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BRASILIA, (Reuters) – The presidents of Brazil and Colombia discussed options for negotiating an end to the Venezuelan crisis in a phone call yesterday, Brazilian leader Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said.

CAIRO,  (Reuters) – Hamas said yesterday it would not take part in a new round of Gaza ceasefire talks slated for today in Qatar, but an official briefed on the talks said mediators expected to consult with the Palestinian group afterwards.

(Reuters) – At the centre of Stonehenge lies the Altar Stone, a hefty slab of sandstone whose origin and purpose have been among the famed megalithic monument’s enduring mysteries.

(Reuters) – The World Health Organization yesterday declared mpox a global public health emergency for the second time in two years, following an outbreak of the viral infection in Democratic Republic of Congo that has spread to neighbouring countries.

TOKYO,  (Reuters) – Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said today he would step down next month, succumbing to public disaffection over political scandals and rising living costs that marred his three-year term, and setting off a scramble to replace him.

TOKYO,  (Reuters) – Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said today he would step down next month, succumbing to public disaffection over political scandals and rising living costs that marred his three-year term, and setting off a scramble to replace him.

BANGKOK, (Reuters) – Thailand’s Constitutional Court today dismissed Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin for “grossly” violating ethics by appointing a minister who had served jail time, raising the spectre of political upheaval and a shakeup in the governing alliance.

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza,  (Reuters) – Mohammed Abu Al-Qumsan had just picked up birth certificates for his newly-born twins when he found out they had been killed, along with his wife and her mother, by an Israeli strike on the Gaza apartment where they were sheltering.

KYIV, (Reuters) – Ukraine said yesterday its biggest cross-border assault of the war to date had taken control of 74 settlements in Russia’s region of Kursk and was still advancing, making gains of one to three km in the last 24 hours.

JERUSALEM,  (Reuters) – Israeli  Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir yesterday visited the Al-Aqsa mosque compound known to Jews as Temple Mount, and said Jews should be allowed to pray there, freshly challenging rules covering one of the most sensitive sites in the Middle East.

DETROIT,  (Reuters) – The United Auto Workers Union said yesterday it has filed complaints with the National Labor Relations Board against Donald Trump and Tesla TSLA.O CEO

(Reuters) – A United Nations panel of electoral experts said that Venezuela’s electoral authority did not follow regulatory provisions when it published July election results and the lack of detailed results is without precedent in contemporary elections.

SINGAPORE, (Reuters) – A study released yesterday using data from NASA’s Mars InSight lander shows evidence of liquid water far below the surface of the fourth planet, advancing the search for life there and showing what might have happened to Mars’ ancient oceans.

(Reuters) – Ukraine said yesterday its biggest cross-border assault of the war had captured 1,000 square kilometres (386 square miles) of Russia’s Kursk region and that Russian President Vladimir Putin would have to be forced into making peace.

(Reuters) – One Israeli male hostage was killed by his guard and two women captives were seriously wounded in two separate incidents in Gaza, the spokesperson for Hamas’ armed al-Qassam Brigades, Abu Ubaida, said yesterday.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The U.S. has prepared for what could be significant attacks by Iran or its proxies in the Middle East as soon as this week, White House national security spokesperson John Kirby said yesterday.

MADRID, (Reuters) – More than 47,000 people died in Europe due to scorching temperatures in 2023, with countries in the region’s south hit the hardest, according to a report by the Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal) published on Monday.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – Republican presidential candidate  Donald Trump’s interview with billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk finally got underway on Musk’s social media platform X last evening, following a lengthy delay caused by technical problems that kept many users from accessing the live stream.

MOSCOW, (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin said today that the army would eject Ukrainian troops from Russian sovereign territory after Kyiv’s biggest incursion across the border since the start of the war in 2022.

DAR ES SALAAM, (Reuters) – Police arrested senior leaders of Tanzania’s main opposition party CHADEMA and hundreds of its supporters ahead of a meeting in the southwest of the country, a party spokesperson said today.