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ATLANTA, (Reuters) – Tropical Depression Helene brought life-threatening flooding yesterday to wide sections of the U.S.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Dame Maggie Smith, who died on Friday aged 89, was a perfectionist who turned anxiety into an art form and was hailed as one of the great actors of stage and screen.

(Reuters) – Helene roared through Florida and Georgia states under darkness today as one of the most powerful storms to hit the United States, killing one person, swamping neighborhoods and leaving more than 2 million homes and businesses without power.

TOKYO, (Reuters) – Japan’s incoming prime minister, Shigeru Ishiba, said he wanted to clean up his ruling party, revitalise the economy and see off security threats from powerful neighbours after triumphing in his fifth and what he called final leadership bid today.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – U.S. prosecutors yesterday charged New York City Mayor Eric Adams with accepting illegal campaign contributions and luxury travel from Turkish nationals seeking to influence him, capping an investigation that has sent the largest U.S.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – China’s newest nuclear-powered attack submarine sank earlier this year, a senior U.S.

(Reuters) – Driving rain flooded roadways and closed airports in Florida as an intensifying Hurricane Helene marched toward the state’s panhandle region, bringing the threat of a potentially deadly storm surge to much of the coastline.

MEXICO CITY, (Reuters) – Hurricane John strengthened once again yesterday as it hurled rain at Mexico’s southwestern coast dotted with ports and tourist hotspots, an area already soaked by the slow-moving storm system over the past several days.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – The first rocky planet ever spotted orbiting a burned out star called a white dwarf offers a glimpse of what may be in store for Earth billions of years from now – showing it is possible our planet might survive the death of the sun, albeit as a cold and desolate outpost in space.

BEIRUT/JERUSALEM,  (Reuters) –  Israel rejected global calls yesterday for a ceasefire with the Hezbollah movement, defying its biggest ally in Washington and pressing ahead with strikes that have killed hundreds in Lebanon and heightened fears of an all-out regional war.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Britain’s wrongful detention and deportation of Caribbean migrants was the result of decades of racist immigration laws designed to reduce the country’s non-white population, a long-withheld official report showed today.

BEIRUT/JERUSALEM, (Reuters) – Israel rejected proposals today for a ceasefire with Hezbollah, defying calls from allies including the United States for a halt in fighting.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden announced more than $8 billion in military assistance for Ukraine today to help Kyiv “win this war” against Russian invaders, using a visit by President Volodymyr Zelenskiy to make a major commitment.

(Reuters) – Florida braced for the arrival of Hurricane Helene today, forecast to be a powerful Category 4 storm when it smashes into the state’s panhandle.

BEIRUT/JERUSALEM, (Reuters) – Israel widened its airstrikes in Lebanon today and shot down a missile that armed group Hezbollah fired at Tel Aviv, further intensifying the conflict between the two arch-foes.

(Reuters) – Russia has established a weapons programme in China to develop and produce long-range attack drones for use in the war against Ukraine, according to two sources from a European intelligence agency and documents reviewed by Reuters.

TBILISI,  (Reuters) – Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze was disinvited from a reception for world leaders hosted by U.S.

NEW YORK,  (Reuters) – World leaders yesterday called for far more investment in renewable energy to tackle climate change, with developing nations saying they need financial support to make the transition.

UNITED NATIONS, (Reuters) – Iran is ready to end its nuclear standoff with the West, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian told the United Nations General Assembly yesterday, while calling for an end to Russia’s war in Ukraine through dialogue.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) –  Donald Trump said yesterday he would seek to “take” manufacturing jobs from foreign countries, including U.S.