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• Ohio man accused of trying to kill officer after airport ticket counter chaos

  30-06-2023 23:42 via nbcnews.com
  
  An Ohio man put a police officer in a chokehold — while also claiming the law enforcement agent "could've killed me" — after a wild confrontation at the Spirit Airlines counter at Orlando International Airport, officials said.
  
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• Biden announces new efforts to provide student debt relief after court loss

  30-06-2023 23:36 via nbcnews.com
  
  The announcement includes a year-long onramp repayment program, and allowing borrowers to pay a lower percentage of discretionary income for eligible loans.
  
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• Greece boat disaster: Survivors blame Greek coastguard for tragedy

  30-06-2023 23:26 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Survivors of the Greece boat disaster say an attempt by the Greek coastguard to tow the boat made it sink.
  
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• US Supreme Court strikes down student loan forgiveness plan

  30-06-2023 23:16 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Mr Biden pledged to find another way to forgive student debt following the Supreme Court's decision.
  
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• MDMA: Australia begins world-first psychedelic therapy

  30-06-2023 22:27 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The drug and a key ingredient in magic mushrooms will be used nationally to treat PTSD and depression.
  
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• Biden admin denies 'interim' Iran deal, but new report suggests continued diplomatic backdoor dealings

  30-06-2023 22:04 via foxnews.com
  
  The Biden administration has denied that an "interim" Iran nuclear deal is on the table, but a think tank report outlines a number of indications that diplomatic discussions may have continued, potentially with incoming concessions.  "Despite a variety of statements by the administration since last fall alleging that the Iran nuclear deal was on the back burner, it appears the administration had merely been seeking a back-door to negotiate with the Islamic Republic this whole time," Behnam
  
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• Tour de France 2023: Safety on everyone's mind, while Mark Cavendish & Peter Sagan say goodbye

  30-06-2023 21:56 via bbc.co.uk
  
  After Gino Mader's death, safety is uppermost in people's minds at the beginning of the Tour de France - cycling's greatest race.
  
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• Fox News settles lawsuits brought by former employee for $12M

  30-06-2023 21:41 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Fox News has settled two lawsuits brought by a former employee for $12 million, according to a statement issued on Friday by the employee's attorney.
  
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• Austrian Grand Prix 2023: Max Verstappen on pole ahead of Charles Leclerc

  30-06-2023 20:45 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Max Verstappen fends off a challenge from Ferrari's Charles Leclerc to take pole position at the Austrian Grand Prix.
  
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• US Supreme Court rules website designer can refuse to serve same-sex couples

  30-06-2023 20:38 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The decision means states cannot compel artists to express messages against their religious beliefs.
  
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• Nicolas Jackson: Chelsea sign Senegal forward from Villarreal on eight-year contract

  30-06-2023 20:34 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Chelsea complete the signing of Senegal forward Nicolas Jackson on an eight-year contract from Villarreal.
  
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• France shooting: Who was Nahel M, shot by French police in Nanterre?

  30-06-2023 19:44 via bbc.co.uk
  
  He was learning to be an electrician and played rugby league but died at a police check near Paris.
  
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• Eight-year election ban for Brazil's Jair Bolsonaro

  30-06-2023 19:25 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Ex-president Jair Bolsonaro is barred from running for office by the top electoral court.
  
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• Judges ban Bolsonaro from running for office for eight years over ‘appalling lies’

  30-06-2023 19:22 via theguardian.com
  
  Former far-right leader will only be able to seek elected office again in 2030, when he will be 75The political future of Brazil’s former president Jair Bolsonaro has been cast into doubt after electoral judges banned him from running for office for eight years for abusing his powers and peddling “immoral” and “appalling lies” during last year’s acrimonious election.Five of the superior electoral court’s seven judges voted to banish the far-right radical
  
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• Madeleine McCann witness claims suspect in her kidnapping drunkenly confessed to crime

  30-06-2023 19:12 via foxnews.com
  
  A German man who was reportedly friends with the only suspect in missing British toddler Madeleine McCann's disappearance spoke out for the first time this week to a German newspaper. The man identified only as Helge B. told Bild in an interview that Christian Brueckner, 45, had accidentally confessed to kidnapping Madeleine years ago while they were talking over drinks. During their conversation, the topic of her disappearance came up, and Helge told Brueckner, "I don't understand how the
  
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• Moldova attack: Two dead as man opens fire inside Chisinau airport

  30-06-2023 19:01 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The man was denied entry to Chisinau airport and then shot two officials, authorities say.
  
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• England captain Heather Knight gives ICEC report insight amid 'ironing' remark

  30-06-2023 19:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  England captain Heather Knight says cricket has made progress from the days she received sexist remarks about ironing but has "a long way to go" in the wake of a damning independent report.
  
