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Street violence raged across Iran overnight as protests sparked by the September 16 death of Amini intensified on the anniversary of a lethal 2019 crackdown.

The endorsement of bank-fintech relationships, with proper safeguards, comes as regulators have observed such arrangements growing at a rapid rate, raising concerns about what activities might fall outside the scope of regulation.

The document said "most members strongly condemned the war" and called for the extension of a deal with Russia that allows the export of Ukrainian grain.

A G20 declaration on Wednesday said "we will play our part fully in implementing" last year's Glasgow Climate Pact, under which countries pledged to limit the rise in global temperatures to 1.5C above pre-industrial times.

Moscow has rejected allegations of abuse against civilians and soldiers and has accused Ukraine of staging such abuses in places like Bucha.

Work to restore electricity was also under way in seven other regions, said Kyrylo Tymoshenko, deputy head of Ukraine's presidential administration.

While China has excessive financial savings and a world-class infrastructure capacity, Africa fails on both counts.

US President Joe Biden had said it was "unlikely" the missile came from Russia, and the Kremlin said it had "nothing to do with" it.

NATO member Poland said the rocket landed on a grains facility in a village about 6 km (4 miles) from the border.

The British prime minister, meeting Biden for the first time since taking office, said: "I agree with your words -- barbaric."

As customers withdrew billions of dollars from crypto exchange FTX one frantic Sunday this month, founder Sam Bankman-Fried worked the phones in a futile bid to raise $7 billion in emergency funds.

Uhuru Kenyatta, a mediator for the seven-nation East African Community (EAC), arrived in Goma on Tuesday and visited Kanyaruchinya.

A "skilled rifleman", Gatley, had served as a lance corporal in The Rifles regiment based in the Scottish capital Edinburgh.

The bid for more time came after authentic-looking fake accounts proliferated on the website that Musk bought for $44 billion late last month, throwing his plans into chaos.

The U.S. and NATO countries would fully investigate before acting, Biden said.

Chinese military's menacing of the island to assert Beijing's sovereignty claims is causing the chip industry to rethink the risk over Taiwan.

The deal inked in South Africa on November 2 called for the disarming of the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) and the restoration of aid to Tigray, which has been in the grip of a severe humanitarian crisis since the war broke out two years ago.

Fitch downgraded Nigeria's rating to 'B-' with a stable outlook last week, in part due to a deterioration in Nigeria's debt servicing costs.

A preliminary document from the conference hosts arrived late on Monday and made no mention of fossil fuels.

Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's government and Tigrayan forces signed a ceasefire on Nov. 2 to end two years of fighting that have killed thousands, shattered infrastructure and uprooted millions from their homes.

The law imposed by President Kais Saied in September, faced widespread criticism from journalists and activists and is widely seen as an attempt to silence the free speech.

NATO member Poland said that a Russian-made rocket killed two people on Tuesday in eastern Poland near Ukraine, and it summoned Russia's ambassador to Warsaw for an explanation after Moscow denied it was responsible.

Asked if the missile, which killed two people in a village near the Ukrainian border, had been fired from Russia, Biden said there was "preliminary information that contests that".

The Palestinian health ministry confirmed that an 18-year-old Palestinian man had been killed.

Ray took over from founder Sam Bankman-Fried as FTX's chief executive after a disastrous week for the company that started with a quickly abandoned buyout effort from rival exchange Binance Inc and culminated in a Chapter 11 filing in Delaware on Friday.

The government has blamed Kurdish militants for the blast on Istanbul's Istiklal Avenue on Sunday that killed six people and injured more than 80.

Their assistance adds to announcements already given by other EU countries that they will train Ukrainian soldiers on their territories.

Thousands of 16th to 18th century metal plaques, sculptures and objects were looted from the ancient Kingdom of Benin and ended up in museums and with art collectors across the US and Europe. Many experts hail them as the zenith of African art.

War, rain and economic hardship have depressed Ukraine's wheat plantings, depriving the nation of vital export earnings in 2023 and heralding another year of tight global supplies and potentially high prices for basic foodstuffs.