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Russian missiles explode over Kyiv on Victory Day, Imran Khan has been arrested, and conflict in Sudan unleashes a humanitarian disaster.

Plus, studies reveal more about the giant plant-eating dinosaurs with long necks, Sauropods.

By Kate Turton

Today's Top News

An explosion is seen in the sky over the city during a Russian missile strike, Kyiv, Ukraine. May 9, 2023. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich

Russia marks Victory Day

Russian cruise missiles exploded in the air over Kyiv and tanks and soldiers assembled in Red Square for a military parade, as Moscow marked the anniversary of victory over the Nazis with a new attack on Ukraine.
Wagner mercenary forces have not yet received the ammunition promised by Moscow, said the head of the group Yevgeny Prigozhin. He added that he did not want to "spoil" Russia's big Victory Day parade, and would reveal more details afterwards.
Vladimir Putin said a "real war" was again being waged against Russia, as Ukraine's envoy to Japan asked leaders of the Group of Seven rich nations to condemn any threat to use nuclear weapons and vow "decisive action" against such a move.

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Former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has been arrested by the military, his aide said. Khan was taken into custody at a court in Islamabad in a corruption case, local broadcaster Geo TV reported.
The battles between the Sudanese army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces that erupted in the capital Khartoum have deepened the crisis in Africa and unleashed a humanitarian disaster that could not have come at a worse time. How big is the aid crisis caused by the Sudan fighting?
Israel killed three Islamic Jihad commanders and 10 civilians in surprise airstrikes in Gaza, Palestinian officials said, drawing threats of reprisals from the faction and censure from Egypt, which has mediated past ceasefires in the enclave. Everything you need to know about Islamic Jihad.
More than 5,500 people are still unaccounted for in an area in east Democratic of Congo where floods killed more than 400 people last week, a local official said, as shaken survivors waited for food aid.
A case brought by anti-abortion groups seeking to ban the abortion pill mifepristone nationwide will be heard next week by a panel of three deeply conservative judges hostile to abortion rights, a federal appeals court revealed. US state abortion legislation to watch in 2023

Business & Markets

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen is reaching out to US business and financial leaders to explain the "catastrophic" impact a US default on its debt would have on the US and global economies, two sources familiar with the matter said. When will US hit its debt ceiling and what happens if country defaults?
China's imports contracted sharply in April, while exports rose at a slower pace, reinforcing signs of feeble domestic demand despite the lifting of COVID curbs and heaping pressure on an economy already struggling in the face of cooling global growth.
Goldman Sachs has agreed to pay $215 million to settle a long-running class-action lawsuit that alleged widespread bias against women in both pay and promotions, a joint statement from the company and the plaintiffs said.
The European Central Bank may need to raise interest rates for longer than currently anticipated, and September could be the earliest moment when policymakers can judge whether past rate hikes have been effective, ECB policymaker Peter Kazimir said.
Microsoft-owned social media network LinkedIn, said it would cut 716 jobs as demand wavers, while also shutting down its China-focused job application.

Why eastern Europe's grain producers face a perfect storm

An employee shovels corn at a grain storage in a farm, in Timar, Hungary April 19, 2023. REUTERS/Bernadett Szabo

When global grain prices started falling last year after a spike in the first months of the war in Ukraine, Poland's then agriculture minister urged farmers to hang onto their harvests in the hope of a rebound and better returns.

The bet backfired badly for some.

Grain producers in eastern Europe have been hard hit as a jump in exports from Brazil and Russia helped to drive global grain prices lower while the EU opened its borders to tariff-free Ukrainian grain imports in a show of solidarity after Russia blocked the country's Black Sea ports.

How to build a giant? Sauropod dinosaurs did it 36 different ways

Museum visitors walk beneath the skeleton of Patagotitan mayorum as it goes on display at Natural History Museum in London, April 1, 2023. REUTERS/Maja Smiejkowska/File Photo

Sauropods, those familiar plant-eating dinosaurs with long necks, long tails and four pillar-like legs, were the biggest land animals in Earth's history, reaching 100-120 feet (30-36 meters) long and weighing as much as a tractor-trailer.

A new study has calculated for the first time the number of different sauropod lineages that achieved whopping proportions - 36 of them in a span of about 100 million years bridging the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods.

Read more: How to build a giant? Sauropod dinosaurs did it 36 different ways

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