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(Reuters) – Elon Musk’s brain-implant company Neuralink yesterday said the U.S.

FREETOWN,  (Reuters) – A giant tree that towered over Sierra Leone’s capital for centuries and symbolised freedom to its early residents came down overnight during a heavy rainstorm.

HANOI,  (Reuters) – A noodle vendor in Vietnam famous for imitating celebrity chef “Salt Bae” to allegedly mock a top government official was sentenced to five and a half years in prison today, police said, after a court found him guilty of anti-state propaganda.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Negotiators for Democratic President Joe Biden and top congressional Republican Kevin McCarthy held what both sides called productive talks yesterday to try to reach a deal to raise the United States’ $31.4 trillion debt ceiling and avoid a catastrophic default.

(Reuters) – A state-sponsored Chinese hacking group has been spying on a wide range of U.S.

MELBOURNE,  (Reuters) – Western Australia state has agreed to compensate an Aboriginal group for historic acts including issuing mining leases on their traditional lands, setting a precedent that is set to allow Indigenous groups a greater say in future developments.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Florida Governor Ron DeSantis suffered a chaotic start to his 2024 presidential election race on Wednesday when glitches marred an online forum hosted by Twitter owner Elon Musk that was meant to showcase DeSantis’ fitness for the job.

OTTAWA, (Reuters) – Canada and Saudi Arabia have agreed to restore full diplomatic ties and appoint new ambassadors, both countries said yesterday, bringing to a close a 2018 dispute that damaged relations and trade.

(Reuters) – A 95-year-old woman who was allegedly tasered by a police officer in her Australian care home, died in hospital yesterday, the New South Wales police force said.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – The director of a top Russian science institute, arrested on suspicion of treason along with two other hypersonic missile technology experts, stands accused of betraying secrets to China, two people familiar with the case told Reuters.

KHARTOUM,  (Reuters) – Artillery fire could be heard in parts of Khartoum and warplanes flew overhead yesterday, residents said, though an internationally monitored ceasefire appeared to have brought some respite from heavy fighting in the Sudanese capital.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – California has asked the Biden administration to approve its plan to require all new vehicles sold in the state by 2035 to be either electric or plug-in electric hybrids, a landmark move that could speed the end of gasoline-powered vehicles, according to a letter seen by Reuters.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Angolan billionaire Isabel dos Santos, daughter of the country’s former president, faces being dragged into a $400 million London lawsuit brought by Angolan telecoms operator Unitel.

(Reuters) – The Russian military said yesterday it had routed militants who attacked a Russian border region with armoured vehicles the previous day, killing more than 70 “Ukrainian nationalists” and pushing the remainder back into Ukraine.

(Reuters) – U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts said yesterday that the court is considering steps to “adhere to the highest standards of conduct,” after reports of a conservative justice’s travel and real estate deals prompted congressional scrutiny.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Countries raised a record $95 billion last year by charging firms for emitting carbon dioxide, but prices are still too low to drive changes needed to meet Paris climate accord targets, the World Bank said in a report on Tuesday.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Security staff shielded Shell SHEL.L Chief Executive Wael Sawan and the firm’s board of directors as climate protesters tried unsuccessfully to storm the stage at the energy giant’s annual shareholder meeting in London on Tuesday.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – The U.S. Secret Service said it had detained the driver of a rented box truck that crashed into security barriers near the White House last night, perhaps intentionally, but that there were no injuries or ongoing danger.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy could not reach an agreement yesterday on how to raise the U.S.

(Reuters) – The governor of Russia’s Belgorod region said yesterday that a Ukrainian “sabotage group” had entered Russian territory in the Graivoron district bordering Ukraine and was being repelled by Russian security forces.