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MOSCOW,  (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin welcomed Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi late yesterday and toured him around his residence outside Moscow ahead of official talks in the Kremlin today.

(Reuters) – Tropical Storm Beryl brought howling winds and torrential rain to southeast Texas yesterday, killing at least three people, flooding highways, closing oil ports, canceling more than 1,300 flights and knocking out power to more than 2.7 million homes and businesses.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – President Joe Biden vowed to push on with his re-election bid yesterday, dismissing the concerns of some fellow Democrats on Capitol Hill and donors that his persistence could cost their party the White House and Congress in the Nov.

MANILA, (Reuters) – The Philippines hailed an “unprecedented” high in defence ties with Japan after the signing yesterday of a landmark military pact allowing deployment of forces on each other’s soil in the face of China’s increasingly assertive stance in the region.

KYIV, (Reuters) – Russia launched a barrage of missiles on Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities in a rare daytime attack today, killing at least 20 people across the country and hitting a key children’s hospital, officials said.

PARIS (Reuters) – France was on course for a hung parliament in Sunday’s election, with a leftist alliance unexpectedly taking the top spot ahead of the far right, in a major upset that was set to bar Marine Le Pen’s National Rally (RN) from running the government.

JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Protests aimed at pressuring the Israeli government to reach a hostage deal with Hamas began across the country on Sunday, with demonstrators blocking roads and picketing at the homes of government ministers.

KATHMANDU (Reuters) – Heavy rains triggered landslides and flash floods killing at least 11 people in the last 36 hours in Nepal and blocking key highways and roads, officials said on Sunday.

ABUJA (Reuters) – The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) said on Sunday the region risked disintegration and worsening insecurity after junta-led Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger made clear their intentions to leave the bloc by signing a confederation treaty.

ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkey will extend an invitation to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad “any time” for possible talks to restore relations between the two neighbours, Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Sunday.

 (Reuters) – A widespread heat wave is expected to deliver a fresh batch of record temperatures along the U.S.

PARIS, (Reuters) – France was on course for a hung parliament in today’s election, with a leftist alliance unexpectedly taking the top spot ahead of the far right, in a major upset that was set to bar Marine Le Pen’s National Rally (RN) from running the government.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – She worries Republican donors, has name recognition, and Democratic Party heavyweights are beginning to line up behind her.

(Reuters) – Tropical Storm Beryl could grow into a Category 2 hurricane when it makes landfall in the Houston area early tomorrow as it regains strength moving northwest over the Gulf of Mexico, according to the U.S.

PARIS,  (Reuters) – France holds a parliamentary run-off election on Sunday that will reconfigure the political landscape, with opinion polls forecasting the far-right National Rally (RN) will win the most votes but likely fall short of a majority.

NIAMEY, (Reuters) – Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso, three military-led West African states, signed a confederation treaty yesterday, underscoring their determination to chart a joint course outside the regional political and economic bloc that has been urging them to return to democratic rule.

WILMINGTON, Delaware, (Reuters) – Amid increasing calls from fellow Democrats to end his campaign for re-election, U.S.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Britain’s new Prime Minister Keir Starmer said yesterday he would scrap a controversial plan to fly thousands of asylum seekers from Britain to Rwanda in his first major policy announcement since winning a landslide election victory.

CAIRO,  (Reuters) – Rival Sudanese political factions formally attended reconciliation talks in Cairo on Saturday, the first since a conflict in the country began almost 15 months ago, but admitted there was little prospect of quickly ending the war.