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GUATEMALA CITY,  (Reuters) – Guatemala’s penitentiary system has requested authorities investigate more than 100 prison guards for charges including possible abuse of power, the government said in a statement on Tuesday, after a prison clean-out revealed hidden cash and even pets.

LA PAZ,  (Reuters) – Bolivian President Luis Arce yesterday said an agreement had been reached with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin for Russia to sell fuels to the South American country, ensuring supply to Bolivia as its stores have dwindled.

PARIS,  (Reuters) – The leader of France’s conservative Republicans today called for an alliance between his party’s candidates and the far-right National Rally in a snap parliamentary election – a political shift that will have wide repercussions.

BLANTYRE, Malawi, (Reuters) – Malawi’s Vice President Saulos Klaus Chilima and nine other people were killed when the military plane they were traveling on crashed, President Lazarus Chakwera said today.

CAIRO, (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken yesterday urged Hamas to accept a ceasefire proposal outlined by Washington to end the Gaza war, a plan that the United Nations Security Council voted to support.

(Reuters) – Apple AAPL.O unveiled a long-awaited AI strategy yesterday, integrating its new “Apple Intelligence” technology across its suite of apps including Siri and bringing OpenAI’s chatbot ChatGPT to its devices.

LONDON/HONG KONG,  (Reuters) – The rule of law in Hong Kong is profoundly compromised in areas where the government has strong opinions, a British judge who resigned last week from the top Hong Kong appeals court said yesterday.

OTTAWA,  (Reuters) – The Canadian government, under pressure to reveal the names of legislators who allegedly acted as agents for other nations, yesterday bowed to opposition demands to refer the matter to a special inquiry.

TORONTO,  (Reuters) – A United Nations-affiliated body is reviewing allegations Canada’s human rights commission discriminated against Black and other employees and disproportionately dismissed race-based complaints, a move that could hinder Canada’s ability to participate in U.N.

NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – Narendra Modi was sworn in as India’s prime minister yesterday for a third term, after a shock election setback that will test his ability to ensure policy certainty in a coalition government in the world’s most populous nation.

JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israeli minister Benny Gantz announced his resignation from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s emergency government on Sunday, withdrawing the only centrist power in the embattled leader’s far-right coalition amid a months-long war in Gaza.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. officials expect the Group of Seven (G7) wealthy democracies to send a tough new warning next week to smaller Chinese banks to stop assisting Russia in evading Western sanctions, according to two people familiar with the matter.

BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Far-right parties made gains in elections to the European Parliament on Sunday, prompting a bruised French President Emmanuel Macron to call a shock election and adding uncertainty to Europe’s future political direction.

KYIV (Reuters) – Ukrainian forces have for the first time hit a latest-generation Russian Sukhoi Su-57 fighter jet at an air base inside Russia, Kyiv’s GUR defence intelligence agency said on Sunday, showing satellite pictures which it said confirmed the strike.

PARIS, (Reuters) – French President Emmanuel Macron rolled the dice on his political future today, calling snap legislative elections for later this month after he was trounced in the European Union voteby Marine Le Pen’s far-right party.

CAIRO,  (Reuters) – Two ships caught on fire after being hit by projectiles off Yemen’s Aden, two UK maritime agencies reported today.

NEW DELHI,  (Reuters) – Flying back from a meditation break at the end of India’s gruelling election, Prime Minister Narendra Modi wrote in a column that he felt a “boundless flow of energy” within himself.

JERUSALEM/CAIRO, (Reuters) – Israeli forces rescued four hostages held by Hamas since October in a raid in Gaza yesterday that Palestinian officials said killed more than 200 people, one of the single bloodiest Israeli assaults of the eight-month-old war.

PARIS, (Reuters) – Fresh from commemorating the 80th anniversary of D-Day, French President Emmanuel Macron welcomed U.S.

LONDON,  (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Vulnerable, low-paid Filipinos have been exploited, tricked and abused under a migrant worker scheme launched by South Korea to plug its severe labour shortage, an investigation by the Thomson Reuters Foundation has found.