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(Reuters) – The United Nations today  said it had no evidence Ukraine had a biological weapons program while Washington and its allies accused Russia of spreading the unproven claim as a possible prelude to launching its own biological or chemical attacks.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – President Joe Biden said on Friday the G7 industrialized nations will revoke Russia’s “most favored nation” trade status, and announced a U.S.

ISLAMABAD/NEW DELHI,  (Reuters) – India said today it had accidentally fired a missile into Pakistan this week because of a “technical malfunction” during routine maintenance, giving its version of events after Pakistan summoned India’s envoy to protest.

LVIV, Ukraine, (Reuters) – Russian forces bearing down on Kyiv are regrouping northwest of the Ukrainian capital, satellite pictures showed, in what Britain said could be preparation for an assault on the city within days.

ZHOVKVA, Ukraine,  (Reuters) – Before he left for the front, Ukrainian military reservist Viktor Dudar hugged his wife Oksana and told her not to worry.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Confiscating the assets of companies that have fled Russia after the invasion of Ukraine would shatter investor confidence for decades and take Russia back to the calamitous days of the 1917 Bolshevik revolution, metals magnate Vladimir Potanin said.

LVIV, Ukraine/ANTALYA, Turkey,  (Reuters) – Hundreds of thousands of civilians remained trapped in Ukrainian cities yesterday, sheltering from Russian air raids and shelling as talks between Ukraine and Russia’s foreign ministers made little apparent progress.

DUBAI/VIENNA,  (Reuters) – Iran and the United States were at loggerheads over reviving the 2015 nuclear deal yesterday after Tehran suggested there were new obstacles and Washington said hard issues remained.

MEXICO CITY,  (Reuters) – Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said yesterday that criticism he has faced over a string of journalist killings is part of a campaign to undermine his administration and tantamount to a “soft coup” orchestrated by media firms.

CARACAS,  (Reuters) – Venezuelan Vice President Delcy Rodriguez met Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in Antalya, Turkey, yesterday, according to Russia’s ambassador to Caracas and Venezuelan state television.

CHICAGO,  (Reuters) – A Chicago court yesterday sentenced actor Jussie Smollett, one-time star of the TV drama “Empire,” to 30 months probation and 150 days in jail for staging a hate crime against himself.

NEW YORK/LONDON,  (Reuters) – Goldman Sachs Group Inc GS.N and JPMorgan Chase & Co JPM.N

LVIV, Ukraine/ANTALYA, Turkey, (Reuters) – Ukraine said today Moscow had refused to guarantee humanitarian access to rescue hundreds of thousands of civilians trapped under bombardment, as the opposing sides yielded nothing at the highest level talks since the Russian invasion began.

NEW DELHI,  (Reuters) – Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s party won India’s most populous state with a big majority, according to the count today of a state assembly vote that could offer clues to the national mood before a 2024 general election.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Britain imposed sanctions on Chelsea soccer club owner Roman Abramovich and Igor Sechin, the chief executive of Russian oil giant Rosneft, hitting them with asset freezes and travel bans because of their links to Russian President Vladimir Putin.

LVIV, Ukraine,  (Reuters) – Ukrainian’s president accused Russia of carrying out genocide after officials said Russian aircraft bombed a children’s hospital yesterday, burying patients in rubble despite a ceasefire deal for people to flee the besieged city of Mariupol.

SEOUL,  (Reuters) – Con-servative South Korean opposition candidate Yoon Suk-yeol rode to victory in a tight presidential election on a wave of discontent over economic policy, scandals and gender wars, reshaping the political future of Asia’s fourth-largest economy.

VERSAILLES, France,  (Reuters) – European Union leaders will phase out buying Russian oil, gas and coal as Moscow’s war on Ukraine makes them realise they have to be less dependent on Russia, a draft declaration showed, but they are unlikely to offer Ukraine the fast EU membership it seeks.

CARACAS, (Reuters) – Venezuela’s opposition leader Juan Guaido said yesterday that a lifting of U.S.

(Reuters) – A 57-year-old man with terminal heart disease who made history as the first person to receive a genetically modified pig’s heart died on Tuesday afternoon at the University of Maryland Medical Center (UMMC), the hospital said.