#Croatia ’s top court has ruled that President #ZoranMilanovic , who had campaigned to become prime minister before this week’s parliamentary elections, may not head the new government.

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A man has set himself on fire outside of the #Manhattan courthouse where former United States President #DonaldTrump is currently standing trial on criminal charges of falsifying business records, authorities said.

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#Google has fired 28 employees following a sit-down protest over the tech giant’s contract to provide cloud computing and #ArtificialInteligence services to the Israeli government. Tech giant says employees engaged in ‘completely unacceptable behaviour’ during sit-in at offices.

#Italy and #France should cut spending faster than they currently plan to keep debt under control while #Germany should loosen its own purse strings to revive growth, the International Monetary Fund said.

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#Ukraine ’s air force says it shot down a Russian strategic bomber with antiaircraft missiles for the first time since the war began in 2022. The warplane was downed in #Russian airspace, 300km from Ukraine’s border, on Friday after it took part in a long-range air strike.

#Boeing has been the subject of 32 whistleblower complaints with the workplace safety regulator in the United States during the past three years, newly obtained documents reveal, amid mounting scrutiny of standards at the beleaguered aircraft maker.

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A 16-year-old #Australian boy has been charged with “committing a terrorist act”, police said,over the stabbing of an #AssyrianChurch bishop in western Sydney during a livestreamed service.Boy was arrested at the scene after Bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel was attacked during a service.

#French police have detained a man who threatened to blow himself up at #Iran ’s consulate in #Paris . Police found no explosives at the consulate or on the suspect who was detained there, French prosecutors said, after the consulate reported a man had entered with ammunition.

#Armenia has agreed to return several villages to #Azerbaijan in what both countries say is an important milestone as they edge towards a peace deal after fighting two wars since the collapse of the Soviet Union.

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#Germany and #Israel argued heatedly over images from #Gaza during their meeting in Jerusalem earlier this week, with Germany’s Foreign Minister Außenministerin Annalena Baerbock contending the images fail to show the reality of famine in the enclave, Israeli media reports said.

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More than 100 pro- #Palestinian protesters have been arrested on the campus of #NewYork ’s Columbia University as police cleared an encampment set up by students demonstrating against Israel’s war in #Gaza .

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Millions of #Indians have voted in the first phase of the world’s largest elections as Prime Minister #NarendraModi seeks a third term on the back of issues such as growth, welfare and Hindu nationalism.

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At least five #Palestinians , including a teenager, have been killed during an Israeli military raid in the occupied #WestBank city of #Tulkarem . Violence erupted during an Israeli army raid at the Nur Shams refugee camp in the city of Tulkarem.

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A suicide bomber has detonated his explosive-laden vest near a van carrying Japanese autoworkers in #Pakistan ’s southern port city of #Karachi , police said, injuring three bystanders. The van was heading to an industrial area where five Japanese nationals work at Suzuki Motors.

Drug seizures have soared in the West African #Sahel region, according to a new United Nations report, indicating conflict-ridden region is becoming an influential route for drug trafficking. In 2022 1,466kg of cocaine seized in Mali, Chad, Burkina Faso and Niger.

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#Iran fired air defence batteries to shoot down three drones over the central city of #Isfahan , according to state media reports, after officials in the United States told US broadcasters that Israel carried out military operations against Iran.

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A man has been arrested in #Poland on allegations of being ready to spy on behalf of Russia’s military intelligence in an alleged plot to assassinate Ukraine’s President #VolodymyrZelenskyy , Polish prosecutors have said.

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The #Georgian parliament has advanced a controversial “foreign influence” bill through its first reading, as thousands joined a third day of anti-government protests. The ruling party suddenly reintroduced bill earlier this month.

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A prominent member of #Germany ’s far-right Alternative for Germany party has gone on trial after being charged with using a banned #Nazi slogan. Bjorn Hocke, leader of the Alternative for Germany party in #Thuringia , faces three years in prison if convicted.

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#Tesla has asked shareholders to reapprove a record-breaking $56bn pay package for CEO #ElonMusk after a US judge rejected the deal. Tesla Chair Robyn Denholm says company believes in ‘big risks for the chance of big rewards’.

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