Thailand moves to recriminalise cannabis, shaking $1 billion industry – Reuters

  1. Thailand moves to recriminalise cannabis, shaking $1 billion industry  Reuters
  2. Thailand's 'weed wild west' faces new rules as smuggling to UK rises  BBC
  3. Thai Cannabis Industry Thrown Into Chaos as Government Aims to Recriminalize Weed  Bloomberg
  4. Country bans recreational cannabis again in major blow to tourism  The Independent
  5. Thailand banning cannabis sales without a prescription 3 years after decriminalization  AP News
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Astronauts from India, Poland, Hungary launched on first space station mission – Reuters

  1. Astronauts from India, Poland, Hungary launched on first space station mission  Reuters
  2. Axiom Mission 4 Astronauts Dock to Station Inside Dragon  NASA (.gov)
  3. Spaceship carrying astronauts from India, Poland, Hungary, docks with ISS  Yahoo
  4. Shubhanshu Shukla: First Indian astronaut to arrive soon on International Space Station  BBC
  5. Four astronauts launch to the space station as NASA grapples with strange twist in leak issue  CNN
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Trump takes rare dig at Putin, says US could supply Patriot missile systems to Kyiv – New York Post

  1. Trump takes rare dig at Putin, says US could supply Patriot missile systems to Kyiv  New York Post
  2. Ukraine war live: Trump admits Putin could invade more of Europe at Nato summit  The Independent
  3. Kremlin builds narrative for attacks beyond Ukraine — ISW  The New Voice of Ukraine
  4. "Putin Called To Help With Iran. I Said...": Donald Trump Snapped At Russian Leader  NDTV
  5. Putin to skip BRICS summit in Brazil due to ICC arrest warrant  The Kyiv Independent
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Usha Vance: husband’s pick as Trump running mate came ‘like a bolt of lightning’

Second lady says on Meghan McCain podcast she is ‘not plotting next steps’ and is just ‘along for the ride’

Usha Vance learned her husband, JD, had been selected to be Donald Trump’s running mate “maybe five minutes” before the news was made public – and just about an hour before he was formally nominated.

“It really was like a bolt of lightning,” Vance said during an interview on Meghan McCain’s podcast, Citizen McCain. Nearly a year later, seated in the Naval Observatory, Vance reflected on how radically her life has changed – “people call you ma’am. No one’s ever called me ma’am before this.”

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Trump DoJ ally denies claim he urged defying court orders on immigration

Emil Bove, a former Trump attorney, faced Senate judiciary committee considering him to be federal appeals judge

Emil Bove, a top justice department official and former defense attorney for Donald Trump, denied to senators on Wednesday a whistleblower’s claim that he suggested prosecutors ignore orders from judges who ruled against the president’s immigration policy.

In a hearing before the Senate judiciary committee to consider his nomination to serve as a federal appeals court judge, Bove, currently the principal associate deputy attorney general at the justice department, also rejected assertions from Democrats that corruption charges against New York City mayor Eric Adams were dropped in order to secure his cooperation with the president’s immigration enforcement agenda.

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Trump voters cheer his move against Iran. MAGA leaders had warned the bombing could backfire – AP News

  1. Trump voters cheer his move against Iran. MAGA leaders had warned the bombing could backfire  AP News
  2. Trump voters cheer Iran strikes after prominent MAGA figures warned against attack  The Times of Israel
  3. The politics of the U.S. strike on Iran's nuclear facilities: Here's what to watch next  NPR
  4. MAGA supporters more likely to back Iran strikes than traditional Republicans: Poll  The Hill
  5. A MAGA backlash against the Iran war is turning into a larger debate about U.S. support for Israel  The Independent
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‘Intense’ novel about robot abused by her boyfriend/owner wins Arthur C Clarke science fiction award

Annie Bot by Sierra Greer wins £2,025 for ‘compelling tale that, like all good stories about robots, is ultimately about the human condition’

A novel told from the perspective of a robot girlfriend has been named winner of the Arthur C Clarke award for science fiction.

Annie Bot by Sierra Greer is “a tightly focused first-person account of a robot designed to be the perfect companion, who struggles to become free,” said chair of judges, the academic Andrew M Butler. The speculative novel follows Annie, the narrator, programmed to cater to the needs of her boyfriend/owner Doug, who treats her in a way that would be abusive if she were human.

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Trump meets with Zelenskyy and says higher NATO defense spending may deter future Russian aggression – AP News

  1. Trump meets with Zelenskyy and says higher NATO defense spending may deter future Russian aggression  AP News
  2. Zelenskyy seeks to buy US air defence systems in NATO talks with Trump  TRT Global
  3. Putin is definitely not winning': Zelensky revealed details of the conversation with Trump  112.ua
  4. Zelensky suits up for Trump meeting and congratulates him on Iran  Metro.co.uk
  5. Zelensky swaps military fatigues for black suit at Nato summit  Latest news from Azerbaijan
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