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Olena Zelenska’s office cited a scheduling conflict. The Russian opposition figure Yulia Navalnaya also declined an invitation.

Linwei Ding, a Chinese national, was arrested in California and accused of uploading hundreds of files to the cloud.

The power struggle in Haiti is raising pressure on the United States to ease tensions while casting doubt on plans for a Kenyan-led security mission.

U.S. Air Force cargo planes dropped 36,800 ready-to-eat meals, in a joint operation with the Jordanian Air Force, but a Pentagon spokesman said were no plans to put U.S. forces on the ground.

The International Monetary Fund will provide $8 billion to Egypt, which is going through its worst economic crisis in decades.

President Macky Sall previously postponed the election without setting a date. On Wednesday, he also fired the prime minister, his party’s candidate for president.

After meeting with Benny Gantz, a member of Israel’s war cabinet, the British foreign secretary, David Cameron, had strong words about conditions in Gaza that “must change.”

Officials say Hamas has continued to press Israel for a commitment to a permanent cease-fire after a multistage release of all hostages, but Israel has refused.

“It’s a form of psychological torture,” said one man in Rafah. “It’s unbearable. We’re told one day that the war is ending and then the opposite the next day.”

Also, Israel-Hamas talks stall before Ramadan.