Trump speaks during a campaign rally in Georgia. REUTERS/Alyssa Pointer |
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- An assault on Leonid Volkov, a top aide to the late Alexei Navalny, in Vilnius was professional and well planned, the head of Lithuania's governmental crisis management center said. The country has blamed Moscow for the overnight attack by a hammer-wielding assailant on Volkov.
- Israeli fire killed six Palestinians and wounded dozens of others as crowds of residents awaited aid trucks in Gaza City, health ministry officials said. And in the southern Lebanese city of Tyre, an Israeli drone strike on a car outside killed a member of Hamas from the nearby Palestinian camp of Rashidieh.
- Japan's bar on same-sex marriage is unconstitutional, the high court in the northern region of Sapporo said, the first such ruling by an appeals court. The matter has split lower courts, with one district court holding the bar to be constitutional but others saying it is unconstitutional in varying degrees.
- North Korean leader Kim Jong Un guided a military demonstration involving a new battle tank, state media KCNA reported, in the latest show of force by the isolated state. The mock battle comes as joint annual drills involving South Korea and the US were due to wrap up today.
- Gunmen who kidnapped 286 students and staff from a school in northern Nigeria last week have demanded a total of 1 billion naira ($620,432) within 20 days for their release, a spokesman for the families of the hostages and a local councilor told Reuters.
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- Airline executives are frustrated with Boeing, as its safety crisis has upended their business plans. But in a tight market for large aircraft, they have little choice but do business with it. Meanwhile, Europe's aviation regulator said it would halt its indirect approval of Boeing's jet production if warranted.
- Britain's government outlined plans to stop foreign states from owning newspapers, potentially giving ministers the power to block Abu Dhabi-backed RedBird IMI's bid to buy the Telegraph. The battle over one of the country's most famous newspapers has raised questions about the independence of the media.
- Japan's largest industrial union said the average pay rise offered by 231 firms for both full-time and part-time employees was the biggest since 2013, amid signs wage hikes were broadening. The country's overworked and underpaid truckers, however, were left behind in the wage bonanza.
- A total of 134 countries representing 98% of the global economy are now exploring digital versions of their currencies, with over half in advanced development, pilot or launch stages, a closely-followed study by the US-based Atlantic Council think tank showed.
- As bitcoin's price reaches new heights, attention is turning to its upcoming "halving." Depending on where you sit, the halving is a vital event that will burnish bitcoin's value as an increasingly scarce commodity, or nothing more than a technical change. But what exactly is it, and does it really matter?
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Behind the OnlyFans porn boom |
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Sammy, a college student from Florida, has filed the first lawsuit under US federal sex-trafficking laws against OnlyFans. REUTERS/Maria Alejandra Cardona |
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OnlyFans has made aspiring porn stars rich and celebrities richer. But a Reuters investigation found a darker side: More than 120 people have complained to US police agencies that they were featured in the site's sexually explicit content without their consent. Laws often protect web giants while victims struggle for justice. |
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A killer whale in the sea near Rausu, Hokkaido, Japan. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon |
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Menopause is a rare trait among Earth's species, known to exist in only a few. Humans are one. Killer whales and four other toothed whales are the others. New research examines menopause in these whales, with findings that may help explain why this phenomenon evolved, given that it is known in just six mammal species. |
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