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An Australian start-up is hoping fungi can pull carbon dioxide from the air and stash it underground. It’s one of several ventures trying to deploy the superpowers of soil to slow global warming.

Hopes for a breakthrough were damped after Hamas said it would not attend the peace talks set for Thursday.

Plus, in Russian territory captured by Ukraine.

The country made five new demands, according to documents detailing its newest negotiating positions.

Prosecutors argued in court that pro-Palestinian activists had vandalized a site belonging to Elbit, an arms manufacturer, and had committed offenses with a “terrorist connection.”

The decision outraged U.S. Olympic and gymnastics officials, and led to a torrent of online abuse against both Chiles and Ana Barbosu, the Romanian athlete who ended up with the bronze.

The young protesters who felled an autocrat are now cabinet ministers and traffic cops, trying to restore order and chart a new future for a nation of 170 million.

The clampdown came after the police banned a youth rally and pointed to the anti-government protests that have swept neighboring Kenya in recent months.

The Greek authorities said the threat posed by the blazes had lessened as of Tuesday, thanks in part to an overnight lull in the strong winds. But the risk remained.

The former estate of Joseph Goebbels, the Nazi propaganda minister, is too expensive to keep and perilous to sell. No one knows quite what to do with it.

Ms. Lillis voiced the characters of Misty and Jessie in the animated series based on a video game. She was diagnosed with breast cancer this year.

A girl, 11, was recovering in a hospital after being attacked on Monday. The police said her mother, initially thought to have been stabbed, had not been injured.

The two countries have held joint exercises near Alaska, Taiwan and Japan in defiance of the United States and its alliances.

Russia’s response to a Ukrainian incursion.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused Yoav Gallant of embracing an “anti-Israel narrative” in a disagreement over how to prosecute the war.

Lt. Gen. Faiz Hameed is the first current or former head of the powerful Inter-Services Intelligence agency to face court-martial proceedings.

With tensions in the region high, the Israeli prime minister sparred with his defense minister over questioning the goal of a ‘total victory’ in Gaza.

Mohammad Javad Zarif’s resignation shocked Iran’s political circles and came as President Masoud Pezeshkian announced that his cabinet would include several conservatives and only one woman.

A strongly worded statement from the Israeli prime minister’s office accused Yoav Gallant, the defense minister, of harming the chances of reaching a hostage release deal.