Russia approves record spend for its military in new 2024 budget (www.euronews.com)
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang Says US Will Take Years to Achieve Chip Independence (www.bloomberg.com)
Kremlin warns of tensions if Poland sends troops to Finnish-Russian border (www.reuters.com)
NUG criticises China for teargassing IDPs on Myanmar side of border (www.mizzima.com)
Climate Change Drives New Cases of Malaria, Complicating Efforts to Fight the Disease (www.nytimes.com)
New Zealand's central bank defends Maori language use (www.reuters.com)
Russia is preparing a 'loyalty agreement' requirement for foreigners (www.reuters.com)
Top Russian court bans LGBT movement as 'extremist' (www.reuters.com)
Singapore and Zurich tie for top ranking among world's most expensive cities (www.france24.com)
Singapore and Zurich tied for the world’s most expensive city this year, followed by Geneva, New York and Hong Kong, the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) said on Thursday as it cautioned that the global cost-of-living crisis was not yet over....
Fighting in over 200 townships since Myanmar coup (www.mizzima.com)
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Bedouin family desperate for news on teenagers held hostage in Gaza (www.bbc.com)
There are only a handful of child hostages left inside Gaza. Under the agreement struck between Israel and Hamas, under-19s were supposed to be released from captivity. On the sixth day, five more were freed, and almost 40 have now been returned home in total. But so far, Aisha and Bilal haven’t been among them.
Ukraine's Security Service blows up railway connecting Russia and China (www.pravda.com.ua)
Complaints over Virgin and BA sustainability claims (www.aerotime.aero)
High-fat flight is first jetliner to make fossil fuel-free trans-Atlantic crossing from London to NY (apnews.com)
‘I kissed her but she wouldn’t wake up.’ Grandfather grieves for 3-year-old granddaughter killed as she slept in Gaza (edition.cnn.com)
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US charges Indian man in alleged assassination plot (www.bbc.com)
The US says it foiled an alleged plot to assassinate an American citizen in New York who advocated for a Sikh separatist state....