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Australian navy divers injured after sonar pulses detected from Chinese warship (www.smh.com.au)

Israel-Hamas War: Israeli Army Takes Journalists on Controlled Visit to Gaza Hospital (www.nytimes.com)

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John Oliver's campaign for puking mullet bird delays New Zealand vote for favorite feathered friend (apnews.com)

Oliver discovered a loophole in the rules, which allowed anybody with a valid email address to cast a vote. “After all, this is what democracy is all about,” Oliver said on his show. “America interfering in foreign elections.”...

Iceland is bracing for a potential volcanic eruption. What is likely to happen and what are the risks? (www.cnn.com)

EU negotiators agree on historic law to restore Europe’s nature (www.euractiv.com)

Negotiators from EU countries and the European Parliament agreed on a landmark new law to restore at least 20% of Europe’s land and sea areas by 2030 and all ecosystems in need of restoration by 2050.

First-ever images prove 'lost echidna' not extinct (www.bbc.com)

Romanian SMR Nuclear Plant Project with NuScale Technology Moves Forward Despite US Setback (www.romaniajournal.ro)

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Cyber security analysts accuse China of attacking Cambodian government infrastructure as part of a "long-term espionage campaign" (feddit.de)

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Suella Braverman accuses police of double standards on rallies (www.theguardian.com)

5,500 women in Gaza set to give birth ‘in race against death’, UN official says (news.un.org)

Laila Baker, Regional Director for the Arab States at the sexual and reproductive health agency, said she fears for the fate of new mothers and their children amid the “loss of complete humanity” in Gaza....

Democracy ‘in trouble, stagnant at best, and declining in many places’ (www.aljazeera.com)

Paris police shoot woman at station after threats (www.bbc.com)

Secret U.S. War in Lebanon Is Tinder for Escalation of Israel–Gaza Conflict (theintercept.com)

If Israel invades Gaza it will be a disaster for both Palestinians and Israelis | Michael Barnett | The Guardian (www.theguardian.com)

Julian Assange to be made honorary citizen of Rome (www.reuters.com)

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Atomic Arms Fears Grow After US Test, Russia Spurns Treaty (www.newsweek.com)

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Konrad Wolf Prize 2023 goes to Julian Assange for his work and disclosure of "illegal state actions, injustices, murders and war crimes" (www.adk.de)

The German Akademie der Künste (Academy of Arts) said that Assange’s work and positions have focused “our attention on illegal state actions, injustices, murders and war crimes – things that were meant to remain in the dark, concealed and obscured from the public view, from the citizens.”...

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