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BIDEN ANNOUNCES US MILITARY AIRDROP FOR GAZA AID AMID HUMANITARIAN CRISIS

The White House confirmed that the airdrop would occur "in the coming days" and
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 * ZELENSKY CALLS FOR MORE WESTERN AIR DEFENCE SYSTEMS TO 'SAVE LIVES'
   
   Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Saturday urged the West to deliver
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 * FEDERAL JUDGE UPHOLDS CONTROVERSIAL TEXAS VOTING LAW, REJECTS DISCRIMINATION
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 * BIDEN HOSTS ITALY'S MELONI AS UKRAINE FEARS MOUNT
   
   President Joe Biden hosts Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni at the White
   House Friday, for talks dominated by worries about the future of US military
   support for Ukraine and the conflict in Gaza.


 * HUNDREDS GATHER AT TRIBUTES TO NAVALNY IN CITIES AROUND EUROPE
   
   Admirers of Alexei Navalny staged tributes in cities around Europe as the
   Russian opposition leader was laid to rest in a cemetery in Moscow.


 * MIDDLE EAST CONFLICT: ISRAELI STRIKES IN SYRIA REPORTEDLY KILL IRGC ADVISER,
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   It's Day 147 of the Israel-Hamas war – Israel reportedly conducted airstrikes
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 * KEY HIGHLIGHTS FROM TRUMP AND BIDEN'S BORDER VISIT
   
   Biden arrived in Brownsville, Tex., where he met with federal Border Patrol
   agents and local law enforcement officials. In contrast, Trump's visit to
   another city along the U.S.-Mexico border portrayed a different tone. He met
   with Border Patrol officials and the Texas National Guard, walking by a wall
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 * IN RELAXED ENCOUNTER, LEADERS OF VENEZUELA, GUYANA EXCHANGE GIFTS


 * 'LAST RESORT': DONORS MULL AIR DROPS FOR AID TO DESPERATE GAZA


 * TRUMP APPEALS DISQUALIFICATION IN ILLINOIS PRIMARY BALLOT


 * IRANIANS VOTE IN ELECTIONS AS CONSERVATIVES EXPECTED TO DOMINATE


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Shares of Spirit AeroSystems surged Friday following a report it could be bought
by Boeing as the aviation giant seeks to right itself amid its latest safety
crisis.
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 * 'DIFFICULT DISCUSSIONS' AS WTO TALKS EXTENDED FOR THIRD TIME
   
   The WTO's 13th ministerial conference (MC13) in Abu Dhabi was initially
   scheduled to wrap up on Thursday. But it was extended beyond its scheduled
   deadline three times amid rifts between the body's 164 members.


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 * MACRON-SCHOLZ RIFT DEEPENS WITH UKRAINE WAR AT CRUCIAL JUNCTURE
   
   Emmanuel Macron's refusal to rule out sending Western troops to Ukraine has
   exposed deep divisions with France's traditional partner, Germany, which
   could play into the hands of Russia, analysts warned Wednesday.


 * PRO-RUSSIAN REBELS IN TRANSNISTRIA HOLD MEETING AS TENSIONS RISE
   
   Pro-Russian rebel officials in Moldova's breakaway region of Transnistria
   gathered for a rare meeting Wednesday, amid fears the territory could open a
   new flashpoint in Moscow's conflict with neighbouring Ukraine.


 * BATTLEGROUND UKRAINE: 10 YEARS OF RUSSIAN AGGRESSION
   
   Ukraine has been locked in an existential fight for its freedom ever since
   Russia sent armed soldiers with no insignia -- dubbed the "little green men"
   -- to take over the Crimea peninsula on February 28, 2014, following a pro-EU
   revolution in Kyiv.


 * CENTRAL EUROPE PMS SAY WILL NOT SEND TROOPS TO UKRAINE
   
   Four ex-communist central European countries said Tuesday they were not
   planning to send troops to Ukraine as they remained torn on military aid to
   the war-ravaged country battling Russia's invasion.

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SEC CHALLENGES TERRAFORM LABS' 'SUSPICIOUS' DENTONS LEGAL FEES

The SEC filed a securities fraud lawsuit against Terraform Labs and its former
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block the bankrupt blockchain firm from hiring law firm Dentons.


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   Red Bull team principal Christian Horner was under renewed pressure on Friday
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 * ASIAN MARKETS TRACK WALL STREET LOSSES


 * AIRLINES HAD THEIR SAFEST YEAR ON RECORD IN 2023: IATA

World


 * FOOD OR MEDICINE? STARK CHOICE FOR SICK ARGENTINES
   
   In pharmacies in crisis-riddled Argentina, people look at the prices on
   medicine containers, then put them down again.


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 * AWKWARD MEDIA FOUNDER SHATTERS SEO ILLUSIONS WITH HIS 'SEARCH ENGINE MASTERY'
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 * 'HOW MUCH TIME HE'S LOST': JAILED US REPORTER'S FAMILY WAITS FOR HIS RETURN
   
   Nearly a year since US journalist Evan Gershkovich was arrested in Russia on
   espionage charges, his parents are counting on a "very personal" promise from
   President Joe Biden to bring him home.


 * TRUMP SEEKS $100M BOND IN LEGAL CLASH OVER $454M FRAUD JUDGMENT


 * OPENAI ALLEGES THE NEW YORK TIMES USED DECEPTIVE TACTICS IN COPYRIGHT LAWSUIT

Politics


 * NEW TUVALU PM SAYS FOCUSED ON DEVELOPMENT, NOT TAIWAN TIES
   
   Tuvalu's new Prime Minister Feleti Teo says his government is focused on the
   "many key development priorities" facing his Pacific Island nation, not
   debates about Taiwan relations that have consumed outsiders.


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 * ASIA'S RICHEST MAN TAKES GLOBAL RICH TO THE ZOO
   
   Top global celebrities will don "jungle fever" outfits in India for a trip to
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