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• Bolsonaro banned from running for office for 8 years

  30-06-2023 18:58 via foxnews.com
  
  Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro will not be allowed to run for office again until 2030.  Electoral judges voted on Friday to ban the former leader from public leadership for eight years.  The court determined that Bolsonaro attacked public confidence in the country's democratic institutions and deemed the former leader a threat to political tensions. The decision was made with four out of seven votes by the Superior Electoral Court. BRAZIL'S FEDERAL POLICE SEARCH HOME OF FORM
  
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• Thousands of protesters rally across Iraq for a 2nd day to condemn the burning of a Quran in Sweden

  30-06-2023 18:45 via foxnews.com
  
  Thousands of followers of a firebrand Iraqi Shiite cleric rallied in major cities in Iraq on Friday, condemning the burning of a Quran during a protest in Sweden earlier this week. Some of the demonstrators called for expulsion of the Swedish ambassador from Iraq. At the rallies in the capital of Baghdad and the southern city of Basra, followers of Muqtada al-Sadr, a cleric with a large grassroots following and political leader, burned Swedish flags and rainbow LGBTQ+ pride flags and chanted ""Y
  
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• Boost for Wagner as Mali shuns UN troops, but at what cost?

  30-06-2023 18:15 via bbc.co.uk
  
  As it pushes out 12,000 UN peacekeepers, Mali will be relying ever more heavily on Russian mercenaries.
  
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• Taiwanese foreign minister claims China repeating 'origin of the second World War'

  30-06-2023 17:46 via foxnews.com
  
  Taiwanese officials are concerned that aggression from the People's Republic of China could spark a third World War. In an interview with MSNCB, Foreign Minister Joseph Wu expressed concern that China is repeating mistakes seen in the lead-up to the world's last all-out conflict. "I think China might be repeating what we saw as the origin of the Second World War," said Wu. "And we have to be careful." BLINKEN GRILLED ON ALLEGED DISCONNECT WITH BIDEN ON TAIWAN POST-CHINA TRIP: 'WE ARE THERE FOR T
  
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• WATCH: Ride along on Virgin Galactic's 1st paying flight

  30-06-2023 17:21 via abcnews.go.com
  
  The spacecraft took a three-man crew of Italians to the edge of space.
  
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• Popular tourist destination wants total suitcase ban as travel surges post-pandemic

  30-06-2023 17:06 via foxnews.com
  
  A popular Croatian city plans to introduce new rules that will ban tourists from dragging suitcases in the Old Town as residents complain about the racket it causes during peak tourism season.  "They will leave their bags at the designated point, and we will, of course, for a fee, bring their things to the address where they will stay," Dubrovnik Mayor Mato Frankovic told Croatian newspaper Jutarnji List.  "This is just the beginning, the ultimate goal is to create a logistics center w
  
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• Over 24,000 UK asylum seekers could be sent to Rwanda despite court ruling

  30-06-2023 17:03 via theguardian.com
  
  Home Office sent 24,083 letters of intent warning refugees they were being considered for forcible removalMore than 24,000 asylum seekers from about one-third of the world’s countries could face removal to Rwanda by the UK Home Office in the future, even though the scheme was found to be unlawful in the court of appeal on Thursday.Home Office data obtained under a freedom of information request shows that, between January 2021 and March 2023, 24,083 asylum seekers were issued with letters
  
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• Research trip in Mexico tragically cut short after UC Berkeley PhD student gets fatally shot 7 times

  30-06-2023 17:02 via foxnews.com
  
  For four years, Gabriel Trujillo trekked the breadth of the United States and south into Mexico in search of a flowering shrub called the common buttonbush. The plant is native to the varied climates of Canada, the U.S. and Mexico. Trujillo, a 31-year-old Ph.D. student at the University of California, Berkeley, wanted to know why it thrived in such a range of places, and whether the evolution of the species held possibilities for future habitat conservation and restoration efforts. The research
  
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• Netanyahu angers coalition partners by ditching part of judicial overhaul

  30-06-2023 16:57 via theguardian.com
  
  Israeli PM says he has thrown out controversial measure to allow parliament to override supreme court decisionsA surprise announcement from Israel’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, that one of the most controversial elements of his government’s proposed judicial overhaul will be dropped, has angered his coalition partners and failed to placate protesters opposed to the plans.“The idea of an override clause, where the parliament, the Knesset, can override the decisions of th
  
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• 'We're different people': When Anita Anand met Anita Anand

  30-06-2023 16:32 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The BBC presenter and Canadian politician joke about all the times they have been mistaken for each other.
  
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• Finland's economy minister resigns after 10 days over Nazi references

  30-06-2023 16:26 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The nationalist Finns Party member lasted just 10 days in office after the extremist remarks emerged.
  
