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BLANTYRE, Malawi/MAPUTO,  (Reuters) – Mozambique and Malawi yesterday were counting the cost of Tropical Storm Freddy, which killed more than 100 people, injured scores and left a trail of destruction as it ripped through southern Africa for the second time in a month over the weekend.

(Reuters) – Bank stocks around the world plunged yesterday even as President Joe Biden vowed to take action to ensure the safety of the U.S.

NEAR KREMINNA, Ukraine,  (Reuters) – Ukraine’s future hinges on the outcome of battles in the east, including in and around Bakhmut, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said, with both sides describing brutal fighting in the small city as Russia intensifies a winter campaign to capture it.

RIO DE JANEIRO, (Reuters) – Brazilian former President Jair Bolsonaro will be called to testify as part of an investigation into accusations he tried to illegally bring $3.2 million of jewelry into the country, Justice Minister Flavio Dino said yesterday.

LOS ANGELES/WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – The Biden administration is approving a scaled-back version of ConocoPhillips’ COP.N

(Reuters) – Venezuela’s state-run oil company PDVSA PDVSA. Yesterday was loading a supertanker with crude and fuel for Cuba, maritime documents showed, an unusually large volume to help its political ally overcome an energy crisis with repeated blackouts.

AMSTERSDAM/NEAR KREMINNA, Ukraine, (Reuters) – The International Criminal Court (ICC) is planning to seek the arrest of Russian officials for forcibly deporting children from Ukraine and targeting civilian infrastructure, a source said today, in what would be the first international war crimes cases arising from Moscow’s invasion.

KYIV,  (Reuters) – Chinese President Xi Jinping could wade deeper than before into Ukraine diplomacy as soon as next week, staging both his first trip to Russia and his first talks with Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy since Moscow’s invasion.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Britain’s BBC reinstated its highest-paid presenter Gary Lineker today after a move to take the sports host off air over his criticism of the government sparked a near mutiny at the public broadcaster.

(Reuters) – State regulators closed New York-based Signature Bank SBNY.O yesterday, the third largest failure in U.S.

KYIV,  (Reuters) – Ukraine faced relentless Russian attacks on Bakhmut in its eastern Donetsk region, with both sides reporting mounting enemy casualties as they battled across a small river that bisects the ruined town that now marks the front line.

BEIJING,  (Reuters) – China needs security to develop and must modernise its military to make it a “Great Wall of Steel”, President Xi Jinping said yesterday, amid mounting tensions with the United States.

GENEVA, (Reuters) – Discovering the origins of COVID-19 is a moral imperative and all hypotheses must be explored, the head of the World Health Organization said, in the clearest indication yet that the U.N.

SEOUL,  (Reuters) – Nuclear-armed North Korea test-fired two strategic cruise missiles from a submarine yesterday, state news agency KCNA said, just as U.S.-South

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – Former U.S. Vice President Mike Pence offered his most forceful rebuke to date of his one-time boss Donald Trump yesterday, saying that history will hold him accountable for his role in the Jan.

(Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden’s administration will approve a major and controversial oil drilling project in Alaska today, according to a source familiar with the matter.

GENEVA, (Reuters) – Discovering the origins of COVID-19 is a moral imperative and all hypotheses must be explored, the head of the World Health Organization said, in the clearest indication yet that the U.N.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – Former U.S. Vice President Mike Pence offered his most forceful rebuke to date of his one-time boss Donald Trump yesterday, saying that history will hold him accountable for his role in the Jan.

DUBAI,  (Reuters) – Saudi Arabian oil giant Aramco 2222.SE on Sunday reported a record annual net profit of $161.1 billion for 2022, up 46% from the previous year on higher energy prices, increased volumes sold and improved margins for refined products.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Britain’s BBC faced a mounting crisis as a row over football presenter Gary Lineker’s criticism of government migration policy led to a presenter mutiny, drew a comment from the prime minister and left the broadcaster’s boss defending his position.