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UK's nuclear fusion site ends experiments after 40 years (www.bbc.co.uk)

EU Announces Formal Investigation Into X Just Hours After Linda Yaccarino Details Response To Israel-Hamas Conflict Disinformation Surge (deadline.com)

The European Commission has sent a formal notice to Elon Musk’s X requesting information on the social media platform’s provisions to deal with illegal content, disinformation and abusive material posted on the site in the wake of the Israel-Hamas conflict....

Blinken tells Netanyahu in Israel: U.S. will 'always be there' (www.reuters.com)

Military briefing: ‘Everything you can imagine and worse’ awaits Israeli army in Gaza (archive.ph)

With Zelenskiy At NATO HQ, U.S. Announces Fresh $200 Million Military Aid Package For Ukraine (www.rferl.org)

The United States said it would give Ukraine a new military aid package worth $200 million as President Volodymyr Zelenskiy traveled to NATO’s headquarters in Belgium to press for more support for his war-ravaged country ahead of the onset of the cold season....

US and allies warn militant group Hezbollah against escalating Hamas-Israel conflict (www.cnn.com)

The US and its allies are warning the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah against escalating the conflict in Israel as the US prepositions military assets to deter a potential widening of the war, multiple US officials and people briefed on the discussions tell CNN....

Hezbollah fires on Israel after members killed in shelling (www.reuters.com)

Lebanese armed group Hezbollah fired a salvo of rockets onto northern Israel on Monday in response to at least three of its members being killed in Israeli shelling on Lebanon....

Inflated rents, high interest rates and lack of supply create European housing crisis (www.france24.com)

EU summit to look at changes the bloc needs to make to welcome Ukraine, others as new members (apnews.com)

A day after pledging Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy their unwavering support, the European Union on Friday came face to face with one of its worst political headaches on a key commitment — how and when to welcome destitute and battered Ukraine into the bloc....

China to double size of space station, touts alternative to NASA-led ISS (www.reuters.com)

China plans to expand its space station to six modules from three in coming years, offering astronauts from other nations an alternative platform for near-Earth missions as the NASA-led International Space Station (ISS) nears the end of its lifespan....

Philippine boats breach a Chinese coast guard blockade in a faceoff near a disputed shoal (apnews.com)

55 Chinese sailors are feared dead after nuclear submarine 'gets caught in a trap intended to snare British and US vessels in the Yellow Sea' (www.dailymail.co.uk)

South China Sea: Philippines says three fishermen killed after boat rammed by 'foreign' vessel near Scarborough Shoal (www.cnn.com)

Suicide bomber detonates a device in the Turkish capital. A second assailant is killed in a shootout (apnews.com)

A Stunningly Sudden End to a Long, Bloody Conflict in the Caucasus (www.nytimes.com)

Key details behind Nord Stream pipeline blasts revealed by scientists (www.theguardian.com)

Venezuela sent 11,000 troops to seize control of a gang-run prison that had a pool, a zoo, and a nightclub (www.insider.com)

North Korea Allows Foreigner Entry for First Time Since 2020 (www.bloomberg.com)

Cyberpunk 2077's Ukrainian localisation takes the piss out of Russia's war (www.rockpapershotgun.com)

Matteo Messina Denaro, ‘last godfather’ of Sicilian mafia, dies after long illness (www.theguardian.com)

Cosa Nostra boss, 61, had been in hiding since 1993 and was arrested in January while attending hospital...

A court in China sentences a famed Uyghur scholar to life in prison, foundation says (apnews.com)

New Indonesian industrial park on Borneo, feted as 'green,' will be powered by coal, report says (apnews.com)

China’s quest for human genetic data spurs fears of a DNA arms race (www.washingtonpost.com)

Most of Europe was in lockdown in April 2020 when a plane arrived in the Serbian capital bearing a well-timed gift from the People’s Republic of China. Inside was a Chinese invention called the Fire-Eye, a sophisticated portable lab that could detect coronavirus infections from tiny genetic fragments the pathogen leaves...

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