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ACCRA,  (Reuters) – Ghana’s parliament approved a new 1.5% tax on electronic payments, known as the “e-levy,” yesterday after the opposition walked out in protest.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – White House records show an unexplained gap of more than seven hours in the record of former President Donald Trump’s telephone calls the day of the deadly Jan.

ISTANBUL/KYIV OUTSKIRTS/MARIUPOL, Ukraine,  (Reuters) – Russia promised at peace talks today to scale down its military operations around Kyiv and northern Ukraine, while Ukraine proposed adopting a neutral status but with international guarantees that it would be protected from attack.

LIMA, (Reuters) – Peruvian President Pedro Castillo survived yesterday an impeachment vote in Congress that fell short of the votes needed to oust the leftist leader eight months after he took office.

 (Reuters) – A Russian oil company used to provide a workaround to U.S.

LVIV/KHARKIV, Ukraine,  (Reuters) – Air raid sirens sounded across Ukraine before dawn today as Ukrainian and Russian negotiators prepared to meet in Turkey for face-to-face talks, with Kyiv seeking a ceasefire without compromising on territory or sovereignty.

SDE BOKER, Israel,  (Reu-ters) – The top diplomats of the United States and four Arab countries convened in Israel yesterday in a display of unity against Iran but also used the rare summit to press their host to revive long-stalled peacemaking with the Palestinians.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – A U.S. judge ruled yesterday that former President Donald Trump “more likely than not” committed a felony by trying to pressure his vice president to obstruct Congress and overturn his election defeat on Jan.

BOGOTA,  (Reuters) – Venezuelan security forces have carried out joint operations with Colombian rebel group the National Liberation Army (ELN) against former members of the FARC rebels who remain armed, advocacy group Human Rights Watch (HRW) said yesterday.

BAGHDAD/ANKARA, (Reuters) – A nascent plan for Iraq’s Kurdistan region to supply gas to Turkey and Europe – with Israeli help – is part of what angered Iran into striking the Kurdish capital Erbil with ballistic missiles this month, Iraqi and Turkish officials say.

SYDNEY,  (Reuters) – Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare said the backlash to his country’s security negotiations with China was “very insulting”, in his first comments on a security treaty he said was being finalised.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The U.S. Treasury yesterday proposed a new mechanism to comply with and enforce a 15% global corporate minimum tax agreed to last year by 136 countries, partly by denying deductions for taxes paid in jurisdictions with lower rates.

LVIV/KHARKIV, Ukraine,  (Reuters) – Ukraine and Russia were preparing today for the first face-to-face peace talks in more than two weeks, but a senior U.S.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – The Kremlin said today that U.S. President Joe Biden’s remark that Vladimir Putin “cannot remain in power” was a cause for alarm, in a measured response to a public call from the United States for an end to Putin’s 22-year rule.

LOS ANGELES,  (Reuters) – The Academy Awards telecast was packed with much of what got left out of last year’s pandemic-hindered show, offering a trio of women hosts, a return to lavish musical productions and a big dose of comedy, much of it edgier than usual for the Oscars.

LVIV, Ukraine,  (Reuters) – With peace talks between Russia and Ukraine set to take place in Turkey this week, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy insisted on the territorial integrity of his country after earlier suggesting he was ready for a compromise.

KABUL,  (Reuters) – The Taliban have told airlines in Afghanistan that women cannot board domestic or international flights without a male chaperone, two sources told Reuters yesterday.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Russian aluminium tycoon Oleg Deripaska said yesterday that U.S.

LVIV, Ukraine,  (Reuters) – Ukraine is prepared to discuss adopting a neutral status as part of a peace deal with Russia but such a pact would have to be guaranteed by third parties and put to a referendum, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said in remarks aired today.

LVIV, Ukraine, (Reuters) – Russia wants to split Ukraine into two, as happened with North and South Korea, Ukraine’s military intelligence chief said today, vowing “total” guerrilla warfare to prevent a carve up of the country.