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MANAGUA,  (Reuters) – Nicaragua’s government has stripped 94 citizens of their nationality, according to a resolution read out by a judge on Wednesday.

CIGUENA/ROSARIO, Argentina, (Reuters) – In the Argentine town of Ciguena, rancher Andrés Betiger is fighting to keep his farm from going under amid the South American country’s worst drought in sixty years, which has pummeled soy, corn and wheat crops and dented cattle herds.

 (Reuters) – A top U.S. law enforcement official today unveiled a new “disruptive technology strike force” tasked with safe-guarding American technology from foreign adversaries and other national security threats.

KYIV, (Reuters) – Russia said it had broken through two of Ukraine’s fortified defence lines in the east of the country, while Western countries announced more military spending on Ukraine, including artillery rounds, as Kyiv warned of continued Russian attacks.

MERSIN, Turkey, (Reuters) – Huseyin Berber’s voice was hoarse from calling for help from under the rubble of his home but he was finally freed more than a week after Turkey’s massive earthquake, defying the odds for survival and one of several remarkable stories to emerge.

SAO PAULO,  (Reuters) – The confirmation of more bird flu cases in South America raised alarm bells in Brazil, which remains free of contagion even after its close neighbors Argentina and Uruguay confirmed cases there yesterday.

LOS ANGELES,  (Reuters) – Actress Raquel Welch, who helped reshape the traditional image of the Hollywood sex symbol in an era when the movie industry was still overtly defining an idealized version of sensuality for mass consumption, died on Wednesday at age 82.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – World Bank President David Malpass  yesterday said he would leave his post well before his term ends, months after running afoul of the White House for failing to say whether he accepts the scientific consensus on global warming.

KAHRAMANMARAS, Turkey, (Reuters) – More than a week after his home was wrecked in a deadly earthquake that hit southern Turkey, Mohammad Emin’s body is still covered in dust and grime.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Nicola Sturgeon quit as Scottish first minister today, saying her dominance over her party and the country was no longer the asset it once was in the fight for an independent Scotland.

MILAN, (Reuters) – An Italian court today acquitted Silvio Berlusconi over allegations of bribing witnesses in a underage prostitution case that has dogged the former prime minister for more than a decade.

KYIV,  (Reuters) – Ukraine urged allies to speed up the pace of military help as NATO defence ministers prepared to meet for a second day on Wednesday and Russia bombarded the eastern front line in what appeared to be the early salvoes of a new offensive.

EAST LANSING, Mich.,  (Reuters) – A gunman opened fire last night on the main campus of Michigan State University, killing three people and injuring five, before an hours-long manhunt for the suspect ended with his death, apparently from a self-inflicted gunshot, police said.

KAHRAMANMARAS/ANTAKYA, Turkey, (Reuters) – Rescuers in Turkey pulled several people alive from collapsed buildings yesterday, a week after the country’s worst earthquake in modern history, but hopes of many more survivors were fading and criticism of the authorities grew.

KYIV,  (Reuters) – The eastern Ukrainian city of Bakhmut was facing heavy artillery fire as the NATO chief backed reports from local officials that a major new Russian offensive had begun, days before the first anniversary of Moscow’s invasion.

WELLINGTON,  (Reuters) – New Zealand declared a national state of emergency for only the third time in its history yesterday as Cyclone Gabrielle caused widespread flooding, landslides and huge ocean swells, forcing evacuations and stranding people on roof tops.

MANILA,  (Reuters) – China should restrain its forces to prevent them committing any “provocative act”, the Philippine military said yesterday, after Manila accused China’s coast guard of using a laser to try to disrupt a resupply mission to troops in the South China Sea.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – The White House said today there is no indication of aliens or extraterrestrial activity after a series of shoot-downs of unidentified objects over North American airspace.

BUENOS AIRES,  (Reuters) – Argentine officials have blamed organized “mafias” for promoting birth tourism to the South American country by Russian mothers-to-be amid a boom in numbers traveling there since the invasion of Ukraine looking to get their children citizenship.

CHISINAU,  (Reuters) – Moldova’s president accused Russia today of planning to use foreign saboteurs to bring down her tiny country’s leadership, stop it joining the European Union and use it in the war against Ukraine.