Tensions grow as 160 tonnes of Ukrainian grain sabotaged in Poland (www.telegraph.co.uk)
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After years of avoiding extradition, Julian Assange’s appeal is likely his last chance. Here’s how it might unfold (and how we got here) (theconversation.com)
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Supporters of Brazil's Bolsonaro stage huge demonstration to defend him amid investigations (apnews.com)
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Hind Rajab: Were Israeli troops around where the six-year-old was killed? (www.aljazeera.com)
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31,000 Ukrainian troops killed since the start of Russia's full-scale invasion, Zelenskyy says (apnews.com)
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Sunday that 31,000 Ukrainian soldiers have been killed in action in the two years since Russia launched its full-scale invasion....
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UN warns Rafah attack would be ‘nail in coffin’ of Gaza aid as deliveries halve (www.theguardian.com)
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Two-month-old Palestinian boy dies of hunger amid Israel’s war on Gaza (www.aljazeera.com)
A two-month-old Palestinian boy has died from starvation in northern Gaza, according to media reports, days after the United Nations warned of an “explosion” in child deaths due to Israel’s war on the besieged enclave....
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Does hosting the Olympics, the World Cup or other major sports events really pay off? (phys.org)
After a long battle, Paris’s beloved bouquinistes will be staying put this summer. The decision, announced on 13 February by the French government, came after considerable public backlash to the police prefecture’s original plan to move part of the iconic Seine booksellers elsewhere for the inauguration of the Olympics Games...
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Israel plans $60bn debt raising and tax rises to fuel defence spending (www.ft.com)
Israel plans to raise about $60bn in debt this year, freeze government hiring and increase taxes as it almost doubles its defence spending to support its war in Gaza, according to a senior finance official.
Ukrainian miner Vasyl Yavorsky donated his own wages to striking Welsh miners in 1984. Now Welsh miners loaded up on medicine and supplies driven from south Wales to Kyiv to repay the old favour. (www.bbc.com)
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Israeli Strikes On East Lebanon Kill Two Hezbollah Members (www.barrons.com)
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31,000 Ukrainian troops killed since the start of Russia's full-scale invasion, Zelenskyy says (apnews.com)
"Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Sunday that 31,000 Ukrainian soldiers have been killed in action in the two years since Russia launched its full-scale invasion....
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'Make Argentina Great Again': Milei Echoes Trump On US Visit (www.ibtimes.com)
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Hungary blocks EU leaders’ statement pledging support for Ukraine (www.politico.eu)
Statement offering support was instead sent by Ursula von der Leyen, Charles Michel and Roberta Metsola....
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Africa’s largest mosque inaugurated in Algeria after years of delays (www.theguardian.com)
Prayer room of Great Mosque of Algiers, beset by political wrangling and cost overruns, accommodates 120,000 people...
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Israeli Forces Will Move Into Rafah, Cease-Fire Deal or Not, Netanyahu Says (www.nytimes.com)
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Gaza children searching for food to keep families alive (www.bbc.com)
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Gaza war: blaming Israel for October 7 Hamas attack makes peace less – not more – likely (theconversation.com)
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Antarctica sea ice reaches alarming low for third year in a row (www.theguardian.com)
The extent of ice floating around the continent has contracted to below 2m sq km for three years in a row, indicating an ‘abrupt critical transition’...
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Serbia protests after Croatia's foreign minister calls Vučić a Russian 'satellite' in the Balkans (abcnews.go.com)
Serbia has sent a protest note after the Croatian foreign minister called President Aleksandar Vučić a Russian “satellite” in the Balkans...
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Houthi strike on British-owned ship causes huge oil leak in Red Sea, U.S. says (www.haaretz.com)
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UK Conservatives suspend MP for saying London's mayor was under the control of Islamists (www.france24.com)
Pentagon Has Opened Over 50 Criminal Probes on US Aid to Ukraine (archive.ph)
‘Putin must lose everything’: defiant Zelenskiy hosts western leaders in Kyiv to mark two years of war (www.theguardian.com)
Ukraine’s president met the prime ministers of Italy, Canada and Belgium in a show of unity after recent battlefield defeats...
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