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AMSTERDAM,  (Reuters) – The International Criminal Court (ICC) issued an arrest warrant today against Russian President Vladimir Putin, accusing him of being responsible for the war crime of illegal deportation of children from Ukraine.

BEIJING/NEAR BAKHMUT, Ukraine, (Reuters) – Chinese President Xi Jinping will visit Russia next week, officials from both countries said today, weighing into the Ukraine conflict just as relations between Moscow and Washington hit a new low.

(Reuters) – First Republic Bank (FRC.N) has received $30 billion in deposits from several big banks, the banks said in a statement on Thursday, as part of a rescue package for the lender.

NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India on Thursday approved purchases of missiles, helicopters, artillery guns and electronic warfare systems worth $8.5 billion as it sought to add more teeth to its military.

PARIS (Reuters) – French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne used a special procedure to push an unpopular pensions bill through the National Assembly without a vote on Thursday, triggering boos and shouts of “Resign!”

DAKAR (Reuters) – Police fired tear gas at stone-hurling protesters in Senegal’s capital on Thursday ahead of a court case involving a prominent opposition politician that has triggered anger among youth.

MOSCOW, (Reuters) – President Vladimir Putin today urged Russia’s billionaires to invest in new technology, production facilities and enterprises to help it overcome what he said were Western attempts to destroy its economy.

(Reuters) – Credit Suisse CSGN.S yesterday said it would borrow up to $54 billion from the Swiss central bank to shore up liquidity and investor confidence after a slump in its shares intensified fears about a global financial crisis.

NASSAU,  (Reuters) – Bahamas former youth, sports and culture minister Lanisha Rolle was slapped with a slew of charges related to bribery and a government contracts scheme during her time as minister for deals valued at over $700,000.

TEGUCIGALPA, (Reuters) – Desire for new investment and less debt helped drive Honduras’ decision to establish formal ties with Beijing at Taiwan’s expense, the government said yesterday, potentially opening the door to more spending on flagship infrastructure projects.

WASHINGTON/KYIV, (Reuters) – Washington’s top general said the crash of a U.S.

BRASILIA, (Reuters) – Brazil’s federal audit court (TCU) yesterday ruled that former President Jair Bolsonaro must deliver within five days a second set of jewellery he received from the Saudi government.

ANKARA,  (Reuters) – Turkey’s parliament will “highly likely” ratify Finland’s NATO accession bid before mid-April, two Turkish officials told Reuters yesterday, a day before Finnish President Sauli Niinisto visits the country.

WASHINGTON/KYIV, (Reuters) – The U.S. military said a Russian fighter plane clipped the propeller of one of its spy drones and made it crash into the Black Sea yesterday in the first such direct encounter between the two powers since Russia invaded Ukraine over a year ago.

TEGUCIGALPA/TAIPEI,  (Reuters) – Honduras President Xiomara Castro said yesterday she had instructed the country’s foreign minister to bring about the opening of official relations with China, a move that threatens to further diminish Taiwan’s dwindling pool of allies.

GENEVA,  (Reuters) – Poorer countries are increasingly losing healthcare workers to wealthier ones as the latter seek to shore up their own staff losses from the COVID-19 pandemic, sometimes through active recruitment, the World Health Organization said yesterday.

(Reuters) – Facebook-parent Meta Platforms META.O said yesterday it would cut 10,000 jobs this year, making it the first Big Tech company to announce a second round of mass layoffs as the industry braces for a deep economic downturn.

QUITO,  (Reuters) – Ecuador’s national assembly yesterday voted to declassify documents tied to investigations into allegations of corruption at public companies, in a bid to shore up impeachment charges against President Guillermo Lasso.

CAIRO,  (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia’s energy minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman told Energy Intelligence in an interview yesterday the OPEC+ alliance will stick until the end of the year to production cuts agreed in October.

SAN DIEGO/CANBERRA,  (Reuters) – The United States, Australia and Britain yesterday unveiled details of a plan to provide Australia with nuclear-powered attack submarines from the early 2030s to counter China’s ambitions in the Indo-Pacific.