CAIRO, Oct 27 — Israeli forces withdrew from a hospital complex in northern Gaza on Saturday, one day after storming it, and the Palestinian enclave’s health ministry said the troops had detained dozens of male medical staffers and some of the patients.

APIA, Oct 26 — Commonwealth leaders, ending a week-long summit in Samoa, said today the time had come for a discussion on whether Britain should commit to reparations for its role in the transatlantic slave trade.

WASHINGTON, Oct 26 — There is a new temporary statue attracting attention near the US Capitol: a brass-coloured desk with poop on top of it.

TORONTO, Oct 26 — Meta Platforms said yesterday its artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot will use Reuters content to answer user questions in real time about news and current events, the latest AI tie-up between a big technology company and a news publisher.

THE HAGUE, Oct 25 — The International Criminal Court (ICC) today announced it would replace, on health grounds, one of the judges deciding on a prosecution request to issue an arrest warrant for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, a move that could spark further delays in the case.

APIA, Oct 25 — King Charles said today the Commonwealth should acknowledge its “painful” history, as African and Caribbean nations push for reparations for Britain’s role in transatlantic slavery.

LONGMONT, Oct 25 — US fast-food chains were pulling fresh onions out of their menu items yesterday after the vegetable was named a likely source of an E.coli outbreak at McDonald’s restaurants, which has sickened 49 people and killed one.

LOS ANGELES, Oct 25 — A Los Angeles prosecutor today said he would ask a judge to release Erik and Lyle Menendez on parole after nearly 35 years in prison for the shotgun murder of their parents, as new evidence emerged indicating they were sexually abused by their father for years.

WASHINGTON, Oct 25 — A group of funds backed by the world’s 20 largest economies aimed at financing climate transition projects must be more targeted and operate with greater efficiency to improve the slow pace of disbursements, according to a report yesterday from the G20’s sustainable finance working group.

JAKARTA, Oct 25 — Indonesia has expressed its desire to join the BRICS group of major emerging economies, which accounts for 35 per cent of global economic output, as a means to strengthen emerging countries, its foreign ministry said in a statement.

KAZAN, Russia, Oct 25 — United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres told BRICS leaders including Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday that the world needed peace in Gaza, Lebanon, Ukraine and Sudan.

GAZA CITY, Oct 25 — More than 150 Palestinians were killed or injured Thursday evening in Israeli airstrikes targeting about 10 homes in Jabalia, northern Gaza, where a siege began 20 days ago, Anadolu Agency reported.

TORONTO, Oct 24 — Current climate policies will result in global warming of more than 3 degrees Celsius (5.4 degrees Fahrenheit) by the end of the century, according to a United Nations report on Thursday, more than twice the rise agreed to nearly a decade ago.

AZAN, Russia, Oct 24 — Here’s a summary of the outcome of the BRICS summit: XI AND MODI: Chinese President Xi Jinping and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi met just two days after New Delhi announced that it had reached a deal with Beijing to resolve a four-year military stand-off on their...

ISTANBUL, Oct 24 — French President Emmanuel Macron said on Wednesday that he regrets Israel’s continued attacks in Lebanon, expressing disappointment that the call for a 21-day pause in hostilities, made jointly with US President Joe Biden, has not yet been considered, Anadolu Agency reported.

TEHRAN, Oct 24 — The head of Lebanon’s Doctors Syndicate has declared that five hospitals have been completely knocked out of service as a result of the Israeli regime’s attacks on the Arab country, Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA) reported.

KAZAN, Russia, Oct 24 — Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that the Middle East was on the brink of a full-scale war as tensions rose sharply between Israel and Iran.

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Attackers kill 5, injure 22 at Turkish aviation site ANKARA, Oct 24 — Two attackers killed five people and wounded 22 others on Wednesday in what Ankara called a terrorist attack at the Turkish Aerospace Industries headquarters, where witnesses said they heard gunfire and an...

FLORIDA, Oct 24 — A Florida mother has sued artificial intelligence chatbot startup Character.AI, accusing it of causing her 14-year-old son's suicide in February, saying he became addicted to the company's service and deeply attached to a chatbot it created.