French soldier killed in attack on UN mission in southern Lebanon, officials say – Reuters

  1. French soldier killed in attack on UN mission in southern Lebanon, officials say  Reuters
  2. French peacekeeper killed in southern Lebanon  BBC
  3. Macron, UNIFIL blame Hezbollah for killing of French peacekeeper in Lebanon  The Times of Israel
  4. French soldier killed in attack on U.N. peacekeepers in Lebanon  PBS
  5. UN chief strongly condemns killing of another peacekeeper in southern Lebanon  UN News
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Putin finally admits Russia’s economy is in trouble and grasps for answers, after warnings about a financial crisis have been piling up – Yahoo Finance

  1. Putin finally admits Russia’s economy is in trouble and grasps for answers, after warnings about a financial crisis have been piling up  Yahoo Finance
  2. Opinion | Putin’s wartime economy is contracting, even with high oil prices  The Washington Post
  3. Russia looks for a way out of its sharpest economic contraction in three years  Reuters
  4. Russia Signals Pullback in Business Support as Budget Strains Mount  The Moscow Times
  5. Putin wants to boost Russia’s flagging economy. But how?  en.thebell.io
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Putin finally admits Russia’s economy is in trouble and grasps for answers – Fortune

  1. Putin finally admits Russia's economy is in trouble and grasps for answers  Fortune
  2. Opinion | Putin’s wartime economy is contracting, even with high oil prices  The Washington Post
  3. Russia looks for a way out of its sharpest economic contraction in three years  Reuters
  4. Russia Signals Pullback in Business Support as Budget Strains Mount  The Moscow Times
  5. Russia’s economic reserves ‘largely exhausted,’ development minister says  Meduza
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A Canadian man facing 14 murder charges will plead guilty to aiding suicide, his lawyer says – AP News

  1. A Canadian man facing 14 murder charges will plead guilty to aiding suicide, his lawyer says  AP News
  2. Former chef facing 14 murder charges to plead guilty to aiding suicide  CBS News
  3. Families devastated after collapse of murder charges against Kenneth Law  The Globe and Mail
  4. Murder charges to be withdrawn against alleged poison seller Kenneth Law, lawyer says  CBC
  5. Canadian 'online poison seller' Kenneth Law to have 'murder charges dropped in plea deal'  Sky News
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Mexico’s Sheinbaum denies ‘diplomatic crisis’ with Spain after conquest row – BBC

  1. Mexico's Sheinbaum denies 'diplomatic crisis' with Spain after conquest row  BBC
  2. Mexico mends ties with Spain in first presidential visit in eight years  Reuters
  3. Mexico's Sheinbaum travels to Barcelona for 'progressive' confab, tension-easing talks with Spain  Los Angeles Times
  4. With a handshake, Spain and Mexico put diplomatic tussle over their colonial past behind them  AP News
  5. President Sheinbaum’s Address to Barcelona Summit in Defense of Democracy  Mexico Solidarity Media
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A mass shooting in Ukraine’s capital leaves 6 dead before police shot and killed the gunman – NPR

  1. A mass shooting in Ukraine's capital leaves 6 dead before police shot and killed the gunman  NPR
  2. Kyiv Mass Shooting Kills 6 and Gunman Is Shot Dead After Taking Hostages in Grocery  The New York Times
  3. At least six killed in Kyiv as gunman opens fire and takes hostages  BBC
  4. Investigators examine whether Ukraine terrorist attack was directed by Russia  The Guardian
  5. 6 killed after gunman opens fire in Kyiv, Ukrainian officials say  CBS News
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Kyiv Mass Shooting Kills 6 and Gunman Is Shot Dead After Taking Hostages in Grocery – The New York Times

  1. Kyiv Mass Shooting Kills 6 and Gunman Is Shot Dead After Taking Hostages in Grocery  The New York Times
  2. At least six killed in Kyiv as gunman opens fire and takes hostages  BBC
  3. At least six dead after shooting and hostage-taking in Kyiv neighborhood  CNN
  4. Investigators examine whether Ukraine terrorist attack was directed by Russia  The Guardian
  5. A mass shooting in Ukraine's capital leaves 6 dead before police shot and killed the gunman  NPR
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Trump Organization to partner on new skyscraper in Tbilisi, Georgia, WSJ reports – Reuters

  1. Trump Organization to partner on new skyscraper in Tbilisi, Georgia, WSJ reports  Reuters
  2. Exclusive | Trump Organization to Partner on New Skyscraper in Tbilisi, Georgia  WSJ
  3. Introducing Tbilisi’s New Landmark for Global Luxury Living  The Trump Organization
  4. Trump Tower returns? new skyscraper project signals shifting US-Georgia ties  AzerNews
  5. Trump Organisation to build 70-storey Trump Tower Tbilisi along with local partners  OC Media
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Investigators examine whether Ukraine terrorist attack was directed by Russia

The gunman, who killed six people in Kyiv before police shot him dead, was a Ukrainian citizen born in Moscow

Ukrainian investigators are examining whether a terrorist attack in Kyiv was directed by Moscow after a man shot dead six people on Saturday before he was killed by police.

The gunman, 58, opened fire on passersby before barricading himself in a supermarket and taking hostages. Detectives sealed off the area in the Holosiivskyi district and tried to negotiate with him. He refused and was killed after a 40-minute standoff.

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From Erez to Jabalya: A look inside of the IDF’s new Gaza security zone – The Jerusalem Post

  1. From Erez to Jabalya: A look inside of the IDF's new Gaza security zone  The Jerusalem Post
  2. Satellite images reveal Israel expanding Gaza military sites  Al Jazeera
  3. Establishing Israeli military sites near the Yellow Line entrenches de facto annexation, threatens civilians in Gaza  Countercurrents
  4. Human Rights Observatory calls for immediate, complete lifting of siege imposed on Gaza strip.| Gulf Times  Gulf Times
  5. Israel Expands Military Presence in Gaza Despite Reconstruction Plans  Oz Arab Media
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‘Independent’ group Energy for Australians that ran anti-Labor ads received more than $1m from coal lobby

Coal Australia denies its donations to the ‘community-driven association’ amount to astroturfing, but critics accuse the group of misleading the public

An “independent, community-driven association” that ran anti-Labor adverts during the last federal election was entirely funded by a coal industry lobby group, the Guardian can reveal.

Energy for Australians accepted more than $1m from Coal Australia – a group advocating for coal whose members include major miners Yancoal, Peabody, New Hope and Whitehaven.

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Australia’s coalmine emissions are increasing. Is this how a major policy to cut climate pollution is meant to work?

The Albanese government overhauled policy and promised significant pollution cuts – but carbon offsets are still being used as an excuse

Is this how a national scheme to cut climate pollution is supposed to work?

Australian government data released this week shows emissions from Australian coalmines increased last financial year. About 80% of the coalmines pumped more into the atmosphere than their government-imposed limit.

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