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KYIV, (Reuters) – Ukraine said yesterday its troops had liberated the southeastern settlement of Robotyne and were trying to push farther south in their two-month-old counteroffensive against occupying Russian forces.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Britain’s National Air Traffic Service (NATS) was hit by a technical problem for several hours on Monday, causing widespread disruption to flights in UK airspace that it said would continue for some time even though the issue was fixed.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden will visit Vietnam next month to meet with top officials on issues ranging from technology and the economy to regional stability and climate change, as Washington eyes closer ties in a region where China looms large.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – U.S. rapper Eminem has asked Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy, a multimillionaire former biotech executive, to not use his music during his presidential campaign, according to a letter disclosed on Monday.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Donald Trump said on Monday he would appeal the scheduling of a March 2024 trial over his alleged efforts to subvert his 2020 election defeat, though legal experts said such a move was not possible before a verdict is reached in the case.

ISLAMABAD, (Reuters) – A Pakistani court today quashed a sedition case against former Prime Minister Imran Khan on Monday, a relief for the embattled leader whose appeal against conviction in a separate corruption case will be decided on by a high court tomorrow.

MOSCOW, (Reuters) – Russian investigators said on Sunday that genetic tests had confirmed that Yevgeny Prigozhin, chief of the Wagner mercenary group, was among the 10 people killed in a plane crash last week.

(Reuters) – Hurricane Franklin is forecast to become the Atlantic’s first major hurricane of the season on Monday and is on track to pass close to Bermuda on Wednesday, the U.S.

JERUSALEM/TRIPOLI,  (Reuters) – Libya’s prime minister suspended Foreign Minister Najla Mangoush yesterday and referred her for investigation after Israel said its Foreign Minister Eli Cohen had met her last week despite the countries not having formal relations.

TEGUCIGALPA,  (Reuters) – A mayor in Honduras was arrested yesterday on charges of working with drug cartels to smuggle 90 tons of cocaine to the United States by boat and plane.

NEW DELHI,  (Reuters) – Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said there is a risk of a “new model of colonialism” if nations with critical minerals do not regard custodianship as a “global responsibility”, as firms race to secure resources central to energy transition goals.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – UK member of parliament Nadine Dorries has delivered a scathing attack on her Conservative Party’s leader Rishi Sunak in her formal resignation letter, accusing the prime minister of running a “zombie parliament” and lacking any political vision.

JACKSON HOLE, Wyoming,  (Reuters) – U.S. trade has shifted away from China due to policies enacted by the Biden and Trump administrations, but U.S.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – The British government said yesterday that judges will be required to impose mandatory “whole life orders” on killers who commit the most horrific types of murder, meaning they will die in prison, under planned legislation.

HARARE,  (Reuters) – Zimbabwe’s elections commission said late on Saturday that incumbent Emmerson Mnangagwa had won this week’s presidential election with roughly 53% of the vote, but the opposition and analysts immediately questioned the result.

NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – Global oil major BP BP.L said the world must invest in the production of oil and gas to avoid to sharp price spikes while accelerating the energy transition to combat greenhouse gas emissions.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Around 2,000 artifacts including gold jewellery and gems had been stolen from the British Museum over a long period of time, but recovery efforts were already under way, the museum’s chair George Osborne said yesterday.

(Reuters) – A white man armed with a high-powered rifle and a handgun killed three Black people at a Dollar General store in Jacksonville, Florida, on Saturday, before shooting himself, in what local law enforcement described as a racially motivated crime.

(Reuters) – Bob Barker, an affable fixture on U.S. television for half a century who hosted the popular game show “The Price Is Right” for 35 years and was a committed animal rights activist, has died at age 99, his publicist said.

BATTAGRAM, Pakistan,  (Reuters) – Ibrar Ahmed is relieved to be alive after being stuck on a cable car high over a river in northern Pakistan for 16 hours this week, but now the student wonders how he will make the arduous trek to class each day.