EXCLUSIVE: Russia’s gasoline output drops to 70% of domestic demand late in August after drone attacks, sources say – Reuters

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  1. EXCLUSIVE: Russia's gasoline output drops to 70% of domestic demand late in August after drone attacks, sources say  Reuters
  2. Drone Strike Causes Blaze at Oil Refinery in Russia’s Kirishi  Bloomberg.com
  3. Ukraine’s drone attacks have left Russia desperately scrambling for oil imports  The Guardian
  4. Ukrainian Drone Attack Kills One, Sparks Fire at Yaroslavl Oil Refinery  The Moscow Times
  5. Russia's second largest oil refinery, airbase targeted by Ukrainian forces in strikes across Russia  The Kyiv Independent
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China removes two top generals from supreme military command body – Reuters

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  1. China removes two top generals from supreme military command body  Reuters
  2. China strips former generals Zhang Youxia and Liu Zhenli of top military positions  South China Morning Post
  3. Xi’s Military Purge Sees Loyalists Ousted From China Legislature  Bloomberg.com
  4. China removes ex-top general Zhang from Central Military Commission: State media  CNA
  5. China removes top generals from state Central Military Commission  Nikkei Asia
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4 men plead guilty to torching 4 London-based ambulances operated by Jewish charity – ABC News – Breaking News, Latest News and Videos

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  1. 4 men plead guilty to torching 4 London-based ambulances operated by Jewish charity  ABC News - Breaking News, Latest News and Videos
  2. Four plead guilty to burning four ambulances owned by London Jewish charity  The Times of Israel
  3. Four men plead guilty to arson attack on Jewish ambulances in London  Reuters
  4. Hatzalah ambulance arsonists plead guilty in UK court  The Jerusalem Post
  5. Four men plead guilty to Golders Green ambulance arson attack  Sky News
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Trump used to say he saw a quick end to his Iran war, but 6 months later he claims he’s in no hurry – AP News

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  1. Trump used to say he saw a quick end to his Iran war, but 6 months later he claims he's in no hurry  AP News
  2. US-Iran war reaches 6-month mark as Strait of Hormuz tensions remain high  Fox News
  3. Iran Talks Sputter as Trump Spurns a Return to His June Deal  WSJ
  4. Oil settles up 2% after Trump rejects return to Iran ceasefire deal terms  Yahoo Finance
  5. Donald Trump rejects return to June MoU terms, Hormuz tensions escalate  The Jerusalem Post
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Tropical Storm Dolly downgraded to ‘open tropical wave’ as it heads to Caribbean

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Remnants from tropical storm could cause heavy rainfall on Leeward Islands and affect Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico and Hispaniola

Remnants of Tropical Storm Dolly, which has been downgraded to an “open tropical wave”, were moving still across the Atlantic Ocean toward the Leeward Islands, and could bring heavy rainfall to parts of the Caribbean this weekend, the US National Hurricane Center (NHC) said on Friday..

Dolly, which formed on Thursday, had maximum sustained winds of near 40mph (65km/h) with higher gusts on Friday morning. Later on Friday, forecasters said that Dolly was no longer a Tropical Storm, and had “become an open tropical wave”.

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The America First Economics of Trump’s Patriot Missile Shortage – Newsweek

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  1. The America First Economics of Trump’s Patriot Missile Shortage  Newsweek
  2. Exclusive: US Patriot missile stocks in Europe are 'beyond critical' due to Iran war, officials say  AP News
  3. U.S. weapons shortage from Iran war alarms allies confronting China  The Washington Post
  4. US officials concerned over dwindling arms stocks impact on defense  The Jerusalem Post
  5. Drain on U.S. Munitions From Iran War Raises Fears Over Ability to Deter China, Russia  WSJ
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Charles Perrottet becomes Icac’s main character amid claims of hidden payments and political hit jobs

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The brother of former premier questioned over what, if anything, was done in return for $2m from developer turned fugitive Jean Nassif

Finally, we are hearing from one of the central characters, Charles Perrottet, in a saga that has occupied the Independent Commission against Corruption (Icac) for nearly four years.

It began with the dismissal of the Hills Shire council and a late night 2022 speech in NSW parliament alleging secret payments from a developer. It pirouetted to a pressure campaign allegedly to remove the then NSW building commissioner, and ended with real world impacts: defective high-rise buildings and thousands of unhappy homebuyers, with the developer nowhere to be seen.

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Egyptian queen’s 673-diamond necklace stolen in Vienna smash-and-grab raid

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Police hunt two suspects after historic 200-carat piece is snatched from Austrian museum during opening hours

Austrian police are hunting two men alleged to have stolen a 200-carat platinum necklace encrusted with 673 diamonds that was on loan to a museum in Vienna and once belonged to Egyptian royalty.

Authorities in the capital released pictures of the suspects captured by security cameras during the heist at the Museum of Applied Arts (MAK), amid a rash of spectacular smash-and-grab thefts from European cultural institutions.

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Thieves buy tickets before plundering necklace from Vienna museum – Euronews.com

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  1. Thieves buy tickets before plundering necklace from Vienna museum  Euronews.com
  2. Thieves Smash Museum Case for Diamond Necklace Worth Millions in Vienna  The New York Times
  3. Egyptian queen’s 673-diamond necklace stolen in Vienna smash-and-grab raid | Art theft  The Guardian
  4. Men buy tickets to enter museum before stealing 200-carat platinum and diamond necklace, Vienna police say  CBS News
  5. Austria museum heist: Thieves snatch diamond necklace  DW.com
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King Oyo: World’s ‘youngest king’ dies aged 34 after secret illness – The Independent

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  1. King Oyo: World’s ‘youngest king’ dies aged 34 after secret illness  The Independent
  2. Uganda's King Oyo: World's youngest reigning traditional monarch dies aged 34  BBC
  3. King Oyo of Uganda’s Tooro Kingdom Dies at 34  The New York Times
  4. Ugandan King Oyo Nyimba, once world’s youngest monarch, dies at 34  CNN
  5. Babiito elders take charge of Tooro throne succession following King Oyo's death  Daily Monitor
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Chinese control of information hampers assessment of Tibet flood damage

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Scale of devastation emerges in Nepal as reporters reach disaster area, but Chinese state media focus more on rescue efforts

In the days since an enormous glacier in the Himalayas snapped away from a mountaintop and cascaded into the valley below, the true scale of the devastation caused by the flash floods in Nepal and Tibet is still unfolding.

But the picture is emerging far more quickly in Nepal than in China, where strict controls on the flow of information from one of its most sensitive regions are hampering the public’s understanding of events.

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Egyptian queen’s 673-diamond necklace stolen in Vienna smash-and-grab raid – The Guardian

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  1. Egyptian queen’s 673-diamond necklace stolen in Vienna smash-and-grab raid  The Guardian
  2. Men buy tickets to enter museum before stealing 200-carat platinum and diamond necklace, Vienna police say  CBS News
  3. Austria museum heist: Thieves snatch diamond necklace  DW.com
  4. Thieves steal 600-diamond necklace from Vienna museum in broad daylight  BBC
  5. Thieves Snatch $4 Million Necklace From Vienna Museum  Bloomberg.com
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