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Biden tells Zelenskyy that U.S. sending Ukraine ATACMS long-range missiles (www.nbcnews.com)

EU imports record volumes of liquefied natural gas from Russia (www.ft.com)

“It’s shocking that countries in the EU have worked so hard to wean themselves off piped Russian fossil gas only to replace it with the shipped equivalent. It doesn’t matter if it comes from a pipeline or a boat — it still means European companies are sending billions to [Vladimir] Putin’s war chest.”

Fresh look at DNA from Oetzi the Iceman traces his roots to present day Turkey (apnews.com)

NEW YORK (AP) — Oetzi the Iceman has a new look. Decades after the famous glacier mummy was discovered in the Italian Alps, scientists have dug back into his DNA to paint a better picture of the ancient hunter....

Ukraine sends fresh troops into the battlefield in new push against the Russians (www.politico.com)

Trial begins of military lawyer who leaked secret allegations of war crimes (www.abc.net.au)

Original photo from Led Zeppelin IV album cover discovered (www.bbc.com)

Belarus musicians behind bars in Lukashenko's crackdown on dissent (www.bbc.com)

Bangladesh raises monthly minimum wage for garment workers to $113 following weeks of protests (apnews.com)

More than 500 people 'being held hostage' in South Africa gold mine (news.sky.com)

Canada removes 41 diplomats from India as dispute over Sikh activist’s assassination deepens (www.cnn.com)

Canada has withdrawn 41 diplomats and their families from India after New Delhi threatened to revoke their diplomatic immunity amid a deepening dispute over the assassination of a Sikh activist....

Mozambique burns 45,000 hens as bird flu spreads from South Africa (www.bbc.co.uk)

By Jose Tembe & Gloria Aradi BBC News, Maputo & Nairobi...

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Americans owe Uncle Sam $688 billion in unpaid taxes on their 2021 returns, according to the IRS. It’s the largest shortfall ever recorded. (creditnews.com)

Israel festival revelers shot at point-blank range, video shows (www.cnn.com)

Gaza militants who attacked an all-night music festival in southern Israel shot and killed revelers at point-blank range, then looted their belongings, new car dashcam video verified by CNN reveals....

Archaeologists unearth the largest cemetery ever discovered in Gaza and find rare lead sarcophogi (apnews.com)

Palestinian workers in the Gaza Strip have found dozens of ancient graves, including two sarcophagi made of lead, in a Roman-era cemetery — a site dating back some 2,000 years that archaeologists describe as the largest cemetery discovered in Gaza....

Gold bars, cash-stuffed envelopes: New indictment of Sen. Menendez alleges vast corruption (apnews.com)

UK leader Rishi Sunak delays ban on new gas and diesel cars by 5 years (abcnews.go.com)

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announced Wednesday that he’s delaying by five years a ban on new gas and diesel cars that had been due to take effect in 2030, watering down climate goals that he said imposed “unacceptable costs” on ordinary people....

Turkey could part ways with EU if necessary, Erdogan says (www.reuters.com)

Man loads 12 kilos of dynamite into friend's cars, tells police it was a prank. (yle.fi)

A bomb squad from Seinäjoki removed the explosives from the vehicles in the Ostrobothnian village.

France to start Niger evacuations, ‘special’ Italian flight too (www.scmp.com)

France will begin evacuating its nationals from Niger on Tuesday, the foreign ministry said, after a coup there last week toppled the country’s pro-Western leader....

Ukraine aims to sap Russia’s defenses, as U.S. urges a decisive breakthrough (archive.li)

Ukraine is making limited advances in its counteroffensive against Russian forces but has yet to employ the kind of larger-scale operations that American officials believe could enable a breakthrough, officials and analysts say, deepening questions among some of Ukraine’s chief backers about whether Kyiv can move fast enough...

A Hong Kong court upholds a ruling in favor of equal inheritance rights for same-sex couples (apnews.com)

A Hong Kong court on Tuesday upheld a ruling that favored the granting of equal inheritance rights to same-sex couples, in the latest victory for the city’s LGBTQ+ community....