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The US House of Representatives passes a roughly $8 billion emergency funding bill to fight the coronavirus that has been spreading throughout the United States, hours after Congressional leaders finished ironing out terms of the deal. IMAGES
The grand prize of the US Powerball to be drawn on Wednesday rose to an estimated $1.3 billion, the largest jackpot in the world.
Humanity is suffering an "extreme heat epidemic," UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warns, calling for action to limit the impacts of heat waves intensified by climate change. SOUNDBITE
Counting begins at a polling station in Kigali, the Rwandan capital, in the presidential and parliamentary elections, with the East African nation's incumbent president, Paul Kagame, widely expected to cruise to victory. IMAGES
NATO leaders vow at least 40 billion euros of military aid for Ukraine, as the Alliance summit takes place in Washington. "We have agreed that 40 billion euros is a minimum baseline within the next year, and to ensure sustainable funding for Ukraine to prevail," says Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg. SOUNDBITE
The counting of the votes in the second round of the French snap general election begins at a polling station in Tulle, Correze, where former French president François Hollande is standing. IMAGES