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Man crushed to death by robot in South Korea (www.bbc.com)

The incident occurred when the man, a robotics company employee in his 40s, was inspecting the robot....

President’s War Against ‘Fake News’ Raises Alarms in South Korea (www.nytimes.com)

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Japan-led navy exercise starts with Philippines observing for first time (www.reuters.com)

The Japan-led Annualex exercise started on Friday with operations conducted by the naval forces of the United States, Australia and Canada, with the Philippines attending as an observer, Japan Maritime Self-Defence Force Vice Admiral Akira Saito told reporters.

Major volcanic event occuring in Reykjanes, Iceland (www.washingtonpost.com)

A barrage of hundreds of earthquakes, including two exceeding a magnitude of 5.0 and at least seven topping 4.5, rattled Iceland’s Reykjanes Peninsula on Friday. The seismic swarm suggests the eruption of an area volcano in the hours or day ahead and has prompted the Icelandic Meteorological Office to declare a Civil...

China's animal lovers fight illegal cat meat trade (www.bangkokpost.com)

German arms exports to Israel surge as Berlin backs campaign against Hamas (www.ft.com)

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Israeli Spyware Firm NSO Demands “Urgent” Meeting With Blinken Amid Gaza War Lobbying Effort (theintercept.com)

Gaza Pediatric Hospitals Encircled By Israeli Tanks After Brutal Night of Airstrikes (new.thecradle.co)

Greenland glaciers melt five times faster than 20 years ago (www.reuters.com)

‘Cheaper than beer’: Laos meth prices plummet as Myanmar chaos fuels trade (www.aljazeera.com)

Front-line workers say methamphetamine pills are being sold for as little as $0.25 each.

Italy to seize $835M from Airbnb in tax evasion inquiry (www.bbc.co.uk)

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Zelensky refuses to hold elections in wartime Ukraine (www.newsweek.com)

Poverty in the State of Palestine set to soar by more than a third if war continues for a second month | United Nations Development Programme (www.undp.org)

If the war in Gaza continues for a second month the poverty rate in the State of Palestine will soar by 34 percent, thrusting nearly half a million additional people into poverty, as the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) plummets by 8.4 percent—a loss of US$1.7 billion—according to initial estimates by the United Nations...

News outlets deny claims they had prior knowledge of Hamas attack on Israel (www.theguardian.com)

France has banned pro-Palestinian protests and vowed to protect Jews from resurgent antisemitism (apnews.com)

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Pro-Palestinian protesters block entrances to UK's BAE defence plant (www.reuters.com)

Rare egg-laying mammal rediscovered in Indonesia (www.cbc.ca)

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Transgender people can be baptized Catholic, serve as godparents, Vatican says (www.reuters.com)

Tuvalu residents able to resettle in Australia as climate change 'threatens its existence' (www.abc.net.au)

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has announced a new pact with the low-lying island country of Tuvalu, allowing residents facing displacement from climate change the ability resettle in Australia....

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