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🌍Global News📝 @global-news-2024.bsky.social · 1m

Just in from Sky News:
Nobel Peace Prize winner named - as Donald Trump misses out on award
Summary: Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado has won the Nobel Peace Prize. Machado is the...
#Award #Venezuelan #Nobel
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🌍Global News📝 @global-news-2024.bsky.social · 3m

Just in from BBC News:
Catholic altar wine replaced after becoming a favourite in Kenyan bars
Summary: The previous brand was said to have lost its sanctity due to its widespread use outside the...
#Widespread #Wine #Altar
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🌍Global News📝 @global-news-2024.bsky.social · 6m

Breaking: Video shows Israeli tanks reportedly pulling back from Gaza front line
Israeli tanks and heavy combat vehicles were filmed in Gaza on Friday, reportedly withdrawing...
Via Al Jazeera
#Filmed #Israeli #Gaza
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🌍Global News📝 @global-news-2024.bsky.social · 10m

Breaking: How will the EU’s new entry-exit border system work?
The EU will roll out a new entry system for foreigners who need short-stay Schengen visas. From...
Via Al Jazeera
#Schengen #Exit #Border
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🌍Global News📝 @global-news-2024.bsky.social · 13m

📝 Massive 7.4 earthquake off Philippines: What we know so far
Tsumani alert triggered by the earthquake has now passed. At least two dead but a tsumani Alert...
#Earthquake #Tsumani #Alert
Source: Al Jazeera | Share your perspective!

🌍Global News📝 @global-news-2024.bsky.social · 16m

🤖 Taiwan leader promises robust air defence system amid rising China tensions
Key points:
• Lai pledges accelerated building of T-Dome system to enhance safety against frequent Chinese...
#Taiwan #Safety #Lai
Source: Al Jazeera | What are your thoughts?

🌍Global News📝 @global-news-2024.bsky.social · 20m

Breaking: Nobel peace prize 2025 live: Norway fears repercussions if Donald Trump not honoured in ceremony
Jørgen Watne Frydnes, chair of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, is getting his tie on. But didn't...
Via The Guardian
#Nobel #Donald #Norwegian
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🌍Global News📝 @global-news-2024.bsky.social · 23m

📝 Boy pulled from the rubble of his home after Israeli airstrike in Gaza
Rescuers pull a boy from the rubble of his home in Gaza City. Video shows rescuers pulling the...
#Rescuers #Israeli #Rubble
Source: Al Jazeera | Share your perspective!

🌍Global News📝 @global-news-2024.bsky.social · 26m

🤖 US judge blocks Trump’s deployment of National Guard in state of Illinois
Key points:
• Federal judge blocks deployment for two weeks, says sending Guard troops would 'add fuel to the...
#Illinois #Judge #Deployment
Source: Al Jazeera | What are your thoughts?

🌍Global News📝 @global-news-2024.bsky.social · 30m

Just in from The Guardian:
Weather tracker: South-east China swelters in summer-like heat
Summary: Inland areas have neared 40C, with Xiushui in Jiangxi province recording 38.9C on Wednesday. In...
#Inland #Summer #Swelters
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🌍Global News📝 @global-news-2024.bsky.social · 33m

📝 Rebel Wilson using US court proceedings to ‘harass and intimidate’ star of The Deb, court told
The film's producers are seeking an injunction in a Sydney court to stop Wilson pursuing a...
#Rebel #Wilson #Court
Source: The Guardian | Share your perspective!

🌍Global News📝 @global-news-2024.bsky.social · 40m

🤖 Green turtle bounces back from brink in conservation 'win'
Key points:
• Once endangered due to hunting, it is making a strong recovery thanks to global conservation...
#Turtle #Conservation #Brink
Source: BBC News | What are your thoughts?

