Why is Donald Trump Jr. so cozy with a Russian oligarch? – Daily Kos

  1. Why is Donald Trump Jr. so cozy with a Russian oligarch?  Daily Kos
  2. Donald Trump Jr. Hunted In Mongolia With Russian Oligarch Umar Kremlev Who Bankrolled His Wedding, Report Says  Forbes
  3. Inside Donald Trump Jr’s Mongolian hunting trip with a Kremlin-linked businessman  Financial Times
  4. Don Jr.’s Hunting Trip Reveals He’s Closer to Putin Ally Than We Knew  The New Republic
  5. Trump Knifes His Own Son in the Back Over Bonkers Wedding Scheme  The Daily Beast
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Russell Brand denies all charges as he takes the stand at his rape and sex assault trial – AP News

  1. Russell Brand denies all charges as he takes the stand at his rape and sex assault trial  AP News
  2. Russell Brand takes the stand at his rape and sexual assault trial  CBS News
  3. Russell Brand says friends abandoned him after 'devastating' sex crime allegations  Reuters
  4. Russell Brand Tells Court He ‘Misused’ His Fame, but Says Sex Was Consensual  The New York Times
  5. Russell Brand Takes Stand in Rape Trial, No One Else Testifying  Variety
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Iran war’s cost to American taxpayers grows to an estimated $47.1 billion – AP News

  1. Iran war’s cost to American taxpayers grows to an estimated $47.1 billion  AP News
  2. Iran war costs rise to $47 billion, U.S. military estimates  The Washington Post
  3. Iran War Cost Rises to $47.1 Billion, Pentagon Told Lawmakers  The New York Times
  4. Official Price Tag of Iran War Jumps to $47 Billion as Trump Says It Will End 'Whenever I Want It To'  Common Dreams
  5. Eight months into the conflict, the U.S. war with Iran gets a revised price tag  MS NOW
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UK budget: Healey accepts smaller fiscal buffer after global shocks hit economy – Reuters

  1. UK budget: Healey accepts smaller fiscal buffer after global shocks hit economy  Reuters
  2. Chris Mason: Budget felt cautious despite its range of small measures  BBC
  3. UK Treasury offers $130 one-off payment to 20 million households and energy bills relief in face of Iran war shock  Fortune
  4. U.K. Budget Ducks Hard Choices Amid Market Concerns Over Debt  WSJ
  5. The thwarted Budget of a thwarted government  Financial Times
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‘Noah’s Ark remains’ found burned and buried 30 feet below final resting place: report – New York Post

  1. ‘Noah’s Ark remains’ found burned and buried 30 feet below final resting place: report  New York Post
  2. ‘Charred Remains’ Found at Boat-Shaped Mound Near Mount Ararat Are Possibly From Noah’s Ark  Yahoo
  3. Charred Wood Recovered from Deep Inside Durupınar Noah's Ark Site, Radar Results Verified at Eastern Turkey Noah's Ark Symposium  markets.businessinsider.com
  4. Researchers searching for Noah's Ark obtain more than 400 samples and announce new results  infovaticana
  5. Can Carbon-14 Tests on the Durupinar Wood Show It Was Noah's Ark?  Ancient Origins
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US sanctions North Korean network accused of defrauding businesses – Reuters

  1. US sanctions North Korean network accused of defrauding businesses  Reuters
  2. Treasury sanctions 10 North Koreans and Russians over IT worker fraud scheme  CBS News
  3. U.S. imposes new North Korea sanctions amid stalled diplomatic talks  NBC News
  4. OFAC Designates Facilitators of North Korean IT Worker Schemes Targeting US Businesses  TRM Labs
  5. EU, US, allies urges North Korea to abandon nuclear, missile programs  Anadolu Ajansı
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Iranian film-maker Jafar Panahi given new prison sentence

Charges against him are unclear after return to Iran despite being sentenced last year for ‘propaganda activities’

An Iranian court has handed the award-winning film director Jafar Panahi a new prison sentence of five years and one month and ordered the seizure of all his assets.

