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Climate change activists hurl soup at Mona Lisa
“What is more important? Art or the right to have a healthy and sustainable food system?” shouted the activists, speaking in French.
- by Sudip Kar-Gupta
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President who defied Putin to join NATO about to be replaced
Finnish President Sauli Niinistö is overwhelmingly approved of by voters, but he has reached his two-term limit. Russia will be watching closely.
- by Johanna Lemola
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UK
What a UK Labour government will mean for Australia’s global interests
Britain’s “Indo-Pacific tilt” is likely to tilt back towards concerns closer to home when Labour takes the reins.
- by George Brandis
Is this the world’s most overrated tourist attraction?
Residents of Copenhagen don’t understand why a small statue of The Little Mermaid is such a big deal to international visitors.
- by Rob Harris
The prince, the hush money and the scandal rocking Monaco
Monaco’s royal family may regret sacking their accountant after he pushed back against Princess Charlene’s spending. His leaked records have snowballed into a royal crisis.
- by Marianka Swain
An education minister fought plagiarism. Then she was caught copying
Norway’s higher education minister Sandra Borch was responsible for making sure that students played by the rules. Students then decided to look into Borch’s own academic work.
- by Emma Bubola and Henrik Pryser Libell
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Israeli-Palestinian conflict
World Court stops short of Gaza ceasefire order but lets genocide case stand
While the ruling denied Palestinian hopes of a binding order to halt the war in Gaza, it also represented a legal setback for Israel.
- by Stephanie van den Berg, Bassam Masoud and Nidal al-Mughrabi
A new therapy for Ukraine’s scarred soldiers: ketamine
Ukraine’s only clinic offering ketamine therapy has handled nearly 300 patients suffering from depression, PTSD or anxiety. A growing share are soldiers.
Militant behind MH17 shoot down jailed in Moscow for extremism
Prominent Russian war blogger Igor Girkin accused President Vladimir Putin and the army top brass of not pursuing the Ukraine war effectively enough.
- by Rob Harris
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Russia-Ukraine war
Russia accuses Ukraine of killing 65 of its own POWs by shooting down plane
A Russian military transport plane carrying 65 Ukrainian prisoners of war crashed near Ukraine, Russia’s Defence Ministry said.
Experimental technique could save world’s most endangered species
The world’s first pregnancy in a rhinoceros through IVF could be the answer to saving the northern white rhino. Scientists have proved for the first time it can work.
- by Sarah Knapton