🌍Global News📝 @global-news-2024.bsky.social · 43m

Just in from BBC News:
Sabalenka extends Wuhan win streak to 20 matches
Summary: Aryna Sabalenka extends her winning streak at the Wuhan Open to 20 matches with a straight-set...
#Aryna #Streak #Sabalenka
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🌍Global News📝 @global-news-2024.bsky.social · 46m

Just in from The Guardian:
Nobel peace prize 2025: Norway fears repercussions if Donald Trump not honoured in ceremony
Summary: US president has been conducting campaign to influence prize committee. The winner is due to be...
#Prize #Nobel #Donald
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🌍Global News📝 @global-news-2024.bsky.social · 50m

Just in from The Guardian:
Kyiv plunged into darkness by ‘massive’ Russian attack targeting Ukraine energy sector – Europe live
Summary: Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Russia used over 450 drones and 30 missiles in a...
#Missiles #Russia #Darkness
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🌍Global News📝 @global-news-2024.bsky.social · 53m

Just in from Financial Times:
China launches customs crackdown on Nvidia AI chips
Summary: Beijing orders tech companies to stop ordering U.S. processors. Border checks come after Beijing...
#Customs #Beijing #Orders
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🌍Global News📝 @global-news-2024.bsky.social · 56m

🤖 America is sucking in growth from the rest of the world
Key points:
• Global FDI is flowing west — this may well be one of Trump’s biggest legacies. The U.S. is now...
#Growth #Sucking #Fdi
Source: Financial Times | What are your thoughts?

🌍Global News📝 @global-news-2024.bsky.social · 1h

🤖 Starmer accused of pushing out some of last progressive allies in No 10 shake-up
Key points:
• PM is reorganising key parts of government to give chief secretary Darren Jones more Whitehall...
#Whitehall #Government #Secretary
Source: The Guardian | What are your thoughts?

🌍Global News📝 @global-news-2024.bsky.social · 1h

Just in from The Guardian:
Yvette Cooper defends children as young as 13 needing digital ID – UK politics live
Summary: Yvette Cooper says it is 'right way forward' for young teenagers to have digital ID. Scottish...
#Digital #Yvette #Children
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🌍Global News📝 @global-news-2024.bsky.social · 1h

🤖 What the graduate unemployment story gets wrong
Key points:
• People with a degree are faring better, not worse, than their non-graduate counterparts,...
#Unemployment #Worse #Story
Source: Financial Times | What are your thoughts?

🌍Global News📝 @global-news-2024.bsky.social · 1h

Just in from BBC News:
Stop expecting perfection from us - top referee
Summary: Referee Anthony Taylor criticises the "expectation of perfection" culture officials are subject...
#Expecting #Perfection #Referee
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🌍Global News📝 @global-news-2024.bsky.social · 1h

🤖 Arizona sheriff’s office utilizing new AI program to assist with writing case reports
Key points:
• Sheriff's captain says deputies often spend hours writing reports between calls. Axon's AI...
#Sheriff #Reports #Axon
Source: Fox News | What are your thoughts?

🌍Global News📝 @global-news-2024.bsky.social · 1h

🤖 Highly potent synthetic opioids found in teddy bear-shaped pills linked to a death in Queensland
Key points:
• Toxicology and samples taken from pale yellow pills marked with the letter ‘Y’ in the state’s...
#Yellow #Toxicology #Opioids
Source: The Guardian | What are your thoughts?

🌍Global News📝 @global-news-2024.bsky.social · 1h

Just in from Sky News:
Blackouts in Kyiv as hundreds of drones target Ukraine's energy
Summary: Russia has used more than 450 drones and 30 missiles in an overnight attack on Ukraine's energy...
#Missiles #Russia #Blackouts
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🌍Global News📝 @global-news-2024.bsky.social · 1h

Just in from BBC News:
Landlords exposed flouting law on Airbnb
Summary: Short-term rental listings "pile pressure" on London's housing market, it is claimed. It is...
#Landlords #Airbnb #Housing
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