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Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas vowed to rebuild the Jenin refugee camp during a rare and brief visit Wednesday, a week after a deadly Israeli raid destroyed much of the camp in the occupied West Bank.

Canadian dock workers are still striking over automation fears and wages. The strike is entering its 11th day and the striking workers are holding rallies for support.

World hunger stopped rising in 2022 after growing for seven years but remains above pre-pandemic levels and far off track to be eradicated by 2030, UN agencies said Wednesday.

Spain's coastguard temporarily suspended Wednesday a search for three migrant boats reported lost off the Canary Islands after poor weather prevented a plane from being deployed to the area.

Annual consumer inflation in the United States cooled in June to its lowest rate since early 2021, the Labor Department said Wednesday -- an encouraging sign for policymakers battling to lower cost pressures.

The cruise line apologized on social media, calling the practice a "distressing occurrence."

Czech-French writer Milan Kundera, author of "The Unbearable Lightness of Being", has died aged 94, the Milan Kundera Library said Wednesday.

China also opposed NATO's "eastward movement into the Asia-Pacific region" and warned that "any act that jeopardizes China's legitimate rights and interests will be met with a resolute response."

Beijing cautioned that any efforts to involve a third party in resolving the maritime dispute might escalate the resource-abundant waterway into a "sea of war."

Kenyan officers on Wednesday fired tear gas on protesters who defied a police ban to join a demonstration against tax hikes called by opposition leader Raila Odinga.

Milan Kundera, the author of "The Unbearable Lightness of Being" whose dark, provocative novels delved into the enigma of the human condition, has died, a spokeswoman for the Milan Kundera Library in his native city of Brno said on Wednesday.

Thai election chiefs on Wednesday asked the country's top court to suspend Pita Limjaroenrat, the frontrunner in the race to become prime minister, over allegations he broke campaign rules as an MP. The recommendation is the latest hurdle thrown into the path of the progressive candidate, whose Move Forward Party (MFP) scored the most votes in May's election by tapping into Thais' appetite for change.

The surfing community is mourning the passing of 44-year-old Mikala Jones after he suffered a severe accident while riding a wave in Indonesia.

Thailand's foreign minister met with ousted Myanmar democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi last week, he told reporters Wednesday, her first known meeting with a foreign envoy since she was detained following a 2021 coup.

Paraguay's incoming president Santiago Pena said Wednesday the country would stand by Taiwan's side for the duration of his five-year term, reaffirming it as Taipei's lone diplomatic ally in South America.

The Monday meeting was the first meeting between King Charles and President Joe Biden since the former was crowned.

Mexican authorities on Tuesday secured the release of 13 security personnel who had been taken captive the previous day by protesters allegedly infiltrated by a criminal group, a senior official said.

A woman claims to have been swindled out of $1,000 by border staff in Bali, Indonesia.

North Korea has fired a long-range ballistic missile, the South Korean military said Wednesday, days after Pyongyang threatened to down US spy planes that violated its airspace.

A Spanish underwater expert believes the five passengers of the Titan submersible likely experienced a malfunction before their lives were ended by implosion.

Indonesia's foreign minister warned that Southeast Asia remains unsafe from nuclear weapons, urging nuclear states to sign the nuclear-weapons-free zone treaty.

Grimsby, perched on the southern side of the River Humber, near Kingston-upon-Hull in northern England, was built on the fishing industry.

Sporting giant Nike and mining company Dynasty Gold are being investigated in Canada over allegations they used forced labor from China's Uyghur minority, a Canadian watchdog announced Tuesday.

Western powers will propose long-term security commitments for Ukraine on Wednesday after NATO dashed President Volodymyr Zelensky's hopes of a clear timeline for joining the alliance.

A Ukrainian intelligence official claimed that Wagner mercenary fighters wanted to escalate their mutiny by stealing Russian nuclear weapons.

A British intelligence report said Russia could prevent 50% of battlefield deaths if its soldiers were provided proper first aid.

India on Friday launches its latest attempt at an unmanned moon landing, the next frontier of a burgeoning, cut-price aerospace programme rapidly closing in on the milestones set by global superpowers.

Retired Gen. Robert Abrams said Wagner's Yevgeny Prigozhin would likely be in prison if he is still alive.

Damage from riots sparked by the police killing of a teenager in France has resulted in a $715 million insurance bill, an industry body said Tuesday.