The 66-year-old, who won the Palme d’Or at Cannes last year for It Was Just an Accident, was sentenced in absentia, his lawyer, Mostafa Nili, told the Iranian news outlet Emtedad. The court also imposed a two-year travel ban and barred him from using social media for two years, Nili said.

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Chris Mason: Budget felt cautious despite its range of small measures – BBC

  1. Chris Mason: Budget felt cautious despite its range of small measures  BBC
  2. Britain’s defensive budget did little to tackle deeper problems  The Economist
  3. UK government accused of ‘stealth’ £1.5bn rise in business rates  Financial Times
  4. Healey Defends Scale of UK Budget And Warns Hard Decisions Ahead  Bloomberg
  5. Key measures in UK finance minister Healey's first budget  Reuters
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Houthis strike Yemen’s Aden airport after evacuation warning – Reuters

  1. Houthis strike Yemen's Aden airport after evacuation warning  Reuters
  2. Iran war updates: Houthis attack Aden, missile debris falls on Mecca  Al Jazeera
  3. Yemen accuses Houthis of firing missiles at camp for displaced people near Aden  Vatican News
  4. Iran-backed Houthis call for immediate evacuation of Yemen’s Aden airport  The Times of Israel
  5. New explosions heard near Yemen's Aden airport  Breakingthenews.net
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Wannabe travel influencer, 24, dead after truck swept into river on dream vacation – New York Post

  1. Wannabe travel influencer, 24, dead after truck swept into river on dream vacation  New York Post
  2. Travel Influencer Emma Marie Laurent, 24, Dies After Van Is Swept Away by Rushing River  People.com
  3. Travel influencer, 24, dead after truck swept into river on dream vacation  AOL.com
  4. Travel influencer Emma Marie Laurent dies during dream vacation  The Express Tribune
  5. Travel influencer, 24, drowns after truck she was riding in swept away by swollen river on ‘dream holiday’  The Sun
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Is Iran moving toward war or peace after Mecca alliance meeting in Tehran? – DW.com

  1. Is Iran moving toward war or peace after Mecca alliance meeting in Tehran?  DW.com
  2. Saudi defence pact countries push for peace in Tehran as Houthis launch more attacks  Reuters
  3. Flurry of Diplomacy in Iran Amid Reports of U.S. and Israeli Plans to Renew War  The New York Times
  4. Inside story: Will rare gathering in Tehran help avert Iran-US war?  Amwaj.media
  5. Iran hosts Saudi Arabia and regional powers as fears grow of return to war  CNN
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Drones strike a container ship off Bulgaria’s Black Sea coast and its crew members are rescued – AP News

  1. Drones strike a container ship off Bulgaria's Black Sea coast and its crew members are rescued  AP News
  2. Greek container ship sinks after drone attack off Bulgaria  Reuters
  3. NATO’s Black Sea nations decry Ukraine war spillover endangering commercial ship traffic  Defense News
  4. ZIM-operated ship sinks in Black Sea after drone strike  Globes - Israel Business News
  5. Containership Struck Off Bulgaria as Ministers Meet to Increase Security  The Maritime Executive
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Ethiopia says it received Russian Su-35 jets, S-400 air defence systems to follow – Reuters

  1. Ethiopia says it received Russian Su-35 jets, S-400 air defence systems to follow  Reuters
  2. Ethiopia receives 12 Russian Su-35 jets, plans S-400 acquisition  Al Jazeera
  3. Ethiopia takes delivery of 12 Su-35 Russian fighter jets ahead of schedule as regional tensions rise  Business Insider Africa
  4. Ethiopia Gets 12 Russian Su-35 Fighters, Eyes S-400 Air Defenses  TWZ
  5. Why Ethiopia Is Now Flying Russian Fighter Jets  The National Interest
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