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GAZA,  (Reuters) – A Gaza dentist has developed ultra-lightweight gold coins to allow people without much money to access to one of the most widely used savings methods across the Middle East.

LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – “That ‘70s Show” actor Danny Masterson was sentenced to 30 years to life in prison for raping two women who on Thursday said that the Church of Scientology sought to protect the actor and intimidate them into silence.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The International Monetary Fund and World Bank today issued a rare joint statement pledging to step up their cooperation to address climate change, debt vulnerabilities and countries’ digital transitions.

WASHINGTON,  (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – When Florida officials in May issued a statewide ban on using cellphones in classrooms, administrators in one county felt they did not go far enough.

(Reuters) – The U.S. Interior Department yesterday  said it would cancel oil and gas leases in a federal wildlife refuge that were bought by an Alaska state development agency in the final days of former President Donald Trump’s term.

TOKYO,  (Reuters) – Japan launched its lunar exploration spacecraft yesterday aboard a homegrown H-IIA rocket, clearing a path to become the world’s fifth country to land on the moon early next year.

NEW YORK,  (Reuters) – A New York state judge yesterday rejected Donald Trump’s bid to delay a scheduled Oct.

KYIV,  (Reuters) – Ukraine has made important progress in its counteroffensive against Russia’s invasion, U.S.

BEIJING, (Reuters) – For several foreign diplomats based in China, the news that President Xi Jinping will not attend the G20 summit in India this week has confirmed a worrying trend: Beijing is shutting off to the West and its allies.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – A former leader of the right-wing Proud Boys group, Enrique Tarrio, was sentenced to 22 years in prison yesterday for his role in the Jan.

SAO PAULO,  (Reuters) – Brazilian authorities rescued 532 workers held in modern-day slavery in August, in the country’s largest joint operation of the kind, labour prosecutors announced yesterday as the government aims to stamp out human trafficking rackets.

BRASILIA, (Reuters) – Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva yesterday officially recognized two Indigenous territories, granting them legal protection as reservations to defend against invasions by illegal loggers, gold miners and cattle ranchers.

PANAMA CITY,  (Reuters) – The Panama Canal’s water levels have not recovered enough as the end of the rainy season approaches and limits on daily transit and vessel draft will stay in place for the rest of the year and throughout 2024, the waterway’s authority said yesterday.

(Reuters) – Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon fell 66.11% in August to its lowest level for the month since 2018, Environment Minister Marina Silva said yesterday, in a significant mark for its environmental policy as destruction often spikes this time of year.

NEW DELHI,  (Reuters) – Indian President Droupadi Murmu’s reference to herself as the “President of Bharat” in a dinner invitation, instead of “President of India”, sparked controversy yesterday, with critics saying the name of the country is being distorted.

GENEVA,  (Reuters) – Around 6 billion tons of marine sand is being dug up each year in a growing practice that a U.N.

 (Reuters) – North Korean leader Kim Jong Un plans to travel to Russia this month to meet President Vladimir Putin and discuss supplying Moscow with weapons for the war in Ukraine, the New York Times reported.

MOSCOW,  (Reuters) – Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said after talks with Russia’s Vladimir Putin yesterday that it would soon be possible to revive the grain deal that the United Nations says helped to ease a food crisis by getting Ukrainian grain to market.

BLACK ROCK CITY, Nevada,  (Reuters) – Burning Man organizers reopened the road leading out of the remote Nevada desert festival yesterday, allowing tens of thousands of attendees to escape after they had been trapped for days by mud.

HONG KONG,  (Reuters) – China’s largest private property developer, Country Garden 2007.HK,