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LONDON, (Reuters) – Monkeypox is not yet a global health emergency, the World Health Organization (WHO) ruled yesterday, although WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said he was deeply concerned about the outbreak.

KIGALI, (Reuters) – The Commonwealth made broad commitments yesterday to address climate change and boost trade, concluding a summit aimed at shoring up the relevance of a group that evolved from the British empire.

OSLO, (Reuters) – Terrified revellers at a gay bar in Oslo hid in a basement and desperately called loved ones as a gunman went on the rampage, killing two people and injuring 21 on the day the city was due to celebrate its annual Pride parade.

RABAT/MADRID, (Reuters) – Dozens of migrants were pictured lying by a Moroccan border fence, some bleeding and many apparently lifeless, in video showing the aftermath of an attempted mass crossing into a Spanish enclave on Friday in which at least 23 died.

LKYIV, (Reuters) – Ukrainian troops have “almost left” Sievierodonetsk after weeks of intense fighting against Russian forces, the mayor of the eastern city said today, signalling the biggest reversal for Ukraine since losing the port of Mariupol in May.

OSLO, (Reuters) – Terrified revellers at a gay bar in Oslo hid in a basement and desperately called loved ones as a gunman went on the rampage, killing two people and injuring more than 20 on the day the city was due to celebrate its annual Pride parade.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court yesterday overturned the landmark 1973 Roe v.

KYIV,  (Reuters) – It took Russia weeks of fierce fighting, an untold number of casualties, and relentless shelling before the exhausted Ukrainian defenders of Sievierodonetsk received orders to quit its smouldering wreckage.

LONDON/KIGALI,  (Reuters) – Boris Johnson’s Conservatives lost two parliamentary seats yesterday, a new blow to Britain’s prime minister who then lost a close ally with the surprise resignation of his party’s chairman and faced renewed calls to quit.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court today took the dramatic step of overturning the landmark 1973 Roe v.

LONDON/KIGALI, (Reuters) – Boris Johnson’s Conservatives lost two parliamentary seats yesterday, a crushing blow to the governing party that prompted the resignation of its chairman and intensified doubts about the future of Britain’s prime minister.

KIGALI, (Reuters) – Britain’s Prince Charles expressed deep sorrow over slavery in a speech to Commonwealth leaders in Rwanda today and acknowledged that the roots of the organisation lay in a painful period of history.

KYIV,  (Reuters) – President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said Ukraine’s formal candidature to join the European Union was a big step towards strengthening Europe at a time when Russia was testing its freedom and unity.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – A bipartisan package of modest gun safety measures passed the U.S.

PARAMARIBO,  (Reuters) – Suriname’s president said yesterday the South American country did not have the funds to build an embassy in Israel, reversing an announcement made last month.

KYIV,  (Reuters) – Ukraine became a candidate to join the European Union today, a bold geopolitical step triggered by Russia’s invasion that Kyiv and Brussels hailed as an “historic moment”.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – The U.S. Justice Department yesterday said a federal grand jury voted to indict Tallahassee’s former Democratic mayor and Florida gubernatorial candidate Andrew Gillum on charges of conspiracy, wire fraud and making false statements.

SAO PAULO,  (Reuters) – Brazil’s former Education Minister Milton Ribeiro has been arrested by the Federal Police on corruption charges, President Jair Bolsonaro confirmed yesterday, saying the former aide will answer for his actions if he has done anything wrong.

KYIV, (Reuters) – President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said Moscow’s massive air and artillery attacks were aimed at destroying the entire Donbas region and urged Ukraine’s allies to accelerate the shipment of heavy weapons to match Russia on the battlefield.

OSLO,  (Reuters) – Norway is ready to resume payments to Brazil over the prevention of the deforestation of the Amazon if there is a change of government in October’s elections as opinion polls suggest, the Nordic country’s environment and climate minister said.