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Sudan's army on Wednesday rejected a call to return to peace talks with the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces following a conversation between General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and U.S. Secretary of State Blinken.

France sends more police, seeks talks, to quell New Caledonia riots. Despite a curfew, violence continued on Tuesday evening on the island.

Two weeks after the onset of torrential rains, the Guaiba River running by the state capital Porto Alegre is rising again, having passed an all-time high. In the state of Rio Grande do Sul, the streets of dozens of towns have turned into slow-moving rivers.

Amid unforeseen flooding in South Brazil, Musk said in a message in X that Starlink donates 1000 terminals to emergency responders and makes usage for all terminals in the region free until the region has recovered.

The death toll from heavy rains that have caused flooding in Brazil's southern state of Rio Grande do Sul has risen to at least 75, local authorities said on Sunday, with tens of thousands of people displaced.

The head of the World Health Organization on Friday urged countries to agree to an accord to help fight future pandemics as negotiations approach a deadline this month.

Hundreds of people protesting Israel's war in Gaza rallied at one of Australia's top universities on Friday demanding it divest from companies with ties to Israel, in a movement inspired by the student occupations sweeping U.S. campuses.

Quebec Premier Francois Legault said on Thursday the encampment at Montreal's McGill University should be dismantled as more students erected pro-Palestinian camps across Canada's largest universities, demanding they divest from groups with ties to Israel.

Colombian President Gustavo Petro said on Wednesday he will break diplomatic relations with Israel over its actions in Gaza.