Fitch downgrades US credit rating from AAA to AA+ (www.bbc.co.uk)
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Lori Vallow: Cult mum who killed children sentenced to life in prison (www.bbc.co.uk)
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Digital Markets Act: Commission seeks views regarding template for reporting consumer profiling techniques used by platforms (www.eureporter.co)
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Lizzo accused of sexual harassment and weight-shaming (www.bbc.co.uk)
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One country is not like the others (lemmy.ml)
npr.org/…/live-free-and-die-the-sad-state-of-u-s-…
Wildfire prevention: How Europe plans to handle blazes in the years ahead (www.euronews.com)
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Sunak’s family firm signed a billion-dollar deal with BP before PM opened new North Sea licences (www.thelondoneconomic.com)
Japanese court sentences 'Joker' to 23 years for stabbing passenger, setting a fire on a Tokyo train (abcnews.go.com)
A Japanese court has sentenced a man to 23 years in prison for stabbing a passenger and setting a fire on a Tokyo express train while dressed in a Joker costume on Halloween two years ago
More dedollarization news, Bloomberg: "Malaysia, China to Discuss ‘Asian Fund’ to Cut US Dollar Dependency" (archive.ph)
El Salvador rings off entire region to hem in gangs (www.bbc.co.uk)
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Chomsky: Advanced US weaponry in Ukraine is sustaining battlefield stalemate while Ukraine is already facing a major economic and humanitarian crisis (truthout.org)
'It's like playing with death' - Ukraine's female front line soldiers (www.bbc.co.uk)
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Poland rushes troops to border, Belarus denies helicopter violation (www.reuters.com)
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Dutchman running from Amsterdam to Kyiv to buy ambulances for Ukraine (www.reuters.com)
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National Party: Irish far-right party's stolen gold bars spark funding query (www.bbc.co.uk)
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Henrietta Lacks: Family of black woman whose cells were taken settle case (www.bbc.co.uk)
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Mexican city to fine performers of 'misogynistic' songs (www.bbc.co.uk)
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Italian government plans to tackle taxi shortage (www.reuters.com)
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Victims hope pope's Portugal visit to shine spotlight on clerical abuse (www.reuters.com)
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Russian cruise ship leaves Batumi after Georgian protests (www.bbc.co.uk)
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Spain's cava makers seek creative fixes as drought threatens grape harvests (www.reuters.com)
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Millions in the EU still unable to afford internet (www.euronews.com)
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Burkina Faso, Mali warn against military intervention in Niger (www.aljazeera.com)
Niger’s neighbours say any intervention to restore deposed President Mohamed Bazoum will be considered a ‘declaration of war’ against them.
Hindu mob kills imam, sets fire to mosque in India’s Gurugram (www.aljazeera.com)
Macron walks tightrope as French police protest challenges rule of law (www.france24.com)
National police chief: “a police officer should not be in prison, even if he may have committed serious faults or errors in the course of his work.” Left-wing opposition blasted government for failing to rein in “a police hierarchy that places itself above the law”.
