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LA PAZ,  (Reuters) – Bolivian President Luis Arce yesterday  denied any involvement or prior knowledge of a failed coup attempt led by the country’s former top military commander who alleged the president had asked him to do something to boost his popularity.

KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip, (Reuters) – Sweltering summer weather is worsening conditions in Gaza where nearly all the 2.3 million inhabitants have been driven from their homes by Israel’s military campaign and where there is almost no electricity and little clean water.

PORT-AU-PRINCE,  (Reuters) – Residents in the Haitian capital Port-au-Prince expressed cautious hope after a first contingent of Kenyan police officers arrived in the Caribbean country, as part of a long-delayed mission to help police fight armed gangs.

NAIROBI, (Reuters) – A climbdown by Kenya’s president over plans to raise taxes brought no end to nationwide protests hursday, with at least two people reported killed in clashes near the capital Nairobi and others shot by police elsewhere.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – The U.S. Treasury and the U.S. Agency for International Development are calling leaders of multilateral development banks into an urgent meeting on extreme heat and its devastating impact on developing countries, according to Treasury officials.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – A Russian satellite broke up into more than 100 pieces of debris in orbit overnight, forcing astronauts on the International Space Station to take shelter, U.S.

LA PAZ,  (Reuters) – Bolivian armed forces pulled back from the presidential palace in La Paz last evening and a general was arrested after President Luis Arce slammed a “coup” attempt against the government and called for international support.

GENEVA, (Reuters) – The United Nations aid chief said yesterday he was concerned by the possible spread of the Gaza war across the region, including to the West Bank, despite aid agencies being adequately prepared for that prospect.

NAIROBI, (Reuters) – Kenyan President William Ruto on Wednesday withdrew planned tax hikes, bowing to pressure from protesters who had stormed parliament, launched demonstrations across the country and threatened more action this week.

NAIROBI,  (Reuters) – Kenyan protesters vowed today to keep up their demonstrations against new tax hikes, a day after violent clashes outside parliament and across the country left at least 23 people dead and scores wounded.

DAKAR, (Reuters) – The United Nations today flagged harmful new drug concoctions, named kush, Khadafi, and Monkey Tail, as posing particular health risks across Africa because of their varying and often unknown ingredients.

SAIPAN, Northern Mariana Islands, (Reuters) – WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange walked free yesterday from a court on the U.S.

CAIRO,  (Reuters) – Israeli forces killed at least 24 Palestinians in three separate airstrikes on Gaza City early yesterday, health officials said, while tanks deepened their incursion into the town of Rafah in the south of the enclave.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – A group of more than 200 investors yesterday backed a plan to start talks with 60 companies over biodiversity, focusing on those active in countries with ecosystems at risk of forest loss and land degradation.

THE HAGUE, (Reuters) – The International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants for Sergei Shoigu, the former Russian defence minister, and leading Russian general Valery Gerasimov yesterday for alleged crimes committed during Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

SEOUL,  (Reuters) – North Korea test-fired what appeared to be a hypersonic missile off its east coast yesterday, but it exploded in midair, South Korea’s military said.

THE HAGUE, (Reuters) – The International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants for Sergei Shoigu, the former Russian defence minister, and leading Russian general Valery Gerasimov today for alleged crimes committed during Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

NAIROBI, (Reuters) – Police opened fire on demonstrators trying to storm Kenya’s legislature today, with at least five protesters killed and sections of the parliament building set ablaze as lawmakers inside passed legislation to raise taxes.

WASHINGTON/SYDNEY,  (Reuters) – WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is due to plead guilty this week to violating U.S.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken yesterday pressed Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant on the need for Israel to swiftly develop a robust post-war plan for Gaza and ensure the tensions with Hezbollah on Israel’s northern border do not escalate further.