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(Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden will announce plans to reform the Supreme Court on Monday, Politico reported citing two people familiar with the matter, adding he was likely to back term limits for justices and an enforceable code of ethics.

RIO DE JANEIRO,  (Reuters) – Brazil is gathering support from other countries for the creation of a fund that will send resources to nations with tropical forests in order to preserve them, Finance Ministry officials said at the sidelines of the G20 meeting of finance leaders in Rio de Janeiro.

KYIV,  (Reuters) – Ukraine said on Friday its missile forces struck a Russian military airfield in Crimea that has been used for long-range attacks against it, the latest in a series of blows to the Russian military on the occupied peninsula.

(Reuters)  – Former President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle endorsed Kamala Harris’ bid for president on Friday in a roughly one-minute long video that captured a private phone call between the couple and the current vice president.”We

PARIS, (Reuters) – Saboteurs struck France’s TGV high-speed train network in a series of pre-dawn attacks across the country, causing travel chaos and exposing security gaps ahead of the Paris Olympics opening ceremony later today.

HOUSTON, (Reuters) – Vice President Kamala Harris took her presidential campaign blitz to the largest U.S.

MEXICO CITY, (Reuters) – Mexican drug lord Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada and the son of his former partner, Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, were arrested on Thursday in El Paso, Texas, in a major coup for U.S.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris pressured Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu yesterday to help reach a Gaza ceasefire deal that would ease the suffering of Palestinian civilians, striking a tougher tone than President Joe Biden.

(Reuters) – A raging wildfire has devastated the western Canadian tourist town of Jasper, potentially destroying up to 50% of structures, and firefighters were trying yesterday to save as many buildings as possible, authorities said.

MANILA, (Reuters) – A marine tanker carrying industrial fuel sank in rough seas off the Philippines today, causing the death of a crew member and an oil spill that could spread to waters off the capital Manila, officials said.

(Reuters) – A rebel army in Myanmar said today it had seized control of a major regional military headquarters near the border with China, in what could be the biggest recent defeat for a ruling junta that is battling to contain a widening revolt.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – President Joe Biden yesterday said abandoning his reelection campaign and endorsing his vice president, Kamala Harris, as the Democratic candidate was the best way to unite the country and save democracy, despite his ambition to win a second term.

SYDNEY,  (Reuters) – Violent attacks on three remote villages in Papua New Guinea’s (PNG) north has likely killed 26 people, including 16 children, whiled several people were forced to flee after attackers set fire to their homes, the United Nations said.

(Reuters) – Media mogul Rupert Murdoch is engaged in a legal battle against three of his children to ensure that his eldest son and chosen successor, Lachlan Murdoch, will remain in charge of his media empire, the New York Times reported yesterday.

SAO PAULO,  (Reuters) – Sharks off the coast of Brazil’s party city Rio de Janeiro have tested positive for cocaine.

NAIROBI, (Reuters) – Kenyan President William Ruto today nominated four members of the main opposition party to a “broad-based” cabinet he promised in response to nationwide protests, but activists criticised the new government as a corrupt bargain.

GAZA, (Reuters) – Nine months pregnant, Ola Al-Kurd could not wait to hold her baby and bring new life to Gaza during a war which has killed over 39,000 fellow Palestinians and razed much of the enclave.

MILWAUKEE,  (Reuters) – U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris assailed Donald Trump yesterday at her first campaign rally since replacing President Joe Biden as the Democratic presidential candidate, while a Reuters/Ipsos opinion poll showed her taking a marginal lead over her Republican rival.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – U.S. Senator Bob Menendez submitted his resignation yesterday in the aftermath of his conviction on corruption charges including bribery and acting as an agent for Egypt’s government, bowing to pressure from fellow Democrats to give up the job.

ADDIS ABABA,  (Reuters) – The death toll from two landslides in southern Ethiopia has risen sharply to 157 and the number could increase further, a government official said yesterday.