Israeli strikes in Yemen said to target gathering of Houthi leaders near Sanaa – The Times of Israel

  1. Israeli strikes in Yemen said to target gathering of Houthi leaders near Sanaa  The Times of Israel
  2. Israeli airstrikes hit Yemeni capital, but no casualties reported  AP News
  3. Israel launches latest attacks against Houthis in Yemen’s Sanaa  Al Jazeera
  4. Houthi prime minister said killed in Israeli strike on Sanaa apartment yesterday  The Times of Israel
  5. Israel Carries Out Strikes in Yemen During Houthi Leader's Speech  Haaretz
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Brazil carries out raids in crackdown on organized crime in the fuel sector – Reuters

  1. Brazil carries out raids in crackdown on organized crime in the fuel sector  Reuters
  2. Brazilian Police Crack Down on $4.2 Billion Fuel Crime Scheme  Bloomberg.com
  3. Brazil raids cartel’s alleged multibillion-dollar money laundering scheme  Financial Times
  4. Brazil's crackdown on criminal links to fuel supply chain nets $220M in assets  ABC News
  5. Brazilian authorities said they were targeting a sprawling criminal network that laundered money for a major drug gang  WV News
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Pilot killed when F-16 jet crashes during preparations for a Polish air show – AP News

  1. Pilot killed when F-16 jet crashes during preparations for a Polish air show  AP News
  2. Polish F-16 crashes during airshow rehearsal  Reuters
  3. F-16 jet crashes during air show rehearsal in Poland, killing pilot  CBS News
  4. Poland Says F-16 Fighter Crashed Before Air Show; Pilot Killed  Bloomberg.com
  5. F-16 ace pilot killed in training crash before Polish air show  TVP World
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Beach returned to First Nation after 170 years following Canada legal battle

Stretch of Lake Huron shore was promised to Saugeen people in 1854 treaty with crown but was wrongly omitted from map

A stretch of beach will be returned to a First Nation in Canada 170 years after it was mistakenly omitted from its reserve. The sandy sliver of land measures less than two miles long, but has nonetheless sparked an outsized battle, with a nearby resort town claiming the case sets a foreboding precedent for property rights in the country.

Canada’s supreme court said on Thursday that it would not hear a challenge from the town of South Bruce Peninsula, which is contesting a lower court’s ruling that the Saugeen First Nation’s reserve was erroneously smaller than promised.

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Brawl in Mexico’s senate after debate over US military intervention to fight drug cartels

Senators Alejandro ‘Alito’ Moreno and Gerardo Fernández Noroña fought in the senate after heated discussion

Mexico’s senate devolved into violence this week as two of the country’s top politicians shoved, grabbed and shouted at each other after a heated discussion over the presence of foreign troops in the country.

Alejandro “Alito” Moreno, head of the opposition Institutional Revolutionary Party (Pri), grabbed at Gerardo Fernández Noroña, the senate president from the ruling Morena party, after lawmakers finished singing the national anthem to mark the end of the day’s session on Wednesday.

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Israeli airstrikes hit Yemeni capital, but no casualties reported – AP News

  1. Israeli airstrikes hit Yemeni capital, but no casualties reported  AP News
  2. Israel launches latest attacks against Houthis in Yemen’s Sanaa  Al Jazeera
  3. Israel Carries Out Strikes in Yemen During Houthi Leader's Speech  Haaretz
  4. Israel confirms strike on Houthis in Yemen, marks second time this week  Fox News
  5. IDF targets Houthi sites in Sanaa amid rising tensions  The Jerusalem Post
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Uncontacted Peruvian tribe on deadly collision course with loggers, group says

Survival International says Mashco Piro seen in nearby Amazon village in alarming sign group is under stress

Members of an Indigenous tribe who live deep in Peru’s Amazon rainforest and avoid contact with outsiders have been reported entering a neighboring village in what activists consider an alarming sign that the group is under stress from development.

The sightings of members of Mashco Piro tribe come as a logging company is building a bridge that could give outsiders easier access to the tribe’s territory, a move that could raise the risk of disease and conflict, according to Survival International, which advocates for Indigenous rights.

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Watch first-ever orange shark be caught by fisherman in Costa Rica – USA Today

  1. Watch first-ever orange shark be caught by fisherman in Costa Rica  USA Today
  2. Fishermen Pulled In an Orange Shark Off Costa Rica: ‘My God, What Is This?’  The New York Times
  3. Scientists discover one-of-a-kind, bright orange shark swimming off Costa Rica  New York Post
  4. Surprise! Rare orange shark is a survivor  Divernet
  5. Bright Orange Shark Spotted in Costa Rica, Experts Weigh In  yahoo.com
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