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Stray Ukrainian sea drone explodes in Romanian port – Financial Times

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  1. Stray Ukrainian sea drone explodes in Romanian port  Financial Times
  2. Drone explosion in Romanian port spurs Ukraine war spillover fears  Al Jazeera
  3. A Ukrainian maritime drone explodes at a Romanian Black Sea port. No injuries reported.  AP News
  4. Drone explodes in Romanian port as Ukraine blames Russia for jamming it  Reuters
  5. Ukraine: Marine drone explodes in Romanian port  DW
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Montenegro is ‘within reach’ of joining the EU by 2028, von der Leyen says after Balkans summit – AP News

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  1. Montenegro is ‘within reach’ of joining the EU by 2028, von der Leyen says after Balkans summit  AP News
  2. EU leaders at Balkan summit optimistic about rapid expansion  DW.com
  3. Germany’s Merz says EU to initiate integration of Western Balkans  Al Jazeera
  4. EU Pushes to End Expansion Deadlock to Curb Russia and China  Bloomberg.com
  5. EU inches toward ‘membership-lite’ plan for candidate countries  politico.eu
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Britain’s Sikhs shaken as murder of Henry Nowak brings sudden tensions – Financial Times

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  1. Britain’s Sikhs shaken as murder of Henry Nowak brings sudden tensions  Financial Times
  2. Sikh MPs say Nowak murder was not about their religion  BBC
  3. I’m a Sikh MP. Here’s why we should all heed the words of Henry Nowak’s father | Jeevun Sandher  The Guardian
  4. ‘Gurdwara is empty’: Sikhs scared to come out of houses in Southampton after Vickrum Digwa killed Henry Nowak  The Times of India
  5. Sikhs ‘scared to go out’ in Southampton after Henry Nowak murder  The Times
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Ukraine Requested EU Limit Refugee Protection for Men Aged 23-60, EU Commissioner Says – Kyiv Post

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  1. Ukraine Requested EU Limit Refugee Protection for Men Aged 23-60, EU Commissioner Says  Kyiv Post
  2. EU considers limiting protection for Ukrainian men of fighting age  Reuters
  3. Ukraine war briefing: Ukrainian men should be turned back from EU to fight, says Swedish minister  The Guardian
  4. Military-age Ukrainian men may face tougher EU refugee rules  Euronews.com
  5. ‘Strong support’ for excluding fighting-age men from EU’s Ukraine refugee scheme  politico.eu
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No safe harbour: Ukrainian drones strike Russian warship in the Baltic for the first time – Navy Lookout

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  1. No safe harbour: Ukrainian drones strike Russian warship in the Baltic for the first time  Navy Lookout
  2. Ukraine Strikes St. Petersburg on First Day of a Marquee Putin Event  The New York Times
  3. As ‘Putin’s Davos’ opens, St. Petersburg residents fear more Ukrainian strikes  NBC News
  4. Ukraine hits oil refinery as Russia opens St. Petersburg economic forum  The Washington Post
  5. Russia downs 376 Ukrainian drones overnight on final day of St Petersburg forum  South China Morning Post
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Von der Leyen: Drone explosion shows Russian threat increasing – Euronews.com

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  1. Von der Leyen: Drone explosion shows Russian threat increasing  Euronews.com
  2. Drone explodes in Romanian port as Ukraine blames Russia for jamming it  Reuters
  3. A Ukrainian naval drone blew up in a NATO port after Russian electronic warfare pushed it off course  Business Insider
  4. A Ukrainian maritime drone explodes at a Romanian Black Sea port. No injuries reported.  AP News
  5. Drone explosion in Romanian port spurs Ukraine war spillover fears  Al Jazeera
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Slovene PM Takes Down Palestinian Flag in Pivot Back to Israel – Bloomberg.com

