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SANTA FE, N.M.,  (Reuters) – The U.S. government will fund New Mexico’s full wildfire response, President Joe Biden said yesterday, speaking from Santa Fe amid anger from survivors over the blaze that was started by federal officials.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Tens of thousands of demonstrators descended on Washington and at hundreds of rallies across the United States yesterday to demand that lawmakers pass legislation aimed at curbing gun violence following last month’s massacre at a Texas elementary school.

KYIV, (Reuters) – Ukraine remains in control of the Azot chemical plant in Sievierodonetsk where hundreds of civilians are sheltering amid bitter fighting, the region’s governor said on Saturday, after a Russia-backed separatist claimed 300 to 400 Ukrainian fighters were also trapped there.

(Reuters) – The price of U.S. gasoline averaged more than $5 a gallon for the first time yesterday, data from the AAA showed, extending a surge in fuel costs that is driving rising inflation.

SHANGHAI, (Reuters) – China’s capital Beijing is experiencing an “explosive” COVID-19 outbreak connected to a bar, a government spokesman said yesterday, as the commercial hub, Shanghai, conducted mass testing to contain a jump in cases tied to a hair salon.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – Thousands of demonstrators descended on Washington and across the United States today, calling on lawmakers to pass legislation aimed at curbing gun violence following last month’s massacre at a Texas elementary school.

(Reuters) – The price of U.S. gasoline averaged more than $5 a gallon for the first time today, data from the AAA showed, extending a surge in fuel costs that is driving rising inflation.

SHANGHAI,  (Reuters) – China’s capital Beijing is facing an “explosive” COVID-19 outbreak connected to a bar, a government spokesman warned today, as the commercial hub of Shanghai began mass testing to contain a jump in cases tied to a popular beauty salon.

(Reuters) – Iran and Venezuela signed a 20-year cooperation plan in Tehran today as the two countries, among the world’s top oil producers, grapple with U.S.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – The United States late yesterday rescinded a 17-month-old requirement that people arriving in the country by air test negative for COVID-19, a move that follows intense lobbying by airlines and the travel industry.

KYIV,  (Reuters) – Ukraine sought more help from the West yesterday, pleading for faster deliveries of weapons to hold off better-armed Russian forces and for humanitarian support to combat deadly diseases.

OTTAWA, (Reuters) – Canada is suspending random COVID-19 testing at all its airports for the rest of June to ease the long wait times that travelers have encountered in recent weeks, a government statement said yesterday.

(Reuters) – A U.S. federal judge yesterday threw out a Biden administration directive narrowing who can be targeted by immigration agents for arrest and deportation, siding with officials in Texas and Louisiana challenging the policy in court.

CAPE TOWN,  (Reuters) – South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said yesterday police should be allowed to investigate him after a former intelligence official accused him of money laundering over millions of dollars allegedly stolen from the president’s farm.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – The Biden administration will drop pre-departure COVID-19 international air testing requirements effective Sunday at 12:01 a.m.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – A congressional hearing into the attack on the U.S.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – A gunman opened fire on his co-workers at a manufacturing facility in northern Mary-land yesterday, killing at least three people and critically wounding a fourth before being taken into custody after a shootout with police.

MEXICO CITY, (Reuters) – Mexican state oil company Petroleos Mexicanos released thousands of tons of methane gas into the atmosphere from an oil and gas platform in the Gulf of Mexico last December, research published yesterday by the European Space Agency (ESA) showed.

KYIV/SLOVIANSK, Ukraine, (Reuters) – Ukraine said yesterday its forces were holding their positions in intense fighting in the eastern city of Sievierodonetsk and had retaken ground in the south, targetting gains in the biggest swathe of territory seized by Russia since the invasion started.

VIENNA, (Reuters) – Iran yesterday dealt a near-fatal blow to chances of reviving the 2015 Iran nuclear deal as it began removing essentially all the International Atomic Energy Agency monitoring equipment installed under the deal, IAEA chief Rafael Grossi said.