Communist Party pledges to reach deeper into China’s tech, platform sectors – South China Morning Post

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  1. Communist Party pledges to reach deeper into China’s tech, platform sectors  South China Morning Post
  2. China Confirms Expulsion of 33 Officials, as Xi’s Purge Deepens  The New York Times
  3. How Xi Jinping and Communist Party elders shaped key plenum document addressing wrongdoing  South China Morning Post
  4. Key takeaways from this week's political meeting in Beijing  NPR
  5. It can be lonely at the top. And that’s just how China’s leader likes it  CNN
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Pakistan LNG Cargo Attacked Near Hormuz Had Iranian Approval – Bloomberg

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  1. Pakistan LNG Cargo Attacked Near Hormuz Had Iranian Approval  Bloomberg
  2. Qatar LNG carrier struck by ‘unidentified objects’ in Gulf  Al Jazeera
  3. HE GCCSG Condemns the Treacherous Attack on the Qatari Gas Tanker "Al Mayeda", Underscoring That the Security of Navigation in the Arabian Gulf is a Pillar for the Stability of the Region and the Global Economy  الأمانة العامة لمجلس التعاون لدول الخليج العربية
  4. Bahrain, Yemen join condemnation of Qatar tanker attack  Breakingthenews.net
  5. Saudi Arabia Strongly Condemns Targeting of Qatar Gas Transport Company's LNG Carrier Al Mayeda  ASHARQ AL-AWSAT English
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Russian strikes leave thousands without power in Ukraine, says Zelenskyy – POLITICO.eu

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  1. Russian strikes leave thousands without power in Ukraine, says Zelenskyy  POLITICO.eu
  2. Russian strikes cut power to thousands in Ukraine as Kherson ceasefire ends  BBC
  3. Russian strikes cut power to thousands in Ukraine, despite Trump’s energy ceasefire push  NBC News
  4. Ukraine news: Oleshky ceasefire ends as Russian attacks leave tens of thousands without power  DW.com
  5. Russian forces strike energy infrastructure in Zhytomyr region, leaving over 650 settlements without power  Ukrinform
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French high school blockades to restart on Monday, student unions say – France 24

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  1. French high school blockades to restart on Monday, student unions say  France 24
  2. Inside France’s Fiery Protests: ‘We Feel Completely Lost’  Rolling Stone
  3. Europe’s Gen Z is outnumbered by elders. Youth protests are a plea to be heard  AP News
  4. Gen Z's frustrations rightly boil over in French protests | Opinion  USA Today
  5. France on the Brink  Dissent Magazine
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Why is Morocco celebrating the defeat of a UN resolution on Western Sahara? – Al Jazeera

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  1. Why is Morocco celebrating the defeat of a UN resolution on Western Sahara?  Al Jazeera
  2. UN peacekeeping mission in Western Sahara ends after 35 years, UN chief says  Reuters
  3. Western Sahara: UN ‘stands ready’ to keep supporting peace efforts as MINURSO mission ends  UN News
  4. Statement on a U.S.-Drafted UN Security Council Resolution on the Western Sahara Vetoed by the Russian Federation  United States Mission to the United Nations (.gov)
  5. UN’s peacekeeping mission in Western Sahara ends after 35 years following US-Russia standoff  AP News
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Israel election: When will government be formed, who will lead it? – Al Jazeera

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  1. Israel election: When will government be formed, who will lead it?  Al Jazeera
  2. Israel Turns to Next Big Question: Who Gets a Shot at Being Prime Minister?  The New York Times
  3. Isaac Herzog: the mild-mannered middleman in Israel's political brawl  Reuters
  4. The Bursting of the Tel Aviv Bubble  The Atlantic
  5. In unusual move, Herzog to begin coalition consultations with smallest Knesset parties  The Jerusalem Post
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2 dead, 2 injured after suspected electrical leak in hotel swimming pool – New York Post

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  1. 2 dead, 2 injured after suspected electrical leak in hotel swimming pool  New York Post
  2. Lufthansa Crew Member Dies Of Electrocution In Hotel Swimming Pool During Layover  Simple Flying
  3. Two Europeans killed in suspected electrocution at hotel pool in India  The Independent
  4. Underwater pool lighting under scanner after 2 foreigners die at 5-star Conrad Hotel in B'luru | The victims were aged 45 and 52 | Inshorts  Inshorts
  5. 'Cause Not Established': Bengaluru 5-Star Hotel's 1st Statement On Pool Deaths  NDTV
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AI is stealing Indigenous Australian art and churning out ‘Temu slop’, artist says

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Chair of National Gallery’s First Nations advisory group says the technology is undermining artists’ agency and the authenticity of their work

AI is taking First Nations art and turning it into “Temu slop”, the Pitjantjatjara artist Sally Scales has said.

Scales, the chair of the National Gallery of Australia’s First Nations advisory group, said the technology is undermining the agency of First Nations artists and the authenticity of their work and represents a “a theft” of cultural knowledge.

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Northern Territory water plan condemned as ‘blatant and shameless’ attack on nature

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Exclusive: Move to scrap legal requirement to set aside water for environment is ‘extreme even for the NT CLP government’, green group says

The Northern Territory government has been accused of making a “blatant and shameless” attack on nature by planning to delete a legal requirement that water must be allocated to the environment.

In what has been described as the latest in a series of attacks on the environment by the NT’s Country Liberal party, the Finocchiaro government plans to change water rules that govern how much ground and surface water industry can take.

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