. judge yesterday ruled against a programme offering deportation relief and work permits to immigrants brought to the country illegally as children, known as “Dreamers,” even after an attempt by President Joe Biden’s administration to bolster the program’s standing with a new regulation.