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Russia says Ukraine hit western regions in overnight attacks
Reuters 02 Jun 2023
June 2 (Reuters) - Several regions in western Russia were hit by shelling and drones on Friday in overnight attacks from Ukraine, but no one was injured, local officials said in posts on the Telegram messaging app ... There were no reports of any injuries. Reuters could not immediately verify the reported attacks ... Our Standards ... Read Next ... ....
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Harry to become first British royal in 130 years to give evidence in court
Reuters 02 Jun 2023
Summary. Companies. Prince, celebrities accuse tabloids of phone-hackingHarry to appear in witness box in London's High CourtRoyal aides likely to feature in cross-examinationHarry first senior British royal to testify since 1890s ... His appearance in court is likely to attract worldwide attention ... The palace has not commented ... Our Standards ... ....
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BRICS members vow to combat terrorism financing networks and terror safe havens
Financial Express 02 Jun 2023
In a joint statement titled ‘The Cape of Good Hope’, the Foreign Ministers of BRICS comprising Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa expressed strong condemnation of terrorism “whenever, wherever and by whomsoever committed”. Follow Us ... Also ReadBRICS seize chance to counter US with expansion, common currency ... .
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Polish president Duda backtracks on Russian influence law
Deutsche Welle 02 Jun 2023
A new law in Poland has prompted outrage, with many arguing it would block government rivals from running for office. President Andrzej Duda now says he will introduce changes to the bill. . Poland's President Andrzej Duda said on Friday he would propose changes to a controversial law on undue Russian influence that he signed earlier this week ... .
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White House wants to engage Russia on nuclear arms control in post-treaty world
San Francisco Chronicle 02 Jun 2023
WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House is ready to have talks with Russia without preconditions about a future nuclear arms control framework even as it is enacting countermeasures in response to Russian President Vladimir Putin's decision to suspend the last nuclear arms control treaty between the two countries ... The Pentagon in... .
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Ben Roberts-Smith has been dealt a crushing blow. The full fallout is yet to come
The Guardian 02 Jun 2023photo: AP / Benoit Tessier
Macron's 'disrespect' allegedly caused crisis with Rabat
The New Arab 02 Jun 2023
France's President Macron have spoken disrespectfully with the Moroccan king Mohammed VI leading to a two-year-long friction between the once inseparable friends Paris and Rabat, Moroccan-French author Tahar Ben Jelloun claimed on Tuesday, citing trusted sources ... Macron responded in a very clumsy way I cannot tell what he said ... » ... ....
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Japan demographic woes deepen as birth rate hits record low
Reuters 02 Jun 2023
TOKYO, June 2 (Reuters) - Japan's birth rate declined for the seventh consecutive year in 2022 to a record low, the health ministry said on Friday, underscoring the sense of crisis gripping the country as the population shrinks and ages rapidly. The fertility rate, or the average number of children born to a woman in her lifetime, was 1.2565.
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Apple may soon show off its biggest and riskiest new hardware product in years
CNN 02 Jun 2023
Next week, Apple may unveil its most ambitious new hardware product in years, but it’s in a product category that is anything but a proven winner ... The highly-anticipated release of an AR/VR headset would be Apple’s biggest hardware product launch since the debut of the Apple Watch in 2015 ... artificial intelligence ... “There will be interest.” .
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Cambodia navigates nexus of crises
Asiatimes 02 Jun 2023
Climate change, the Covid-19 pandemic, and geopolitical conflicts have caused enormous disruptions to energy and food markets, driving prices to record highs, impacting the poor most severely. In Cambodia, hard-earned development gains were lost, and the country’s Human Development Index regressed to its 2018 level ... Interconnectedness ... Photo. UNDP ... ....
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Israeli forces shoot, critically injure Palestinian toddler, father near Ramallah
Press TV 02 Jun 2023
A Palestinian toddler has been critically injured and his father has suffered serious wounds after Israeli soldiers fired live rounds at them near an Israeli military checkpoint northwest of the occupied West Bank city of Ramallah ... حسبنا الله ونعم الوكيل pic.twitter.com/7uK5PPI4NX — حسن التميمي 🇵🇸 (@HassanTamimi_) June 2, 2023 ... www.presstv.ir ... ....
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Mexico police discover at least 45 bags filled with human remains
Al Jazeera 02 Jun 2023
At least 45 bags with human remains have been found in a ravine in the western Mexican state of Jalisco during a search for seven young people reported missing last week. The gruesome discovery was made at the bottom of a 40-metre (120-foot) ravine in the municipality of Zapopan, a suburb of Guadalajara, a large industrial hub ... .
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UN warns of new threat to global food security after Russia limits Ukraine grain shipments
Arab News 02 Jun 2023
NEW YORK. Warning of a new threat to global food security, the United Nations said Thursday that Russia is limiting the number of ships allowed to pick up Ukrainian grain at Black Sea ports in its campaign to get Kyiv to open a pipeline for a key ingredient of fertilizer to get to world markets ... Odesa, Chernomorsk and Yuzhny ... Following Russia’s Feb.
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Senegal: 9 killed in violent protests against opposition leader's sentencing
Anadolu Agency 02 Jun 2023
At least nine people were killed in clashes, and public and private properties were vandalized in Senegal following the sentencing of opposition leader Ousmane Sonko to two years in prison for "corrupting the youth," the country's interior minister said on Friday ... He did not, however, name the victims or describe the circumstances of their deaths ... .
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Several Spanish towns may have to turn to coin tosses to choose mayors
Anadolu Agency 02 Jun 2023
And while ties are highly unlikely, they occurred in towns in the provinces of Cuenca, La Rioja, Avila, Zaragoza, Girona and Granada, according to Spanish daily El Pais ... It’s almost more improbable than winning the lottery,” Manuel Sanchez, the mayor of Valle del Zalabi in Granada, who has tied with his opponent, told El Pais ... .