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BEIJING,  (Reuters) – As residual rain from a typhoon drifted to northeast China, Heilongjiang province on Friday warned of swelling rivers amid severe weather and even tornadoes as storms pounded cities, including the already waterlogged provincial capital, Harbin.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Donald Trump pleaded not guilty today to federal charges that he orchestrated a plot to try to overturn his 2020 election loss in what U.S.

CAIRO,  (Reuters) – The estimated number of people facing acute food insecurity in Sudan has risen faster than expected to 20.3 million, or 42% of the population, as a conflict between rival military factions deepens a humanitarian crisis, a food security body said.

NIAMEY/ABUJA, (Reuters) – The self-declared new leader of Niger yetserday said the junta would not bow to pressure to reinstate ousted President Mohamed Bazoum, intensifying a standoff with the West African bloc which has threatened to intervene after last week’s coup.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – Former Vice President Mike Pence, who confounded attempts by then-President Donald Trump to remain in power after losing the 2020 election, features prominently in the indictment charging Trump with orchestrating a plot to overturn the result.

KYIV,  (Reuters) – Russia attacked Ukraine’s main inland port across the Danube River from Romania yesterday, sending global food prices higher as it ramped up its use of force to prevent Ukraine from exporting grain.

SINGAPORE,  (Reuters) – China approved more than 50 gigawatts (GW) of new coal power in the first half of 2023, research by environment group Greenpeace showed, with the world’s top carbon polluter focused on energy security rather than cutting fossil fuel consumption.

KYIV,  (Reuters) – Russia attacked Ukraine’s main inland port across the Danube River from Romania on Wednesday, sending global food prices higher as it ramps up its use of force to prevent Ukraine from exporting grain.

LISBON, (Reuters) – A huge billboard raising awareness of sexual abuse by clergymen was put up overnight in Lisbon, just hours before Pope Francis was due to arrive in the Portuguese capital for the world’s largest gathering of young Catholics.

(Reuters) – Rating agency Fitch yesterday downgraded the U.S. government’s top credit rating, a move that drew an angry response from the White House and surprised investors, coming despite the resolution of the debt ceiling crisis two months ago.

PARIS, (Reuters) – France began the evacuation of hundreds of French and European citizens from Niger yesterday, a day after neighbours Mali and Burkina Faso said any outside intervention to restore the ousted government would be seen as a declaration of war.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Donald Trump was indicted today for his wide-ranging attempts to overturn the 2020 election, the third time in four months that the former U.S.

ASUNCION, (Reuters) – Paraguay is seeking more Taiwanese investment to diversify its farm-driven economy focused on exporting raw materials to China, incoming Finance Minister Carlos Fernandez Valdovinos said in an interview.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi today asked London’s High Court to block allegations he accepted unlawful payments in the country’s lawsuit against Credit Suisse and others over the $2 billion “tuna bond” scandal.

BEIJING, (Reuters) – Relentless rain stretched into a fourth day in Beijing and nearby cities yesterday after a typhoon brought northern China non-stop precipitation and widespread flooding.

(Reuters) – The Russian military said its anti-aircraft units had thwarted a Ukrainian “terrorist attack” last night and downed drones targeting Moscow, but one drone, sent out of control by its units, struck the same high-rise tower hit earlier in the week.

JERUSALEM, (Reuters) – Israel’s Supreme Court yesterday said all 15 judges in a historic first would take part in a hearing on arguments against a law that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s religious-nationalist coalition passed as part of an overhaul of the judiciary.

CHIANG MAI, Thailand,  (Reuters) – Myanmar’s ruling junta has officially postponed an election promised by August this year after its 2021 coup, state television reported late yesterday.

(Reuters) – A Georgia judge yesterday rejected former U.S. President Donald Trump’s bid to quash an investigation into whether he illegally interfered with the state’s 2020 election, just days before criminal charges are expected to be filed.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Britain today committed to granting hundreds of licences for North Sea oil and gas extraction as part of efforts to become more energy independent, drawing criticism from environmental campaigners.