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SEOUL,  (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a deal with North Korea’s Kim Jong Un yesterday that included a mutual defence pledge, one of Russia’s most significant moves in Asia for years that Kim said amounted to an “alliance”.

SEOUL, (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a deal with North Korea’s Kim Jong Un today that included a mutual defence pledge, one of Russia’s most significant moves in Asia for years that Kim said amounted to an “alliance”.

MANILA,  (Reuters) – The Philippines urged China today to avoid actions that endanger sailors and vessels in the South China Sea, saying peace could not be achieved if China’s words did not match its behaviour in the disputed waters.

PRETORIA, (Reuters) – A weakened South African President Cyril Ramaphosa pledged today that his new multi-party government would work to improve basic living conditions for all citizens as he was sworn in for a second term in office.

UNITED NATIONS, (Reuters) – The United Nations said yesterday it has been unable to distribute aid in the Gaza Strip from the Israel-controlled Kerem Shalom crossing because of lawlessness and panic among hungry people in the area, despite Israel’s daytime pause in military activity.

RACINE, Wisconsin, (Reuters) –  Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump sought to present himself as the best candidate for the U.S.

SEOUL, (Reuters) –  North Korean leader Kim Jong Un embraced Russian Vladimir Putin on his arrival at Pyongyang’s airport yesterday, and the two leaders shared their “pent-up inmost thoughts” and agreed to develop their nations’ relations, North Korean state media said.

VIENNA,  (Reuters) – An heiress who has denounced the absence of taxes on wealth and inheritance in Austria has given the bulk of her money, 25 million euros ($27 million), to 77 organisations, including social and climate groups, as well as prominent left-wing ones.

PARIS,  (Reuters) – Anouk Aimee, the French actress whose cult movies included Federico Fellini’s ‘La Dolce Vita’, Jacques Demy’s ‘Lola’ and Claude Lelouch’s ‘A Man and a Woman’, has died aged 92.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) –  President Joe Biden announced one of the biggest legalization efforts in recent history yesterday offering a path to citizenship to hundreds of thousands of immigrants in the U.S.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – President Joe Biden announced one of the biggest legalization efforts in recent history today offering a path to citizenship to hundreds of thousands of immigrants in the U.S.

NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – A scion of India’s Nehru-Gandhi dynasty is due to make her electoral debut, potentially strengthening the opposition’s challenge to Prime Minister Narendra Modi in parliament after he was humbled in a recent election, politicians and analysts said.

JERUSALEM,  (Reuters) –  Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has dissolved the six-member war cabinet, an Israeli official said yesterday, in a widely expected move following the departure from government of centrist former general Benny Gantz.

MOSCOW/SEOUL, (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin will visit North Korea today and tomorrow for the first time in 24 years, the two countries said, underscoring Moscow’s burgeoning partnership with the nuclear-armed state since the invasion of Ukraine.

OTTAWA,  (Reuters) – The Canadian Liberal government, criticized by opposition legislators for sending a patrol ship to Havana while Russian vessels were there, yesterday said the visit was meant to send a message of deterrence to Moscow.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) –  U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy yesterday called for a warning label to be added to social media apps as a reminder that those platforms have caused harm to young people, especially adolescents.

WASHINGTON/PRAGUE/NEW YORK,  (Reuters) – An Indian man suspected by the U.S.

CANBERRA,  (Reuters) – Australia and China will take steps to improve military communication to avoid incidents, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said after meeting Premier Li Qiang today, in the first visit to the country by a Chinese premier in seven years.

BUERGENSTOCK, Switzerland (Reuters) – Western powers and their allies at a summit in Switzerland denounced Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on Sunday, but they failed to persuade major non-aligned states to join their final statement, and no country came forward to host a sequel.

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian special forces freed two prison guards and shot dead six inmates linked to the Islamic State militant group who had taken them hostage at a detention centre in the southern city of Rostov on Sunday, Russian media said.