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MOSCOW,  (Reuters) – President Vladimir Putin said yesterday that Russia would develop artificial intelligence with BRICS partners and other countries, in a bid to challenge the dominance of the United States in one of the most promising and crucial technologies of the 21st century.

JERUSALEM/CAIRO, (Reuters) – Israelis and Palestinians are signaling new efforts to forge a ceasefire deal, even a limited one, for the first time in a year that would pause the fighting in Gaza and return to Israel some of the hostages still held in the Palestinian enclave.

KABUL,  (Reuters) – The Afghan Taliban’s acting minister for refugees, Khalil Rahman Haqqani, and six other people were killed in an explosion in the capital Kabul today, his nephew Anas Haqqani said.

DAMASCUS, (Reuters) – Syria’s new interim leader announced yesterday he was taking charge of the country as caretaker prime minister with the backing of the former rebels who toppled President Bashar al-Assad three days ago.

ALTOONA, Pennsylvania, (Reuters) – Luigi Mangione, the suspect charged with murder in the shooting of a top UnitedHealth executive, briefly struggled with officers and angrily shouted while being escorted into a Pennsylvania courthouse on Tuesday, as a clearer picture of his motives began to emerge a day after his arrest ended a massive manhunt.

TEL AVIV, (Reuters) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu took the witness stand for the first time yesterday in his long-running corruption trial, saying he was being hounded for his hawkish security policies.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said yesterday she was worried that President-elect Donald Trump’s plans to levy broad import tariffs could derail progress in quelling inflation and raise costs for households and businesses.

TEL AVIV, (Reuters) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu took the witness stand for the first time today in his long-running corruption trial, saying he was being hounded for his hawkish security policies.

DAMASCUS,  (Reuters) – Ousted Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s prime minister said he had agreed yesterday to hand power to the rebel-led Salvation Government, a day after the rebels seized the capital Damascus and Assad fled to Russia.

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KYIV,  (Reuters) – President Volodymyr Zelenskiy made the case yesterday for a diplomatic settlement to Russia’s war in Ukraine and raised the idea of foreign troops being deployed in his country until it could join the NATO military alliance.

DAMASCUS,  (Reuters) – Damascus stirred back to life today at the start of a hopeful but uncertain era after rebels seized the capital and President Bashar al-Assad fled to Russia, following 13 years of civil war and more than 50 years of his family’s brutal rule.

SEOUL, (Reuters) – South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol has been banned from leaving the country over a failed attempt at imposing martial law, a justice ministry official said on Monday, amid growing calls for him to step down and a deepening leadership crisis.

(Reuters) – An amended lawsuit filed in federal court yesterday alleges that rap mogul Jay-Z raped a 13-year-old girl along with Sean “Diddy” Combs during a party in 2000.

DAMASCUS (Reuters) – Syrian rebels seized the capital Damascus unopposed on Sunday after a lightning advance that sent President Bashar al-Assad fleeing to Russia after a 13-year civil war and six decades of his family’s autocratic rule.

SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea’s leadership crisis deepened on Sunday as prosecutors named President Yoon Suk Yeol as a subject of a criminal investigation over last week’s martial law attempt, a media report said, and his former defence minister was arrested.

PARIS (Reuters) – U.S. President-elect Donald Trump called on Sunday for an immediate ceasefire and negotiations between Ukraine and Russia to end “the madness”, prompting Ukrainian President Volodymr Zelenskiy and the Kremlin to list their conditions.

ACCRA (Reuters) – Ghana’s former President John Dramani Mahama has staged a political comeback by winning the West African nation’s presidential election after his rival Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia conceded defeat on Sunday.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – U.S. President-elect Donald Trump aims to deport all immigrants in the U.S.

PARIS, (Reuters) – U.S. President-elect Donald Trump called today for an immediate ceasefire and negotiations between Ukraine and Russia to end “the madness”, prompting Ukrainian President Volodymr Zelenskiy and the Kremlin to list their conditions.