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  1. Slovene PM Takes Down Palestinian Flag in Pivot Back to Israel  Bloomberg.com
  2. After pro-Israel PM forms government in Slovenia, Israel to open first embassy there  The Times of Israel
  3. 'Turning a new page': Israel to open first ever embassy in Slovenia  The Jerusalem Post
  4. Israel To Open First-ever Embassy In Slovenia After Mid-air Flight Ban Drama  i24NEWS
  5. Israel plans first embassy in Slovenia, says foreign minister  ThePrint
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Trump’s tariffs are back – and the timing couldn’t be worse for Asia – Asia Times

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  1. Trump’s tariffs are back – and the timing couldn’t be worse for Asia  Asia Times
  2. Trump is quietly rebuilding his tariff engine  CNN
  3. Trump relaunches tariffs war after court struck down levies  Financial Times
  4. US will uphold tariff caps in deals with EU, Japan and others, Trump's trade chief says  Reuters
  5. Trump’s New ‘Forced Labor’ Tariffs Are a Fig Leaf  Foreign Policy
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Backed by Trump, Opposed by Putin, and Fighting for His Political Life – The New York Times

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  1. Backed by Trump, Opposed by Putin, and Fighting for His Political Life  The New York Times
  2. If Even Armenians Reject Russia, Putin’s Got a Problem  Bloomberg.com
  3. Armenia's election offers a choice between Russia and EU  DW
  4. Putin Dishes Out Economic Warfare – But Can't Take It  The Moscow Times
  5. Armenia's election to test Pashinyan's peace drive after war defeat  Reuters
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Russia Floods Armenia With Disinformation Ahead of Election – The New York Times

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  1. Russia Floods Armenia With Disinformation Ahead of Election  The New York Times
  2. Backed by Trump, Opposed by Putin, and Fighting for His Political Life  The New York Times
  3. Armenia prepares for an election that could reshape ties with Moscow and the West  AP News
  4. Armenia heads to polls amid Russian pressure and threat of ‘Ukrainian scenario’  The Guardian
  5. Exclusive: Imported voters, fake websites: Russia's covert efforts to stop Armenia's pivot West  Reuters
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In Trump’s second term, financial gain has become a defining feature – The Christian Science Monitor

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  1. In Trump’s second term, financial gain has become a defining feature  The Christian Science Monitor
  2. Trump’s financial ties face scrutiny after moves benefiting allies and family  AP News
  3. Inside the Trump money machine: How the president and his family are cashing in on his return to the White House  The Independent
  4. Readers sound off on Trump’s slush fund, N.J.’s gov and the FIFA World Cup  New York Daily News
  5. Reader Opinion: Trump and $1.8 billion  Brainerd Dispatch
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One Nation, six farcical explanations and no clearer understanding of its housing policy

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Hanson’s party is leading in the polls, but it has a long way to go before being recognised as a serious political outfit

When sent out to do a cleanup job, it usually helps to not make the mess even worse.

It took One Nation six separate attempts over nearly 24 hours to clarify the basic details of their policy on foreign ownership of housing. Between Thursday night and Friday afternoon, the story turned from bizarre to farcical, with attempts to clarify the policy just making the situation murkier as Australians watched:

a Barnaby Joyce interview;

a quick do-over on Sky News on Thursday;

a Pauline Hanson social media update on Friday morning;

a Sean Bell interview, again on Sky, on Friday;

and then a 2GB spot;

before a written press release from Bell on Friday afternoon

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Australia seizes 100,000 cockroaches in record bug bust – DW.com

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  1. Australia seizes 100,000 cockroaches in record bug bust  DW.com
  2. Australian cockroach kingpin caught with 100,000 illegal insects in record bug bust  AP News
  3. Giant hissing cockroaches among $200,000 worth of illegal insects seized in Australia  BBC
  4. FIFA Forced to Admit Embarrassing World Cup Ticket Blunder  The Daily Beast
  5. 100K live 'exotic cockroaches' worth thousands of dollars seized from commercial breeder  KOMO
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