Suspected gunman aged 89 held in Greece after five wounded – BBC

  1. Suspected gunman aged 89 held in Greece after five wounded  BBC
  2. 89-year-old man arrested for allegedly wounding at least 4 people with a shotgun in Greek capital  CNN
  3. 89-year-old man arrested over Athens double shooting  The Guardian
  4. Gunman opens fire at 2 locations in the Greek capital, leaving several people wounded  Yahoo
  5. Gunman, 89, arrested after five wounded in Athens shootings  Reuters
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Russian oligarch’s superyacht allowed through strait of Hormuz, source says

Billionaire Alexei Mordashov’s vessel, Nord, reportedly able to cross blockaded strait with US and Iranian approval

A superyacht owned by the Russian billionaire Alexei Mordashov was able to transit the blockaded strait of Hormuz after undergoing maintenance in Dubai because neither Iran nor the US objected, a source close to Mordashov said on Tuesday.

It has been unclear how the multi-deck pleasure vessel, worth more than $500m (£370m), gained permission to sail on Saturday through the commercially important waterway at the heart of the US-Iran conflict, where traffic has been severely restricted since February.

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After Moment of Hesitation, Primate Takes Big Leap of Faith – Newser

  1. After Moment of Hesitation, Primate Takes Big Leap of Faith  Newser
  2. Camera shows Sumatra orangutan using a canopy bridge to cross a road for the first time  NBC News
  3. ‘Cries of delight’ as Sumatran orangutan filmed using canopy bridge to cross road for first time  The Guardian
  4. "We have watched and waited for this moment." World-first footage shows orangutan using canopy bridge to cross a road in North Sumatra  BBC Wildlife Magazine
  5. Researchers Wait Two Years to Capture First-Ever Footage of Orangutan Crossing a Canopy Bridge  PetaPixel
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Mapping the destruction: How Israel ‘wiped out’ Lebanon’s Bint Jbeil – Al Jazeera

  1. Mapping the destruction: How Israel ‘wiped out’ Lebanon’s Bint Jbeil  Al Jazeera
  2. Opinion | Israel’s new “buffer zone” in Lebanon is a huge gift to Hezbollah  MS NOW
  3. Israeli strikes kill 14 in Lebanon amid ongoing ceasefire  BBC
  4. Middle East crisis live: Trump claims Iran wants US to open strait of Hormuz as soon as possible  The Guardian
  5. Israel and Hezbollah Trade Strikes in Lebanon, as Iran Talks Remain on Hold  The New York Times
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Idemitsu Maru tanker carrying Saudi oil crosses Strait of Hormuz – Reuters

  1. Idemitsu Maru tanker carrying Saudi oil crosses Strait of Hormuz  Reuters
  2. First Fully Loaded L.N.G. Tanker Since War Began Appears to Have Crossed the Strait  The New York Times
  3. Japanese Crude Supertanker Manages Hormuz Exit in War First  Bloomberg.com
  4. ADNOC LNG tanker crosses Strait of Hormuz for first time since Iran war, ship-tracking data shows  Reuters
  5. First full gas tanker exits Strait of Hormuz since Iran war began  New York Post
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Iran war fertiliser squeeze could spell trouble for next year’s grain harvests – Reuters

  1. Iran war fertiliser squeeze could spell trouble for next year's grain harvests  Reuters
  2. Donald Trump is crushing America’s farmers—yet they back him  The Economist
  3. The rising cost of fertilizer and fuel prices is pushing some farmers to the brink  NPR
  4. Mideast Urea Output Slumps With Lack of Fertilizer Ships to Load  Bloomberg.com
  5. As planting begins, Minnesota farmers wary of war’s impact  Star Tribune
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