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KYIV,  (Reuters) – A Russian missile strike has damaged infrastructure and an Antigua-flagged civilian vessel in the Ukrainian port of Odesa, the regional governor said yesterday.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – The late Egyptian billionaire Mohamed Al Fayed sexually abused female staff at his London department store Harrods, forced them to have medical screenings and threatened consequences if they tried to complain, lawyers for alleged victims said today.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – U.S. officials now believe that a ceasefire deal between Israel and Palestinian Islamist group Hamas in Gaza is unlikely before President Joe Biden leaves office in January, the Wall Street Journal reported yesterday.

TAIPEI, (Reuters) –  Components used in thousands of pagers that detonated on Tuesday in Lebanon in a deadly blow to Hezbollah were not made in Taiwan, Taiwan’s economy minister said yesterday.

FARMINGTON HILLS, Michigan, (Reuters) – A star-studded virtual event hosted by Oprah Winfrey last night to build enthusiasm for Kamala Harris’ campaign was marked by teary moments and celebrity endorsements, drawing hundreds of thousands of viewers across social media.

AVIGNON, France,  (Reuters) – One of more than 50 men accused of raping Frenchwoman Gisele Pelicot in a mass rape case that has shocked the world told her in court yesterday that he was sorry for what he did.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – Arab-American and Muslim voters angry at U.S. support for Israel’s offensive in Gaza are shunning Democrat Kamala Harris in the presidential race to back third-party candidate Jill Stein in numbers that could deny Harris victories in battleground states that will decide the Nov.

MOSCOW,  (Reuters) – Vladislav Bakalchuk, the estranged husband of Russia’s richest woman, was arrested and charged with murder today, his lawyers said, after a deadly shootout at the Moscow office of Russia’s largest online retailer.

BEIRUT,  (Reuters) – Hand-held radios used by armed group Hezbollah detonated yesterday across Lebanon’s south in the country’s deadliest day since cross-border fighting erupted between the militants and Israel nearly a year ago, stoking tensions after similar explosions of the group’s pagers the day before.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – A large-scale Ukrainian drone attack on Russia triggered an earthquake-sized blast at a major arsenal in the Tver region yesterday, forcing the evacuation of a nearby town, war bloggers and some media reported.

AVIGNON, France, (Reuters) – Gisele Pelicot, who was drugged and raped by dozens of men recruited by her husband, yesterday called the men standing trial “degenerates” while attempts from some defence lawyers to question her credibility caused outrage in the courtroom.

BEIRUT,  (Reuters) – Hand-held radios used by Hezbollah detonated today across Lebanon’s south and in Beirut suburbs, further stoking tensions with Israel a day after similar explosions launched via the group’s pagers.

COLOMBO,  (Reuters) – Just over two years since Sri Lanka’s ‘Aragalaya’ uprising that deposed the nation’s president, the movement that sparked the mass struggle is rallying behind Anura Kumara Dissanayake to lead the fight against corruption and revive a broken economy.

NICOSIA,  (Reuters) – Cyprus’s Supreme Court ruled in favour of sacking the country’s outspoken auditor-general on Wednesday after senior prosecutors accused the official, a frequent whistleblower, of abusing his position.

BEIRUT,  (Reuters) – Israel’s Mossad spy agency planted a small amount of explosives inside 5,000 Taiwan-made pagers ordered by Lebanese group Hezbollah months before yesterday’s detonations, a senior Lebanese security source and another source told Reuters.

(Reuters) – Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit the U.S.

AMSTERDAM,  (Reuters) – The Netherlands’ right-wing government said yesterday it would cut development aid by more than two thirds over the next three years amid an expected deterioration in state finances.

NEW YORK,  (Reuters) – Sean “Diddy” Combs used his fame as one of hip-hop’s biggest names to coerce women into demeaning sexual acts as part of a long-running scheme of sex trafficking and racketeering, prosecutors said on Tuesday in bringing three criminal charges against him.

NEW YORK,  – Americans looking to renew their passports will be able to do so online starting today as the beta phase of the program that has been running for two months will be opened nationally, a U.S.

AVIGNON, France,  (Reuters) – Dominique Pelicot admitted to drugging his wife and recruiting dozens of strangers to rape her over nearly a decade, begging for his family’s forgiveness, as he told a French court on Tuesday: “I am a rapist.”