Death of Indigenous teen found on rail tracks with towel under head ‘suspicious’, NSW coroner says

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Police initially ruled Mark Haines’ 1988 death a suicide but coroner says investigation hindered by racism and deeply flawed

The police investigation into the death of Indigenous teenager Mark Haines in northern New South Wales nearly four decades ago was hindered by racism and deeply flawed, a coroner has found.

The body of the Gomeroi teenager was discovered on train tracks outside Tamworth on the morning of 16 January 1988.

A stolen Holden Torana was found crashed nearby.

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Exclusive: Thailand revives $30 bln coast-to-coast corridor to rival Malacca Strait – Reuters

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  1. Exclusive: Thailand revives $30 bln coast-to-coast corridor to rival Malacca Strait  Reuters
  2. Regulatory setbacks, grassroots defiance stall Thailand’s trillion-baht land bridge project  The Vibes
  3. Thailand pushes forward with $30 billion Landbridge Project  Kursiv Media
  4. Thailand Pushes Strategic Land Bridge Despite Cost  StratNews Global
  5. Thailand revives US$30bn land bridge project as alternative to Malacca Strait  Container News
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Western Europeans believe crime is rising despite fall in overall rates, poll finds

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YouGov survey of six countries shows respondents think crime is increasing – though most trust their national police

Western Europeans believe crime is rising in their country, according to a survey, despite long-term overall crime rates falling across the region since the mid-1990s.

The YouGov poll of Britain, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy and Spain found most countries trusted their national police, led by Denmark where 74% of respondents said they had a lot or a fair amount of confidence in police nationally.

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Rejoining customs union would not fix damage caused by Brexit, research finds

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Exclusive: Economists find Brexit caused 12% depression in UK exports, most of which is due to leaving single market

Brexit has depressed UK exports to the EU by 12%, and rejoining the customs union would undo only a fraction of the damage, research shared with the Guardian shows.

With the UK’s future relationship with the bloc likely to feature prominently in a potential Labour leadership contest, the economists John Springford and Anton Spisak, of the Centre for European Reform, provide fresh evidence of the damage caused by exiting.

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Fact Check: Figure of 250,000 Girls Raped by U.K. Grooming Gangs NOT Definitively Documented — Rhetorical Extrapolation – Yahoo

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  1. Fact Check: Figure of 250,000 Girls Raped by U.K. Grooming Gangs NOT Definitively Documented -- Rhetorical Extrapolation  Yahoo
  2. Elon Musk demands prison for politicians who 'turned a blind eye' to grooming gangs as new report released  Fox News
  3. New revelation about Muslim ‘grooming gangs’ is yet one more way progressives have let women down  New York Post
  4. ‘Demonic Chapter’: How ‘Cultural Sensitivity’ Led to the Systematic Abuse of Thousands of British Girls  National Review
  5. Baroness Casey warns grooming survivors are 'still being failed'  BBC
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Ukraine war briefing: Allies give nod for Kyiv to reproduce their air-defence missiles – The Guardian

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  1. Ukraine war briefing: Allies give nod for Kyiv to reproduce their air-defence missiles  The Guardian
  2. Trump Will Ask US Companies to Make Missiles in Europe  Bloomberg.com
  3. Give us Patriot blueprints so we can make our own, Zelensky tells Trump  The Telegraph
  4. Trump says US arms makers could license weapons production in Europe and Ukraine – Bloomberg  Українська правда
  5. Zelensky Calls for Stronger Defense Capabilities and Additional Aid for Ukraine  Hasht-e Subh Daily
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South Korea’s Lee leaves G7 with Trump’s pen after talks about peace on the peninsula – Reuters

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  1. South Korea's Lee leaves G7 with Trump's pen after talks about peace on the peninsula  Reuters
  2. Lee Says Korea-US Ties ‘Eternal’ as Trump Invites Him to Golf  Bloomberg.com
  3. South Korean Leader Books Golf With Trump After 'Pinky Promise'  Barron's
  4. Lee Jae-myung Caps First European Tour with G7 Appearance  The Diplomat – Asia-Pacific
  5. South Korea’s Lee asks Trump to lead peaceful diplomacy with North Korea  Arab News
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Europe explores energy security alternatives after Iran war’s turmoil – AP News

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  1. Europe explores energy security alternatives after Iran war’s turmoil  AP News
  2. The Hormuz shock didn’t break Europe's gas market. Time might  Reuters
  3. Europe’s New Geoeconomics of Energy  Visegrad Insight
  4. GECF: Strait of Hormuz Crisis Marks Permanent Shift in Global Energy Security - News and Statistics  IndexBox
  5. A week in Brussels: how Europe is redefining its energy strategy and why Latin America is increasingly important  Energía Estratégica
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400 cats rescued in cat meat ring bust – WKRC

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  1. 400 cats rescued in cat meat ring bust  WKRC
  2. Police rescue hundreds of cats from being eaten in Vietnam with bust of major animal theft ring  NBC News
  3. Police rescue more than 400 cats from being eaten in Vietnam in a bust of a major animal theft ring  AP News
  4. Hundreds of cats stolen for food in Vietnam rescued by police, welfare group says  BBC
  5. Vietnam police rescue hundreds of cats stolen for meat by crime ring  The Guardian
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Scientists make ‘surprising’ discovery about Amazonian ‘ghost dogs’ – New York Post

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  1. Scientists make ‘surprising’ discovery about Amazonian ‘ghost dogs’  New York Post
  2. Elusive 'Ghost Dog' May Have a Larger Population Than Previously Believed by Researchers  People.com
  3. Chasing the ghost dog of the Amazon: New insights into a mythical canid  EurekAlert!
  4. Mysterious Amazonian ‘ghost dog’ caught on camera  Popular Science
  5. Unprecedented photos of extremely rare ‘ghost dog’ captured in Amazon rainforest  Yahoo
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