The Nazi shipwrecks emerging from the Danube – BBC

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  1. The Nazi shipwrecks emerging from the Danube  BBC
  2. A historic boat emerges in Serbia as Europe's rivers run dry from drought and heat  ABC News - Breaking News, Latest News and Videos
  3. Famed century-old ship dubbed "Sava's Titanic" emerges in Serbia as Europe's rivers run dry  CBS News
  4. Drought reveals 100-year-old boat in Serbia and ancient Roman bridge in Italy  Sky News
  5. Drought on Serbia's Sava River reveals long-lost WWII shipwreck  Yahoo
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Kazakhstan prepares to vote in a cosmetic election – The Economist

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  1. Kazakhstan prepares to vote in a cosmetic election  The Economist
  2. Kazakhstan to hold snap election expected to tighten president's control  Reuters
  3. Kazakhstan’s First Kurultai Campaign Puts Competing Policy Priorities in Focus  The Astana Times
  4. Kazakhstan, Moldova discuss cooperation in electoral field  Qazinform
  5. Kazakhstan to hold first parliamentary election under new constitution  ConstitutionNet
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Pirates hijack cargo ship carrying Turkish weapons off Somalia’s coast, official says – AP News

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  1. Pirates hijack cargo ship carrying Turkish weapons off Somalia’s coast, official says  AP News
  2. One beneficiary of the Iran war? Pirates.  Politico
  3. Somali pirate menace returns as U.S.-Iran war stokes regional chaos and saps enforcement resources  CNBC
  4. Tanker off Yemen boarded by armed people, diverted towards Somalia, UKMTO says  Reuters
  5. Gunmen seize tanker off Yemen amid resurgence of Somali piracy  Al Jazeera
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Swiss tourist given year in jail for insulting Bali religious day – Euronews.com

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  1. Swiss tourist given year in jail for insulting Bali religious day  Euronews.com
  2. Bali jails Swiss tourist for insulting sacred Day of Silence  BBC
  3. Tourist Gets 1-Year Prison Sentence After Defying Bali’s Day of Silence  Fodors Travel Guide
  4. Swiss tourist sentenced to a year in jail for insulting Bali’s sacred Day of Silence  AP News
  5. Swiss tourist jailed for insulting Bali sacred day  SWI swissinfo.ch
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‘You have got to go’: former NSW minister tells Icac ‘something strange at play’ when she was sacked by Perrottet

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Eleni Petinos tells inquiry her sacking as a minister in Dominic Perrottet’s government was potentially motivated by her reluctance to get rid of the building commissioner

The former New South Wales fair trading minister Eleni Petinos has given evidence at a corruption inquiry that she may have been used by fellow Liberals to try to get rid of the building commissioner David Chandler, recounting numerous attempts in 2022 to persuade her he was “dodgy” and should be sacked.

She has also told the Independent Commission Against Corruption (Icac) inquiry that her subsequent sacking as a minister in the Dominic Perrottet government in July 2022 – allegedly for bullying staff – was unfair and potentially motivated by her reluctance to sack the building commissioner.

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SpaceX recovers Starship spacecraft Elon Musk once feared lost to sea – USA Today

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  1. SpaceX recovers Starship spacecraft Elon Musk once feared lost to sea  USA Today
  2. Christmas Island Resident Spots SpaceX Rocket Floating in the Ocean During Morning Commute: ‘Really Incredible’  People.com
  3. Against all odds, SpaceX finally tugs Starship into port after 24 days at sea  Ars Technica
  4. On 7 August, Elon Musk said Ship 40's ocean recovery was “not looking good.” Eleven days later, on 18 August, it was towed intact to waters off Christmas Island — the first Starship upper stage ever recovered intact after returning from space.  Space Daily
  5. SpaceX Starship the talk of remote Australian island as Elon Musk’s engineers sent to retrieve it  The Guardian
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Founder of China’s Evergrande jailed for life after pleading guilty to fraud

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Hui Ka Yan also forfeits all his personal property and the company he set up is given hefty fines

The founder of Evergrande, one of China’s largest property developers, has been sentenced to life in prison and had all of his personal property confiscated.

Hui Ka Yan, 67 and once named by Forbes as China’s richest man, with a net worth of $42.5bn (£31.2bn) in 2017, pleaded guilty in April to eight charges.

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Lost city in area tied to biblical Exodus may have finally been discovered in Egypt – Fox News

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  1. Lost city in area tied to biblical Exodus may have finally been discovered in Egypt  Fox News
  2. Archaeologists May Have Just Revealed a Lost Egyptian City  Popular Mechanics
  3. Lost city of Mesn: Ramesses II find strengthens case for its location in Egypt  Archaeology News Online Magazine
  4. News - New Discoveries Link Sinai Site with Lost Egyptian City  Archaeology Magazine
  5. Archaeologists ‘find’ 3,000-year-old lost city in Middle East  Arabian Business
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Who was Hind Rajab and why is Israel investigating her killing? – Al Jazeera

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  1. Who was Hind Rajab and why is Israel investigating her killing?  Al Jazeera
  2. Israeli military launches criminal probes into killings of 5-year-old and paramedics  NPR
  3. What to Know About Israel’s Probe Into the Killing of Hind Rajab  Time Magazine
  4. Israel Opens Criminal Investigation Into Killings of Hind Rajab and Gaza Medical Workers  The New York Times
  5. Israel admits its soldiers fired at car in which Hind Rajab was killed  The Guardian
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