Category: 4. World

A Tripoli appeals court has acquitted 31 former Gaddafi regime officials of suppressing the 2011 revolution, closing a case that resulted in multiple death sentences in 2015.

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1. Iran Sticks to Its Guns as Trump’s Threats Begin to Lose Power  Newsweek
2. Iran is gambling that Trump will cave. It hasn’t gone well for them so far  Fox News
3. Trump’s tough-talk foreign policy is hitting a wall with Iran as it grips Strait of…

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1. Inflation falls to 2.8%, but is expected to rise from here  BBC
2. UK inflation rate eases to 2.8% in April, but slowdown is expected to be short-lived  CNBC
3. UK inflation dips in only temporary relief from Iran war impact  Reuters
4. Gilts Jump on Slower…

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1. Drones attack one of Lukoil’s largest oil refineries, chemical plant in Russia – media  Ukrinform – Ukrainian National News Agency
2. Ukraine Says It Attacked Russia’s Major Norsi Oil Refinery Again  Bloomberg.com
3. Drones hit oil refinery in…

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1. The Empire Putin Tried to Rebuild Is Coming Apart  The Bulwark
2. Ukraine war latest: Kyiv strikes Russian town 1,000km away from border – as Moscow attacks  Sky News
3. The cracks in the Putin edifice  Financial Times
4. Drones and discontent in Moscow, but…

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Chinese President Xi Jinping held a welcome ceremony for Russian President Vladimir Putin in Beijing on Wednesday.

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1. Philippine Supreme Court rejects bid to block arrest of senator wanted by ICC  Reuters
2. Philippines’ Justice Department Orders Arrest of ICC-Wanted Senator  Bloomberg.com
3. Philippines Says ICC Warrant Is Enforceable and Senator Dela Rosa Faces…

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1. South Korea’s Lee criticises Israel detentions, says actions ‘way out of line’  Reuters
2. South Korea says Israel’s detention of flotilla activists ‘way out of line’  The Times of Israel
3. What Lee’s Netanyahu ‘war criminal’ remark…

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1. Ukrainians tricked out their long-range exploding drones to unleash rocket fire on Russian air defenses  Business Insider
2. Russians Fear Ukraine ‘Slaughterbot’ Drones Are Head-Hunting Them  Forbes
3. Ukrainian Drones Take Control of Occupied…

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1. China’s Xi Jinping warns of ‘law of the jungle’ in meeting with Vladimir Putin  Financial Times
2. China’s Xi gives Putin a red-carpet welcome – and makes a veiled jab at the US  CNN
3. Days After Hosting Trump, Xi Deepens Ties With Putin  The…

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