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ABOARD THE HUALCOPO, Ecuador, (Reuters) – Ecuador’s navy is ready to protect the seas around the Galapagos Islands from illegal fishing by foreign ships whose annual visits threaten marine wildlife in the archipelago’s waters, following training exercises with neighbouring allies.

RIO DE JANEIRO, (Reuters) – Group of 20 finance leaders are expected to cheer the growing likelihood of a global economic “soft landing” while warning of the risks from unspecified “wars and escalating conflicts,” according to a draft communique seen by Reuters yesterday.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Sunday, July 21 was the hottest day ever recorded globally, according to preliminary data from the European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service.

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 today.

(Reuters) – Vice President Kamala Harris will campaign in the critical battleground state of Wisconsin today for the first time as a presidential candidate after enough Democratic delegates pledged to endorse her, clearing her path to the nomination.

BEIJING, (Reuters) – Various Palestinian factions have agreed to end their divisions and strengthen Palestinian unity by signing the Beijing Declaration last night in China, according to Chinese state media.

DHAKA,  (Reuters) – Streets appeared calm in Bangladesh’s capital yesterday, a day after the Supreme Court agreed to scrap most government job quotas that had angered student-led activists and led to deadly protests.

NEW DELHI,  (Reuters) – India’s top court ruled yesterday that restaurants cannot be forced to display the names of their owners, suspending police orders in two northern states that critics had said could foment discrimination against Muslims.

FARNBOROUGH, England,  (Reuters) – Demand for air travel has normalised after a years-long boom following the COVID-19 pandemic as holidaymakers and travellers baulk at higher fares, executives at major airlines said at the Farnborough Airshow on Monday.

(Reuters) – Delta Air Lines DAL.N struggled yesterday to restore normal operations after last week’s crippling global cyber outage, canceling 1,250 flights beyond the 3,500 it had already scrapped.

MOSCOW,  (Reuters) – Russia’s Tuapse oil refinery, its biggest on the Black Sea, was damaged in a major Ukrainian drone attack overnight which sparked a fire, Russian officials said on Monday, though the extent of the damage was not immediately clear.

REHOBOTH BEACH, Delaware (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden dropped his faltering reelection bid on Sunday, amid intensifying opposition within his own Democratic Party, and endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris to replace him as the party’s candidate against Republican Donald Trump.

JERUSALEM/CAIRO (Reuters) – Israel said it shot down a missile launched from Yemen on Sunday and the Yemeni Houthi movement said it had fired several missiles at the Israeli city of Eilat after Israel’s first public strike against the Iran-aligned group a day earlier.

BEIJING (Reuters) – Two tropical cyclones will bring gales and heavy rain to China’s eastern seaboard this week, with the first expected to make landfall on Sunday, after deadly flash floods struck the country’s interior over the weekend.

OTTAWA (Reuters) – Wildfires raging through the northern part of Canada’s Alberta have forced evacuations of three communities, a provincial body said on Saturday, as the oil-rich province continues to fight five different ‘wildfires of note’ in separate areas.

REHOBOTH BEACH, Delaware,  (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden ended his reelection campaign today after fellow Democrats lost faith in his mental acuity and ability to beat Donald Trump while endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris to replace him as the party’s candidate.

JERUSALEM/CAIRO,  (Reuters) – Israeli fighter jets struck Houthi military targets in the area of Hodeidah port in Yemen yesterday, the Israeli military said, a day after a drone launched by the Iranian-backed group hit Israel’s economic hub Tel Aviv.

CAIRO,  (Reuters) – Israeli forces pounded several areas across the Gaza Strip yesterday, killing at least 39 Palestinians, according to health officials, as tanks advanced deeper into western and northern Rafah.

NICOSIA,  (Reuters) – Greek Cypriots mourned and Turkish Cypriots rejoiced yesterday, the 50th anniversary of Turkey’s invasion of part of the island after a brief Greek inspired coup, with the chances of reconciliation as elusive as ever.

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich.,(Reuters) – Donald Trumpheld his first campaign rally yesterday since he narrowly escaped an assassination attempt one week ago, mocking Democrats and comparing former Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to a “dog.”