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(Reuters) – Residents near the site of the worst U.S. oil pipeline leak in a decade took the commotion and smell in stride as cleanup crews labored in near-freezing temperatures, and investigators searched for clues to what caused the spill.

(Reuters) – All non-critical infrastructure in the Ukrainian port of Odesa was without power after Russia used Iranian-made drones to hit two energy facilities, officials said on Saturday, adding it could take months to repair the damage.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Three people were killed and around a dozen others remain missing after an explosion early on Saturday morning at a block of flats on the island of Jersey, off the coast of northern France.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – A high-level U.S. delegation will travel to China next week to follow up on President Joe Biden’s recent talks with Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping and prepare for Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s visit there early next year, the U.S.

BELGRADE, (Reuters) – Serbia will ask NATO peacekeepers to let it deploy Serbian military and police in Kosovo, although it believes there is no chance of the request being approved, President Aleksandar Vucic said on Saturday.

RIYADH, (Reuters) – President Xi Jinping told Gulf Arab leaders yesterday that China would work to buy oil and gas in yuan, a move that would support Beijing’s goal to establish its currency internationally and weaken the U.S.

KYIV,  (Reuters) – The United States announced new military aid for Ukraine yesterday and vowed to disrupt Russian ties with Iran, which a British envoy said involved Moscow seeking hundreds of ballistic missiles and offering unprecedented military support in return.

(Reuters) – United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called on Nigerian authorities to investigate allegations of systemic and coerced abortions reportedly perpetrated by the Nigerian army, U.N

NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will not hold an annual in-person summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin this year due to his veiled threats to use nuclear weapons in the Ukraine war, Bloomberg News reported yesterday, citing sources.

WASHINGTON, Kansas, (Reuters) – Emergency crews yesterday were preparing to labour through the weekend to clean up the largest U.S.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – U.S. Senator Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona is leaving the Democratic Party to become an independent, she said on Friday, just days after Democrats won a Senate race in Georgia and secured 51 seats in the 100-member chamber riven by deep political divisions.

VALENCIA/MARACAY, Venezuela  (Reuters) – Long lines for motorists at Venezuela’s refueling stations are back due to repeated outages at state oil company PDVSA’s refineries and a lack of diesel and gasoline imports.

LIMA, (Reuters) – Peruvian President Dina Boluarte yesterday said she was willing to discuss early elections with the country’s political and civil organizations, but ruled out kick-starting constitutional changes for the time being.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – Arizona U.S. Senator Kyrsten Sinema said on Friday she had switched her political party affiliation to independent, leaving the Democratic Party just days after it won a U.S.

NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will not hold an annual in-person summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin this year due to his veiled threats to use nuclear weapons in the Ukraine war, Bloomberg News reported today, citing sources.

BEIJING/SHANGHAI,  (Reuters) – As many Chinese embraced new freedoms yesterday after the country dropped key parts of its tough zero-COVID regime, there was mounting concern that a virus that had largely been kept in check could soon run wild.

(Reuters) – Canada’s TC Energy TRP.TO yesterday said it shut the 622,000 barrel-per-day Keystone pipeline and was responding to an oil release into a creek about 20 miles south of Steele City, Nebraska.

DUBAI, (Reuters) – Iran hanged a man yesterday convicted of injuring a security guard with a knife and blocking a street in Tehran, the semi-official Tasnim news agency said, the first such execution over recent anti-government unrest.

NEAR BAKHMUT, Ukraine,  (Reuters) – Russian forces shelled the entire front line in the Donetsk region in eastern Ukraine on Thursday, Ukrainian officials said, part of what appeared to be the Kremlin’s scaled-back ambition to secure only the bulk of lands it has claimed.

RIYADH,  (Reuters) – Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman received President Xi Jinping today as the Chinese leader heralded “a new era” in Arab relations, with a lavish welcome signalling Riyadh’s interest in deepening ties with Beijing despite U.S.