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Centrists form alliance with Macron’s party for legislative vote
LREM will coordinate which candidates it presents with the centrist Modem party and the Horizons party.
Yemen: New presidential council aims to show it represents change
With a truce largely holding, the council has been able to present itself as working towards a diplomatic solution.
Fiji seizes Russian oligarch’s $300m yacht at US request
US Justice Department task force has focused on seizing Russian yachts and luxury assets following invasion of Ukraine.
Africa CDC calls for COVID vaccine orders from S Africa’s Aspen
Aspen officials in South Africa say its COVID-19 vaccine plant risks shutting down after receiving not a single order.
Explainer: How does conscription work in Russia?
Spring conscription is under way in Russia, fuelling anxieties that young men will be sent to Ukraine's front lines.
Russia expels Denmark embassy staff in tit-for-tat move
Russia says the move is in retaliation to Denmark's expulsion of 15 Russian envoys as well as its support of Ukraine.
More Americans applied for jobless aid last week
The total number of people collecting unemployment benefits is still at its lowest level in more than 50 years.
US productivity drops most since 1947, driving up labour costs
Nonfarm productivity, measuring hourly output per worker, plunged at a 7.5 annualised rate last quarter, US data shows.
California declares unprecedented water restrictions amid drought
Residents have been warned to scale down their water usage this summer, as critical shortages loom.
Smuggled kangaroos leave Indian forestry officials mystified
Wildlife trafficking gangs have a new commodity to smuggle through India – kangaroos, confounding officials.
Colombia extradites drug lord ‘Otoniel’ to the United States
Dairo Antonio Usuga's Gulf Clan was believed to be responsible for 30 percent of all cocaine exports from Colombia.
‘No end in sight’: In Beijing, fears of Shanghai-style lockdown
Officials in Chinese capital have designated 518 coronavirus outbreak sites amid growing fears of a city-wide lockdown.
Zelenskyy calls for longer truce to evacuate Mariupol civilians
About 200 people are still trapped in the sprawling Azovstal steel plant as Russians intensify assault.
The Ukrainian refugees who made it to Australia
Ukrainians tell of perilous nights under bombardment, frightening car journeys under fire and long waits at the border.
UN raises concern over Haitian gangs’ recruitment of children
Thousands of people have been displaced and dozens killed as gang violence escalates in Haiti's capital, officials say.
With US poised to restrict abortion, other countries ease access
US top court may soon overturn landmark abortion rights ruling, but courts in other nations are moving to do opposite.
Ukraine live news: Zelenskyy calls for truce for Azovstal rescue
Zelenskyy says 'we need to continue the silence' to save some 200 civilians trapped in Mariupol's Azovstal steel plant.
Russia pounds Ukraine, targeting supply of Western arms
Kyiv says Russia intensifying its assault with attacks reported on railway stations used to transport Western arms.
Roe v Wade: Anti-abortion push rocks reputation of top US court
Legal experts say likely overturning of Roe v Wade would show Supreme Court justices are 'politicians wearing robes'.