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OTTAWA,  (Reuters) – Canada yesterday announced a ban on Chinese-owned social media app TikTok from government-issued devices, saying it presents an “unacceptable” level of risk to privacy and security, adding to the growing rift between the two countries.

QUITO,  (Reuters) – Ecuador and Belgium on Monday agreed to increase bilateral cooperation in their fight against international organized crime, a day after Ecuadorean police seized nearly nine tonnes of drugs bound for the European country.

HAVANA,  (Reuters) – Forest fires raged on in Cuba’s eastern region on Monday, inching toward more populated ground more than a week after sparking near a national park.

KYIV,  (Reuters) – China said today it sought dialogue and a peaceful solution for Ukraine despite U.S.

STECCATO DI CUTRO, Italy (Reuters) – At least 59 people died, including 12 children, when a wooden sailing boat carrying migrants to Europe crashed against rocks near the southern Italian coast early on Sunday, authorities said.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – China has not moved toward providing lethal aid that would help Russia in its invasion of Ukraine and the United States has made clear behind closed doors that such a move would have serious consequences, White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan said on Sunday.

AMMAN (Reuters) – Israeli and Palestinian officials pledged to de-escalate surging violence after meeting on Sunday, issuing a joint statement in which Israel said it would halt discussions about new settlement units in the occupied West Bank for four months.

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Thousands gathered in cities throughout Mexico on Sunday to protest against President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador’s drive to shrink the independent electoral authority, arguing the changes threaten democracy – an accusation he vigorously denies.

MOGADISHU (Reuters) – Three people died and eight others were injured when a helicopter operated by the African Union peacekeeping mission in Somalia crashed on Saturday in the country’s Lower Shabelle region, the mission said in a statement on Sunday.

ROME, (Reuters) – Forty-three people died while 80 people survived when a boat carrying migrants crashed against rocks near the coast of southern Italy early today, the Italian coast guard and police said.

KANO, Nigeria,  (Reuters) – Officials counted votes in Nigeria’s elections yesterday, with people hoping for a reset after years of worsening violence and hardship under outgoing President Muhammadu Buhari, undeterred by delays at some polling stations.

BENGALURU, India,  (Reuters) – Finance chiefs of the world’s largest economies strongly condemned Moscow for its war on Ukraine yesterday, with only China and Russia itself declining to sign a joint statement.

HUARAL, Peru, (Reuters) – Peruvian archaeologists have discovered some 30 pre-Inca era graves in a cemetery belonging to the Chancay people, a group who inhabited valleys of Peru’s central coast from 1000 to 1500 AD.

ROME, (Reuters) – The head of the United Nation’s World Food Programme (WFP) said yesterday he was confronted with “apocalyptic” scenes as he visited earthquake-stricken areas in southern Turkey.

YAKUTSK, Russia,  (Reuters) – A brown bear that lay almost perfectly preserved in the frozen wilds of eastern Siberia for 3,500 years has undergone a necropsy by a team of scientists after it was discovered by reindeer herders on a desolate island in the Arctic.

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BENGALURU, India,  (Reuters) – Finance chiefs of the world’s largest economies strongly condemned Moscow for its war on Ukraine today, with only China and Russia itself declining to sign a joint statement.

BRUSSELS,  (Reuters) – The European Union vowed to increase pressure on Moscow “until Ukraine is liberated” as it adopted a tenth package of sanctions on Russia today, a day after the first anniversary of the invasion of Ukraine.

KYIV,  (Reuters) – Ukraine honoured its dead and vowed to keep fighting yesterday while Russia told the world to accept “the realities” of its war but faced new Western sanctions on the invasion’s anniversary.

WASHINGTON/TALLINN, (Reuters) – The West reacted with skepticism to China’s proposal on Friday – the first anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine – for a ceasefire, with NATO saying Beijing did not have much credibility as a mediator.