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LONDON,  (Reuters) – The sweetener aspartame is a “possible carcinogen” but it remains safe to consume at already-agreed levels, two groups linked to the World Health Organization (WHO) declared yesterday.

CARACAS,  (Reuters) – Venezuela’s government will not allow election observers from the European Union to serve during its 2024 presidential elections, a top ruling party lawmaker said yesterday.

NEW YORK,  (Reuters) – A former Mozambique finance minister pleaded not guilty yesterday to U.S.

AMSTERDAM/BOGOTA, (Reuters) – The World Court yesterday rejected a lawsuit by Nicaragua seeking to define and expand its deep sea economic rights beyond those previously established in a long-running maritime border dispute over a trio of Caribbean islands with Colombia.

CAPE TOWN,  (Reuters) – South Africa’s top court yesterday rejected an attempt to overturn a previous decision that found former president Jacob Zuma should go back to jail after being released early on medical parole.

ABUJA,  (Reuters) – Nigeria’s High Court ordered the state security service today to release the country’s detained and suspended central bank governor Godwin Emefiele or charge him within a week.

RIO DE JANEIRO,  (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – In late May, Delta Air Lines became the target of a proposed class action lawsuit in the U.S.

MEXICO CITY,  (Reuters) – Mexico’s oil regulator shelved plans to impose at least three fines against the national energy company Pemex for violations at the country’s most promising new fields, two dozen previously unreported documents showed and three sources confirmed.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – One of Britain’s leading television news anchors, Huw Edwards, was identified by his wife on Wednesday as the BBC presenter facing allegations he paid a young person thousands of pounds for sexually explicit photos, the broadcaster reported.

CAPE TOWN,  (Reuters) – Mozambique’s former finance minister, Manuel Chang, was extradited to the United States from South Africa yesterday to face charges for his alleged role in a $2 billion debt scandal, the South African justice ministry said.

VILNIUS, (Reuters) – G7 countries yesterday unveiled an international framework for the long-term security of Ukraine to boost its defences against Russia and deter Moscow from future aggression, officials said.

VILNIUS,  (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden concluded a NATO summit today denouncing Russian President Vladimir Putin as “craven” and promising Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy full support even without membership in the military alliance.

VILNIUS, (Reuters) – G7 countries today unveiled an international framework for the long-term security of Ukraine to boost its defences against Russia and deter Moscow from future aggression, officials said.

VILNIUS,  (Reuters) – NATO leaders said yesterday that Ukraine should be able to join the military alliance at some point in the future but they stopped short of offering Kyiv an immediate invitation, angering Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy.

BEIJING, (Reuters) – Beijing lashed back at NATO’s accusation that China challenges the group’s interests and security, and opposed any attempt by the military alliance to expand its footprint into the Asia-Pacific region.

MONTPELIER, Vermont, (Reuters) – A dam upstream from the Vermont state capital was holding a t maximum capacity yesterday after “catastrophic” flooding shut down roadways leading out of Montpelier and trapped people in their homes.

OTTAWA, (Reuters) – Canada’s corporate ethics watchdog yesterday launched separate investigations into Nike Canada NKE.N

KYIV,  (Reuters) – President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on the eve of the NATO summit that Ukraine will be part of the alliance and expects from the meeting an “algorithm” for Kyiv to officially join it.

AMSTERDAM,  (Reuters) – Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte, the longest-serving leader of the Netherlands, shocked the nation yesterday by saying he would quit, a political shake-up that was unthinkable just days ago.

VILNIUS, (Reuters) – Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan yesterday  agreed to forward to parliament Sweden’s bid to join the NATO military alliance, appearing to end months of drama over an issue that had strained the bloc as war has raged in Ukraine.