Germany suspends migrant intake from Italy (www.dw.com)
27 Russian Troops Killed by ‘Friendly Fire’ During Botched Retreat Near Opytne (www.kyivpost.com)
Australian tycoon apologises over calls for more unemployment to fix worker attitudes (www.bbc.co.uk)
Nationwide blackout across Nigeria after power grid collapse (www.aljazeera.com)
Indian Military Studying ‘Options’ if China Invades Taiwan (www.thedefensepost.com)
The Indian military is studying potential responses in case near-peer adversary China launches a full-scale invasion of Taiwan....
Rogue Russian pilot tried to shoot down RAF aircraft in 2022 (www.bbc.com)
A Russian pilot tried to shoot down an RAF surveillance plane after believing he had permission to fire, the BBC has learned....
Ukraine says it wrecked Russian submarine with British cruise missiles (www.politico.eu)
Ukraine on Thursday confirmed it wrecked a Russian submarine with British weapons, during a missile attack on the Black Sea port of Sevastopol in Russian-occupied Crimea....
Indian authorities rush to contain a deadly Nipah virus outbreak in Kerala (www.cnn.com)
A state in southern India is taking measures to contain an outbreak of the Nipah virus after two people died from the rare and often deadly disease, shutting schools and testing hundreds to prevent its spread....
Covid cases reported on luxury cruise ship run aground in Greenland (www.nbcnews.com)
The operator of a luxury cruise ship that ran aground in Greenland with 206 people on board said Thursday at least three passengers have contracted Covid-19. The announcement followed a third failed attempt to free the cruise liner, after a fisheries research vessel attempted to pull the ship free at high tide on Wednesday....
China denounces Europe probe of EVs as 'naked protectionist' act (www.reuters.com)
Ukraine attacks Russian air defences in western Crimea - military (www.reuters.com)
Ukraine struck Russian air defence systems near the town of Yevpatoriya in the west of occupied Crimea in a long-range overnight attack on Thursday, the Ukrainian military said....
US Approves $5 Bn Sale Of F-35 Jets To South Korea (www.barrons.com)
The United States on Wednesday approved a $5 billion sale to South Korea of F-35s, top-of-the-line fighter-jets with stealth capacity, as tensions soar with North Korea....
Father of imprisoned reporter Evan Gershkovich calls on world leaders to urge Russia to free him (apnews.com)
The father of imprisoned Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich called on world leaders meeting at the United Nations next week to stand up for freedom of the press and urge Russia to release him....
Scientists call fraud on supposed extraterrestrials presented to Mexican Congress (apnews.com)
Supposed aliens landed in Mexico’s Congress but there were no saucer-shaped UFOs hovering over the historic building or bright green invaders like those seen in Hollywood films....
Taiwan hits back at Elon Musk claim that it is ‘an integral part of China’ and teases him over Beijing’s Twitter ban (www.independent.co.uk)
Tesla co-founder previously suggested Taiwan should become a ‘special administrative zone’ in China...
Experts call for global moratorium on efforts to geoengineer climate (www.theguardian.com)
What We Know About the Deadly Floods in Libya (www.nytimes.com)
What We Know About the Deadly Floods in Libya...
India-based Zomi armed group raids Chin resistance camps in northwestern Myanmar (myanmar-now.org)
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Sunak's Ploy Pretending to be Pro-House Affordability fails (www.stoppopulationdecline.org)
Vietnam: 56 people dead after fire at nine-floor apartment building (www.theguardian.com)
About 70 people have been rescued, according to Hanoi authorities, with nearly 40 injured...
Nearly 7000 arrive at Italian island in less than 24 hours (www.euronews.com)
A Mexican ufologist claims to show 2 alien corpses to Mexico's Congress (www.npr.org)
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