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KYIV, (Reuters) – Ukrainian troops withdrew from the devastated eastern town of Avdiivka, Kyiv’s military chief said yesterday, and Russian President Vladimir Putin called the capture of the city “an important victory.”

KHARP, Russia,  (Reuters) – Alexei Navalny’s mother was told yesterday that Russia’s most prominent opposition leader had been struck down by “sudden death syndrome” and that his body would not be handed over to the family until an investigation was completed, his team said.

BANGKOK, (Reuters) – Thailand’s convicted former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra was released on parole on Sunday, his lawyer said, starting a first day of freedom in his homeland, 15 years after fleeing in the wake of his overthrow by the royalist military.

TOKYO,  (Reuters) – Japan successfully launched its new H3 flagship rocket today, putting its space programme back on track after multiple setbacks including the failure of the rocket’s inaugural flight last year.

OTTAWA, (Reuters) – Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has relied on immigration to drive economic growth and plug labor gaps, but now he is hitting the brakes after a seismic shift in public opinion that could undermine his chances to win the next election.

CAIRO,  (Reuters) – Gaza’s largest functioning hospital was under siege yesterday in Israel’s war with Islamist group Hamas, leaving patients and doctors helpless in the chaos as warplanes struck Rafah, the last refuge for Palestinians in the enclave, officials said.

MOSCOW, (Reuters) –  Alexei Navalny, Russian President Vladimir Putin’s most formidable domestic opponent, fell unconscious and died yesterday after a walk at the “Polar Wolf” Arctic penal colony where he was serving a three-decade sentence, authorities said.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Donald Trump must pay $354.9 million in penalties for fraudulently overstating his net worth to dupe lenders, a New York judge ruled on Friday, handing the former U.S.

NEW YORK,  (Reuters) – Donald Trump must pay $354.9 million in penalties for fraudulently overstating his net worth to dupe lenders, a New York judge ruled today, handing the former U.S.

MUNICH, (Reuters) – The head of the United Nations today called for technology firms to stop profiting from the proliferation of toxic content after accusing social media platforms of complicity in fuelling antisemitism, racism and anti-Muslim bigotry.

MOSCOW,  (Reuters) – Russia’s most prominent opposition leader Alexei Navalny collapsed and died today after a walk at the “Polar Wolf” Arctic penal colony where he was serving a long jail term, the Russian prison service said.

(Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden yesterday again told Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that he should not proceed with military action in Rafah without a credible and executable plan to protect Palestinian civilians, the White House said.

PORT-AU-PRINCE,  (Reuters) – A recent spike of violence in Haiti’s capital, Port-au-Prince, is preventing the World Food Programme (WFP) from reaching hundreds of thousands of people in urgent need of supplies, as conflicts between armed gangs worsen an escalating humanitarian crisis.

ATHENS,  (Reuters) – Greece’s parliament approved a bill allowing same-sex civil marriage yesterday, a landmark victory for supporters of LGBT rights that was greeted with cheers by onlookers in parliament and dozens gathered on the streets of Athens.

MOSCOW,  (Reuters) – The Kremlin dismissed yesterday a warning by the United States about Moscow’s new nuclear capabilities in space, calling it a “malicious fabrication” and a trick by the White House aimed at getting U.S.

NEW DELHI,  (Reuters) – India’s Supreme Court today scrapped a seven-year-old election funding system that allows individuals and companies to make unlimited and anonymous donations to political parties, calling it “unconstitutional”.

CAIRO/JERUSALEM,  (Reuters) –  Israel will press ahead with an offensive against Hamas in Rafah, the last refuge for displaced Palestinians in southern Gaza, after allowing civilians to vacate the area, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said yesterday.

(Reuters) – A barrage of gunfire erupted yesterday in downtown Kansas City, Missouri, near an outdoor celebration of the NFL champion Chiefs’ Super Bowl victory, killing at least one person and wounding 21 others as throngs of fans scurried for safety.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The United States has told Congress and allies in Europe about new intelligence related to Russian nuclear capabilities that could pose an international threat, a source briefed on the matter told Reuters on Wednesday.

TOKYO, (Reuters) – Japan unexpectedly slipped into a recession at the end of last year, losing its title as the world’s third-biggest economy to Germany and raising doubts about when the central bank would begin to exit its decade-long ultra-loose monetary policy.