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WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Declaring “Enough, enough!” U.S. President Joe Biden this evening urged Congress to ban assault weapons, expand background checks and implement other sensible gun control measures to address a string of mass shootings to address a string of mass shootings that have struck the United States.

KYIV, (Reuters) – Russian forces tightened their grip on an industrial Ukrainian city as part of their drive to control the eastern Donbas region and targeted rail links used to ferry in weapons from Kyiv’s Western allies as the war approaches its 100th day on Friday.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – A beaming Queen Elizabeth waved to cheering crowds massed outside Buckingham Palace today as Britain kicked off four days of pomp, parties and parades to celebrate her record-breaking 70 years on the British throne.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The administration of President Joe Biden yesterday revoked a series of restrictions on flights to Cuba imposed by his predecessor, including ending a prohibition on U.S.

TULSA, Okla., (Reuters) – A man armed with a rifle and a handgun killed four people inside a medical building in Tulsa, Oklahoma on Wednesday before fatally shooting himself, police said, in the latest of a series of mass shootings to rattle the United States.

KYIV,  (Reuters) – Russian forces fought their way into the centre of Ukraine’s industrial city of Sievierodonetsk yesterday, edging closer to claiming a big prize in their offensive in the eastern Donbas region.

(Reuters) – Actor Johnny Depp won more than $10 million in damages yesterday, achieving a near-total victory in a defamation suit against ex-wife Amber Heard to cap a six-week trial featuring graphic testimony about the stars’ soured relationship.

NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – India’s financial crime-fighting agency wants to question the two most senior members of the Nehru-Gandhi dynasty, who lead the main opposition Congress party, as it investigates a complaint of money laundering, the party said today.

HANOI, (Reuters) – Vietnam said today it had successfully developed a vaccine to administer to pigs to fight African swine fever, with the aim of becoming the first country to commercially produce and export it.

KYIV, (Reuters) – Russian troops fought to take complete control of the eastern industrial city of Sievierodonetsk yesterday as the United States said it will provide Ukraine with advanced rockets to help it force Moscow to negotiate an end to the war.

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria,  (Reuters) – Bandits killed tens of local vigilantes in Nigeria’s northwestern Zamfara state on Monday evening after stealing cattle, two security sources and a local official said yesterday.

SAN JOSE,  (Reuters) – A cyberattack struck Costa Rica’s hospitals and clinics early yesterday morning, the Costa Rican Social Security Fund (CCSS) said, the latest in a string of hacks targeting the Central American country in recent weeks.

KYIV/LVIV, (Reuters) – European Union leaders agreed yesterday to ban most imports of Russian oil to the 27-nation bloc as Ukrainian and Russian forces battled on the outskirts of Sievierodonetsk, the last city still held by Kyiv in Ukraine’s strategic Luhansk province.

(Reuters) – Suriname plans to open an embassy in Jerusalem though a date is not yet set, the South American country and Israel both said yesterday.

HAVANA,  (Reuters) – Two leading Cuban artist-dissidents faced their first day of trial yesterday after being detained nearly a year ago, part of an ongoing judicial process that human rights groups have called a “farce” and a “circus”.

NASSAU,  (Reuters) – The United States needs do more to control the illegal flow of weapons to The Bahamas, the country’s prime minister said yesterday, amid growing concern about gun violence and homicides in the Caribbean nation.

SHANGHAI/BEIJING, (Reuters) – Shanghai yesterday announced an end to its two-month long COVID-19 lockdown, allowing people in virus-free areas of China’s largest city to leave their homes and drive their cars.

SHANGHAI/BEIJING, (Reuters) – Shanghai today announced an end to its two-month long COVID-19 lockdown, allowing people in virus-free areas of China’s largest city to leave their homes and drive their cars.

KYIV/KHARKIV, Ukraine,  (Reuters) – Russian forces intensified their attacks with barrages of heavy artillery to capture a key Ukrainian city in the southeastern region of Donbas, whose full takeover Moscow’s top diplomat said was now an “unconditional priority”.

UVALDE, Texas,  (Reuters) – President Joe Biden tried to comfort families in the south Texas town of Uvalde yesterday after the nation’s deadliest school shooting in a decade as federal officials announced they would review local law enforcement’s slow response to the attack.