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• EU softens China strategy by adopting ‘de-risking’ approach

  30-06-2023 16:15 via theguardian.com
  
  Decision agreed quickly at Brussels summit of leaders as bloc highlights vulnerability of supply chainsEU leaders have launched a policy towards China of “de-risking”, a softening of its unofficial “decoupling” approach that reflects concerns over the economic damage of cutting off the world’s second-biggest economy or trade wars.The decision was agreed swiftly at a summit of leaders in Brussels after the European Commission chief, Ursula von der Leyen, went into th
  
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• Savannah Marshall a 'happier fighter' as she makes weight for bout with Franchon Crews-Dezurn

  30-06-2023 15:50 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Savannah Marshall is "a happier fighter" at super-middleweight after comfortably weighing in for Saturday's undisputed world-title bout with Franchon Crews-Dezurn.
  
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• Israel's Mossad says it abducted hitman from inside Iran

  30-06-2023 15:44 via bbc.co.uk
  
  In a rare move, Israel's spy agency releases tape of suspect apparently confessing to a planned attack.
  
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• US flies nuclear-capable bombers to Korean Peninsula as North Korea pushes to expand nuclear arsenal

  30-06-2023 15:40 via foxnews.com
  
  The United States flew nuclear-capable bombers to the Korean Peninsula on Friday in its latest show of force against North Korea, days after the North staged massive anti-U.S. rallies in its capital. The long-range B-52 bombers took part in joint aerial drills with other U.S. and South Korean fighter jets over the peninsula, South Korea’s Defense Ministry said in a statement. The bombers’ flyover is the latest in a series of temporary U.S. deployments of strategic assets in South Kor
  
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• In Japan, where job-hopping is frowned upon, agents help people escape the awkwardness of quitting

  30-06-2023 15:28 via foxnews.com
  
  In Japan, a nation reputed for loyalty to companies and lifetime employment, people who job-hop are often viewed as quitters. And that’s considered shameful. Enter "taishoku daiko," or "job-leaving agents." Dozens of such services have sprung up in the last several years to help people who simply want out. "Imagine a messy divorce," says Yoshihito Hasegawa, who heads Tokyo-based TRK, whose Guardian service last year advised 13,000 people on how to resign from their jobs with minimal hassle
  
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• War crimes surge in Burkina Faso, the world’s ‘most neglected crisis’

  30-06-2023 15:26 via theguardian.com
  
  Villagers increasingly caught up in army crackdown on Islamist militants, with both sides accused of mass killings of civiliansCivilians in Burkina Faso are being punished by the “total war” the government is waging against Islamist militant groups, with both sides accused of war crimes.The military has been accused of targeting the Fulani ethnic group, while jihadists have sought retribution against villagers they believe support the government. Continue reading...
  
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• King of Netherlands expected to apologize for slavery 160 years after abolition

  30-06-2023 15:06 via foxnews.com
  
  King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands is expected to make a formal apology for the country's history of slavery on Saturday, the 160-year anniversary of slavery abolition in the Netherlands. The king is expected to address the issue in a manner similar to the Netherlands' Prime Minister Mark Rutte, who made a formal apology for slavery to the Dutch public in December of last year.  "It is true that no one alive now is personally to blame for slavery," Rutte said last year in his speech.&
  
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• France shooting: How a teenager's death sparked riots

  30-06-2023 15:04 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The death of 17-year-old Nahel M, during a traffic stop, has provoked anger across the country.
  
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• Mexico reports 112 heat-related deaths this year as president downplays heat wave

  30-06-2023 14:51 via foxnews.com
  
  Mexican health authorities say there have been at least 112 heat-related deaths so far this year, acknowledging the deadliness of a recent heat wave that the president previously said was being overblown by alarmist journalists. The report, released late Wednesday, also shows a significant spike in heat-related fatalities in the last two weeks. So far this year, the overall heat-related deaths are almost triple the figures in 2022. The Health Department normally issues a report on heat-related f
  
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• Canadian nurse Sue Johanson, who became a popular TV sex expert, dies at age 93

  30-06-2023 14:40 via foxnews.com
  
  Sue Johanson, a nurse who became a popular TV sex expert in Canada and the United States when she was in her 60s, has died, her daughter said. Johanson died in Toronto on Wednesday at age 93 after a long decline, Jane Johanson said. Johanson's straight talk about sexual practices earned acclaim across Canada and the United States. PHILANTHROPIST PEG YORKIN, WHO HELPED BRING MIFEPRISTONE TO THE US, DIES AT AGE 96 People delighted in calling in to "The Sunday Night Sex Show" and its American count
  
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• Russian hockey player competing in Polish league detained, accused of being a spy

  30-06-2023 14:37 via foxnews.com
  
  Polish authorities have detained a Russian hockey player who competes in a top Polish league on suspicion of spying, officials said Friday. "Russian spies are falling one by one!" said Zbigniew Ziobro, the justice minister and chief prosecutor. "A spy who operated under the guise of an athlete was caught." Ziobro said the suspect played for a first league club and was the 14th member of a spy network who has been arrested. SWISS INTELLIGENCE AGENCY BELIEVES RUSSIA HAS DOZENS OF SPIES AT ITS EMBA
  
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• France riots: Why are police using guns during traffic stops?

