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(Reuters) – Moderna sued Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech yesterday for patent infringement in the development of the first COVID-19 vaccine approved in the United States, alleging they copied technology that Moderna developed years before the pandemic.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – “House of the Dragon”, the highly anticipated “Game of Thrones” prequel, has been renewed for a second season after its first episode proved a hit.

RIO DE JANEIRO,  (Reuters) – A group of retired Federal Police detectives has released a statement accusing members of Brazil’s Supreme Court of using the force to take what they called “authoritarian and illegal measures”.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The U.S. economy contracted at a more moderate pace than initially thought in the second quarter as consumer spending blunted some of the drag from a sharp slowdown in inventory accumulation, dispelling fears that a recession was underway.

NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – For years Indian television company NDTV NDTV.NS

TAIPEI,  (Reuters) – A U.S. lawmaker on the Senate Commerce and Armed Services committees arrived in Taiwan yesterday on the third visit by a U.S.

KYIV,  (Reuters) – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said the world narrowly avoided a radiation disaster as electricity to Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant was cut for hours due to Russian shelling in the area, allegations that Moscow denied.

KARACHI, Pakistan, (Reuters) – Historic monsoon rains and flooding in Pakistan have affected more than 30 million people over the last few weeks, the country’s climate change minister said today, calling the situation a “climate-induced humanitarian disaster of epic proportions.”

  BUDAPEST, (Reuters) – The firing of Hungary’s two top weather forecasters after a big storm predicted by the National Meteorological Service did not materialise has drawn protests at home and abroad, with meteorologists calling for their reinstatement.

KYIV, (Reuters) – At least 22 people died and dozens were wounded yesterday when Russian rocket strikes hit a Ukrainian town and set a passenger train on fire, officials said, as the nation marked 31 years since its independence from Moscow-dominated Soviet rule.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – President Joe Biden said yesterday the U.S. government will forgive $10,000 in student loans for millions of debt-saddled former college students, keeping a pledge he made in the 2020 campaign for the White House.

NAIROBI, (Reuters) – Fighting between forces from Ethiopia’s rebellious northern region of Tigray and central government forces has erupted around the town of Kobo, residents and both sides said yesterday, ending a months-long ceasefire.

PARIS, (Reuters) – TotalEnergies TTEF.PA is involved in supplying gas condensate to make jet fuel that may have been used by Russia’s military in Ukraine, via the French firm’s stake in a venture with Russia’s Novatek NVTK.MM,

MEXICO CITY, (Reuters) – A Mexican judge ruled that there was sufficient evidence to hear charges against the country’s former Attorney General Jesus Murillo in relation to his alleged role in the disappearance of 43 students in 2014 and subsequent investigation, judicial authorities said Wednesday.

BUENOS AIRES, (Reuters) – Latin American leaders sent their support to Argentina’s Vice President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner yesterday, after a federal prosecutor asked for extensive prison time in her corruption proceedings.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – A New York Democrat who campaigned on abortion rights and the future of U.S.

BANGKOK,  (Reuters) – Thailand’s Constitutional Court suspended Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha today after accepting a petition from an opposition party seeking his ousting on the grounds that he has held office for his full, legally mandated term.

KUALA LUMPUR, (Reuters) – Malaysia’s top court ordered former prime minister Najib Razak to begin a 12-year prison sentence yesterday after upholding a guilty conviction on charges related to a multi-billion dollar graft scandal at state fund 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB).

(Reuters) – A jury yesterday convicted two men accused of conspiring to trigger “a second American revolution” by kidnapping Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer, handing the U.S.

KYIV, (Reuters) – Ukrainians on Wednesday mark 31 years since they broke free from the Russia-dominated Soviet Union in what is certain to be a day of subdued, but defiant celebrations overshadowed by fears of new Russian missile attacks.