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GENEVA,  (Reuters) – A single lightning bolt that leapt across three U.S.

(Reuters) – American actress Whoopi Goldberg has issued an apology after facing a backlash for her comments on the Holocaust saying it “was not about race”.

QUITO,  (Reuters) – A burst pipeline in Ecuador caused an oil spill within a protected area of the country’s Amazon rainforest, the environment ministry said yesterday, adding that the pipeline operator will face legal consequences.

OTTAWA,  (Reuters) – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau yesterday said Canadians were disgusted by the behavior of some people protesting against COVID-19 vaccine mandates in Ottawa and said he would not be intimidated.

LOS ANGELES,  (Reuters) – Pop singer Rihanna announced she is expecting her first child with rapper A$AP Rocky through photos released on Monday of the couple smiling, holding hands and revealing a visible baby bump.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson faced renewed calls to resign yesterday after a report found that alcohol-fuelled events at his offices and residence when COVID-19 lockdown rules were in force should never have taken place.

LONDON, (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson faced renewed calls to resign today after a report found alcohol-fuelled parties at his offices and residence while COVID-19 lockdown rules were in force should never have taken place.

MOSCOW,  (Reuters) – Russia will ask NATO to clarify whether it intends to implement key security commitments, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said yesterday, after Moscow said the alliance’s response to its demands did not go far enough.

CAIRO,  (Reuters) – The United Arab Emirates said yesterday it had intercepted a ballistic missile that was fired by Yemen’s Houthi as the Gulf state hosted Israel’s President Isaac Herzog in a first such visit.

MATHURA, India,  (Reuters) – In the streets around a revered religious site in the Indian city of Mathura where a temple and mosque stand side-by-side, the handful of Muslim restaurants that remain are mostly empty or shuttered.

 (Reuters) – The U.S. National Weather Service Miami-South Florida warned the public on Sunday that immobilised iguanas could fall out of trees due to unusual cold temperatures across the region.

BANGKOK, (Reuters) – Authorities are rushing to prevent an oil spill in eastern Thailand from damaging fragile corals, after officials said today the leak that began last week was drifting towards more coastal areas.

DAKAR, (Reuters) – About 50 people were sentenced to death, many in absentia, in Democratic Republic of Congo yesterday in connection with the murders of U.N.

BOSTON, (Reuters) – The northeastern United States was walloped by a fierce winter storm yesterday that dropped more than two feet (60 cm) of snow on some areas while packing high winds, prompting thousands of flight cancellations and leading governors in Rhode Island and other states to curtail access to the roads.

NAKHON PATHOM, Thailand, (Reuters) – Business began unravelling for Thai pig farmer Jintana Jamjumrus two years ago, after dozens of her animals got feverish and died within days of a mysterious illness she suspected of being a viral disease with no known vaccine, African swine fever (ASF).

OTTAWA, (Reuters) – Thousands held a loud but peaceful protest in Canada’s capital Ottawa yesterday against Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s COVID-19 vaccine mandates, on the streets and snow-covered lawn in front of parliament.

WASHINGTON/MOSCOW, (Reuters) – A Russian troop buildup along its border with Ukraine includes supplies of blood https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/exclusive-russia-moves-blood-supplies-near-ukraine-adding-us-concern-officials-2022-01-28

PITTSBURGH, (Reuters) – President Joe Biden stopped to look at a Pittsburgh bridge that collapsed just hours before he arrived for a scheduled visit to the city yestetday, dramatically underscoring the urgency of his drive to rebuild the United States’ creaky infrastructure.

OUAGADOUGOU,  (Reuters) – West Africa’s main regional bloc yesterday suspended Burkina Faso from its governing bodies over this week’s military coup but stopped short of imposing any sanctions, its member states said in a statement.

LONDON, (Reuters) – The volcanic eruption in Tonga this month unleashed an atmospheric shockwave that radiated out at close to the speed of sound, pushing large waves across the Pacific to the shores of Japan and Peru, thousands of kilometres away.