Alice Weidel would pull the plug on German support for Ukraine – The Economist

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  1. Alice Weidel would pull the plug on German support for Ukraine  The Economist
  2. Germany's far-right AfD forges a pro-Russia alliance with the BSW  DW.com
  3. Germany's AfD and leftist BSW call for end to help for Ukraine  Reuters
  4. Pro-Russian Factions Unite in German State Assembly to Challenge Defense Backing for Kyiv  UNITED24 Media
  5. AfD leader threatens to pull German funding for Ukraine and repeats Putin talking points in worrying interview  The Independent
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Pakistan school roof collapse kills at least 34 children and teacher

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Another three pupils from al-Khair school in Peshawar in critical condition after search for survivors

At least 34 schoolchildren and a female teacher have died after the roof of a school collapsed during morning classes in the northern Pakistani city ⁠of Peshawar.

As panicked parents ​and relatives thronged the site of the privately run al-Khair school to search for their loved ones, rescue workers spent hours pulling children from the rubble.

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Ukraine Is Hitting Putin Where His Data Lives – The Bulwark

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  1. Ukraine Is Hitting Putin Where His Data Lives  The Bulwark
  2. Is Zelensky right to say data centre strikes have taken down Russian bots?  BBC
  3. Yandex outage: Data shows that instead of going dark, malicious bots went on the move  Cloudflare Blog
  4. Data Centers Become Targets in Wars in Ukraine, Russia and the Middle East  The New York Times
  5. Drone Strikes Didn’t Take Out a Russian Bot Farm, But We Were Primed to Believe It  Mother Jones
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Live Updates: Houthis launch new attack on Saudi capital as Trump mulls U.S. role in Mideast war’s new front – CBS News

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  1. Live Updates: Houthis launch new attack on Saudi capital as Trump mulls U.S. role in Mideast war's new front  CBS News
  2. Oil price hikes, Saudi-Houthi strikes carry on amid Trump's midterm pause on Iran war  Fox News
  3. Saudi Airlines Rush to Save Scores of Planes From a War Zone  WSJ
  4. As Houthis strike Riyadh, Saudi Arabia confronts the costs of U.S. war on Iran  The Washington Post
  5. Pilgrims caught up in Houthi strikes on Saudi Arabia  Reuters
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LGBTQ+ people go into hiding in Senegal as hundreds are arrested

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At least 320 people detained for ‘acts against nature’ after law criminalising homosexuality toughened, HRW reports

Mass arrests, forced HIV testing and barriers to legal representation are part of an escalating crackdown against LGBTQ+ people in Senegal, according to a new report.

More than 320 individuals have been arrested and detained on allegations of “acts against nature” since February, according to HIV Justice Network, an organisation quoted in the Human Rights Watch (HRW) report. Among these, at least 84 were charged with “voluntary HIV transmission”, solely on the basis of their HIV status.

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Woman charged after allegedly poisoning colleague’s curry lunch with snail pellets

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Western Australian police say woman ‘experienced numbness to her tongue’ after tasting the curry at her workplace in Perth

A woman has been charged after allegedly poisoning a co-worker’s lunch curry with snail pellets.

Western Australian police say a 58-year-old woman brought a container of curry to share with colleagues at her workplace in Perth’s southern suburbs in February.

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Pakistan school roof collapse kills at least 28 children and one teacher – CNN

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  1. Pakistan school roof collapse kills at least 28 children and one teacher  CNN
  2. Pakistan school roof collapse kills 28; more deaths feared  Reuters
  3. Pakistan school roof collapses in Peshawar, killing almost 30 young students and a teacher  CBS News
  4. At least 18 pupils and one teacher killed after school roof collapses in Pakistan  BBC
  5. At Least 20 Children Dead After School Roof Collapses in Pakistan  The New York Times
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Why Does Saudi Arabia Struggle to Stop Houthi Attacks? – The New York Times

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  1. Why Does Saudi Arabia Struggle to Stop Houthi Attacks?  The New York Times
  2. How are Yemen’s Houthis attacking Saudi Arabia so effectively?  Reuters
  3. Saudi Airlines Rush to Save Scores of Planes From a War Zone  WSJ
  4. Saudi Arabia Is Running Out of Options  The Atlantic
  5. Who Are the Houthis and Why Are They Attacking Saudi Arabia’s Airports?  Time Magazine
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