  30-06-2023 14:36 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Nahel M's death follows an increase in police using firearms on drivers who fail to stop.
  
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• Canadian homicide detectives identify remains of 4-year-old girl found in Toronto dumpster last year

  30-06-2023 14:24 via foxnews.com
  
  Canadian police on Thursday identified a young girl whose remains were found in a construction-site dumpster in Toronto more than a year ago. Hank Idsinga, unit commander of Toronto’s Homicide and Missing Persons Unit, identified her as four-year-old Neveah Tucker. Police said there have been no arrests or charges in the case and they continue to investigate. A cause of death has not yet determined. MISSING SUZANNE MORPHEW: COLORADO PROSECUTORS REVEAL BODY IS IN ‘VERY DIFFICULT SPOT&
  
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• France riots: What vacationers need to know as violent protests continue

  30-06-2023 13:38 via foxnews.com
  
  France has seen a wave of massive protests over the last six months for a litany of reasons. This week, violent rioting following the death of a teen continued across the country, and on Thursday, air traffic controllers at Paris’ Beauvais Airport saw a complete shutdown of flights as travelers flock to the top tourism destination. The U.S. State Department issued a travel advisory for France earlier this year due to "civil unrest," when protests turned violent amid changes to the nat
  
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• German travel agency criticized for tour of Panama’s deadly jungle migrant zone

  30-06-2023 12:30 via theguardian.com
  
  Travel startup says it doesn’t ‘holiday where people suffer’ but offers trek in Darién Gap known for dangerous migration routes“We go where no one goes,” is Wandermut’s tagline, but one of the German tour agency’s packages has left people asking whether some places are better left unexplored.The travel startup’s 10-day Panama Jungle Tour has been criticised across Latin America in recent weeks for offering tour packages in a region which is
  
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• Camp spotted on suspected Wagner site in Belarus

  30-06-2023 12:25 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A detailed satellite image taken for the BBC shows hundreds of new tent-like structures at Belarus military base
  
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• At least 200 French officers injured, 600 arrested in third night of riots since deadly police shooting

  30-06-2023 12:06 via foxnews.com
  
  More than 600 people were arrested in France Thursday evening and into Friday morning as the country experienced its third day of rioting since police used deadly force on 17-year-old who attempted to evade arrest. Some 40,000 police officers were deployed across France and at least 200 officers were injured after tensions boiled over in the Paris suburb of Nanterre, where a police officer shot a teen, only identified by his first name, Nahel, on Tuesday. Following a peaceful march Thursday afte
  
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• Thailand: Rescuers amputate leg of woman stuck in travelator

  30-06-2023 10:36 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Her family says they are shocked and saddened at the incident in Thailand's Don Mueang airport.
  
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• France shooting: Policeman charged over teen's traffic stop death

  30-06-2023 09:27 via bbc.co.uk
  
  France sees a third night of mass unrest, triggered by Tuesday's police shooting of a teenager.
  
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• Watch: Protesters attack Nike store in central Paris

  30-06-2023 08:05 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Crowds attempted to break into a Nike store, kicking and hitting windows, as violent riots rocked Paris for a third night.
  
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• Hong Kong pro-democracy radio station closes citing ‘dangerous’ political situation

  30-06-2023 08:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Citizens’ Radio to close on third anniversary of national security law that has led to demise of several other liberal media outletsHong Kong’s pro-democracy online Citizens’ Radio station will cease operations on Friday owing to what its founder described as a “dangerous” political situation and the freezing of its bank account.Launched in 2005 by veteran activist Tsang Kin-shing, the Cantonese-language broadcaster gained a steady following for its hard-hitting tal
  
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• Fentanyl Road: How deadly drug goes from China to Mexico, ends up in US

  30-06-2023 08:00 via foxnews.com
  
  The DOJ announced last week the first prosecutions against Chinese chemical companies and nationals for the trafficking of precursor chemicals used to make fentanyl. DEA Administrator Anne Milgram said of the prosecution, "These companies and individuals are alleged to have knowingly supplied drug traffickers in the United States and Mexico with the ingredients and scientific know-how needed to make fentanyl." The U.S. has seen nearly 100,000 deadly overdoses from fentanyl – a powerful opi
  
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