Monaco assassination plot takes a new turn – DW.com

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  1. Monaco assassination plot takes a new turn  DW.com
  2. Target of Monaco bomb blames attack on Ukrainian spy agency  The Guardian
  3. Ukrainian spies tried to assassinate me, says tycoon injured in Monaco blast  Yahoo
  4. Vadym Iermolaiev breaks silence after Monaco bombing: "Our survival was nothing short of a miracle"  Monaco Life
  5. The SBU confirmed that the suspect in the Berezovskaya case had ties to the agency  UA.NEWS
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Algeria fire: Children among dead in foster care home blaze – president – BBC

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  1. Algeria fire: Children among dead in foster care home blaze - president  BBC
  2. Orphanage Fire Kills Eleven in Algeria  The New York Times
  3. 11 children killed and 19 injured in an overnight orphanage fire in Algeria  ABC News - Breaking News, Latest News and Videos
  4. Fire at orphanage in Algiers kills 11, injures 19  Reuters
  5. Fire at orphanage in Algeria kills 11 people, including children  Al Jazeera
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Chevron and Iraq seek to bypass Strait of Hormuz with Syria pipeline – Financial Times

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  1. Chevron and Iraq seek to bypass Strait of Hormuz with Syria pipeline  Financial Times
  2. Chevron Will Explore a Pipeline Bypassing the Strait of Hormuz  WSJ
  3. Chevron to Sign Oil Investment Accords With Iraq on Friday  Bloomberg.com
  4. Chevron to sign MOUs with Iraq for West Qurna 2 and Nassiriya oilfields  Reuters
  5. Chevron Moves Closer to Iraq's Biggest Oil Prizeand a Hormuz Exit Strategy  Crude Oil Prices Today | OilPrice.com
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Mafia law gives Italian families right to break free from life of crime

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Wives and children offered new identities to try to stop gangsters recruiting down the generations

Children and young adults raised in mafia families will be given a chance to break away from organised crime under new legislation in Italy that aims to stop the intergenerational recruitment of gangsters.

In an unprecedented effort to sever the family chain, the Italian state will offer children aged under 25 and other close relatives of mafia bosses a chance to start over: a new home in another city, a new school and, if necessary, a new identity.

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‘Very exciting’ new species of monkeys with big, orange lips discovered ‘hiding’ in forest – New York Post

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  1. ‘Very exciting’ new species of monkeys with big, orange lips discovered ‘hiding’ in forest  New York Post
  2. New monkey species with orange lips found 'hiding' in DRC forest  BBC
  3. Meet ‘Likweli’: A new monkey species discovered in the Congo Basin  YaleNews
  4. Scientists find new monkey species in Congo's rainforest  Reuters
  5. New Monkey! New Monkey! There’s A New Monkey!  Defector
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UK aid cuts ‘reduce bilateral support to some African countries by 90%’

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Critics say Foreign Office figures send ‘global message about the role the country wants to play on international stage’

Labour’s foreign aid cuts mean reductions of as much as 90% in the bilateral support the UK will give to some African countries, Foreign Office figures show.

The department’s annual report includes a long-awaited breakdown of how the reduction in the aid budget will affect individual countries for the next three years.

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Could Count Binface actually win? – The Conversation

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  1. Could Count Binface actually win?  The Conversation
  2. To quell graft allegations, Nigel Farage runs against a man wearing a trash can  The Washington Post
  3. Nigel Farage Wanted a Political Showdown. Now He’s Fighting a Trash Can.  WSJ
  4. ‘He goes a bit funny if you use his real name’: the unstoppable rise of Count Binface  The Guardian
  5. Who Is Count Binface, the Intergalactic Space Icon Trying to Oust Nigel Farage? | Best Countries | U.S. News  U.S. News & World Report
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Smoking rates fall to historic low across Australia despite the rise of illicit tobacco

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Long-running AIHW survey shows daily rates of smoking dropped to 5.6% last year – down from 8.3% two years ago

Daily smoking rates have fallen to a historic low and are tracking well ahead of national targets, while vaping rates have stabilised, according to the largest nationally representative survey on tobacco use.

But those who do smoke are increasingly using illicit tobacco, the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare’s (AIHW) National Drug Strategy Household Survey also found.

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‘We are waiting with bated breath’: Super El Niño forecast could make 2027 hottest year on record, BoM says

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Most Australian capital cities have at least 80% chance of unusually warm and dry spring as climatologists watch developing system with increasing alarm

The El Niño climate phenomenon linked to record global temperatures and now locked in place in the Pacific Ocean could develop into the strongest on record, according to Australia’s Bureau of Meteorology.

Climatologists are watching the strengthening El Niño with increasing alarm, saying the forecasts from climate models in the coming months are “mind blowing” and “astounding”.

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