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(Reuters) – Seattle became the first U.S. city to outlaw caste discrimination yesterday, after its local council voted to add caste to the city’s anti-discrimination laws.

MOSCOW,  (Reuters) – President Vladimir Putin today delivered a nuclear warning to the West over Ukraine, suspending a bilateral nuclear arms control treaty, announcing new strategic systems had been put on combat duty and warning that Moscow could resume nuclear tests.

LONDON, (Reuters) – The fossil fuel industry is failing to tackle methane emissions despite its pledges to uncover and fix leaking infrastructure, according to a report by the International Energy Agency (IEA) published today.

KYIV,  (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden walked around central Kyiv on an unannounced visit yesterday, promising to stand with Ukraine as long as it takes, on a trip timed to upstage the Kremlin ahead of the one-year anniversary of Russia’s invasion.

ANTAKYA, Turkey,  (Reuters) – Another earthquake struck the border region of Turkey and Syria yesterday, just two weeks after the area was devastated by a larger quake that killed more than 47,000 people and damaged or destroyed hundreds of thousands of homes.

UNITED NATIONS, (Reuters) – The U.N. Security Council issued a formal statement yesterday denouncing Israel’s plan to expand settlements on occupied Palestinian territory, the first action the United States has allowed the body to take against its ally Israel in six years.

HAVANA,  (Reuters) – A major wildfire in eastern Cuba was spreading closer to a national park yesterday, threatening hundreds of residents in its path, Cuban state television said Monday.

JERUSALEM,  (Reuters) – Israel’s parliament yesterday voted to push ahead with a contested overhaul of the country’s judicial system championed by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s religious-nationalist government that has sparked mass protests.

UNITED NATIONS,  (Reuters) – The United States proposed yesterday that the U.N.

NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – India yesterday invoked an emergency law to force power plants that run on imported coal to maximise output ahead of an expected record surge in power usage this summer, according to an internal power ministry notice seen by Reuters.

HONG KONG,  (Reuters) – The disappearance of a star Chinese dealmaker has left his bank struggling to reassure clients and staff, people with knowledge of the matter said yesterday, and has heightened concerns about “key man risk” for investors.

HONG KONG,  (Reuters) – The disappearance of a star Chinese dealmaker has left his bank struggling to reassure clients and staff, people with knowledge of the matter said today, and has heightened concerns about “key man risk” for investors.

AHMEDABAD, India, (Reuters) – Broken corroded wires, improper welding and changes to the walking surface of a 145-year-old hanging bridge in India contributed to its collapse last year that killed 135 people, an investigation has found.

KYIV, (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden made an unannounced visit to Kyiv today in a show of support ahead of the one-year anniversary of Russia’s invasion, promising President Volodymyr Zelenskiy that Washington would stand with Ukraine as long as it takes.

ANTAKYA/KAHRAMANMARAS, Turkey, (Reuters) – Medical charity Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) said a convoy of 14 of its trucks had entered northwestern Syria on Sunday to assist in earthquake rescue operations, as concerns grow over lack of access to the war-ravaged area.

AMNAT CHAROEN Thailand (Reuters) – Touting her billionaire family’s legacy of populism and massive election victories, Thailand’s Paetongtarn Shinawatra is emerging as the candidate to beat in upcoming polls, betting that nostalgia can win millions of working class votes.

AMMAN (Reuters) – An Israeli rocket strike early on Sunday hit a building in central Damascus, killing five people and damaging several buildings in the densely populated district, witnesses and officials said.

SYDNEY (Reuters) – The death toll from Cyclone Gabrielle in New Zealand climbed to 11 on Sunday as thousands of people remained missing a week after the storm struck the country’s North Island.

SEOUL (Reuters) – The United States held joint air exercises bilaterally with South Korea and Japan involving strategic bombers on Sunday, a day after North Korea fired a Hwasong-15 intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) in a “sudden launching drill”.

SEOUL,  (Reuters) – The United States held joint air exercises bilaterally with South Korea and Japan involving strategic bombers today, a day after North Korea fired a Hwasong-15 intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) in a “sudden launching drill”.