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The United States voices hope that a transitional body to lead Haiti, set up at a crisis meeting a week ago, could be ready "as soon as today." SOUNDBITE
Several thousand spectators gather in the streets of Mainz, in western Germany, for the traditional Rose Monday, famous for its parade floats and the highest point of the Carnival season. IMAGES
Israeli air strikes and artillery shelling struck more than 500 targets belonging to the Hamas and Islamic Jihad militant groups in the Gaza Strip overnight, the Israeli military said Monday. IMAGES
NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg says he has convened a meeting between the leaders of Turkey and Sweden on the eve of a summit next week to push Stockholm's stalled membership bid. "On Monday, in Vilnius, I will convene a meeting with President Erdogan and Prime Minister Kristersson, as the next step in this process," Stoltenberg says after talks at NATO headquarters with foreign ministers from the two countries. SOUNDBITE
A US diplomatic convoy was fired upon in Sudan, but those inside were unharmed, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Tuesday. "I can confirm that yesterday we had an American diplomatic convoy that was fired on. All of our people are safe and unharmed. But this action was reckless, it was irresponsible and of course unsafe," he told reporters in Japan after G7 talks SOUNDBITE
Police detain a person on Urumqi street, in downtown Shanghai, where demonstrators gathered over the weekend to protest against Covid-19 lockdowns and call for greater political freedoms. When asked why one of the people was taken away, a policeman told AFP "because he didn't obey our arrangements" and then referred the reporter to local police authorities. IMAGES
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