Watch: A$AP Rocky leaps over court barrier to hug Rihanna after verdict

Rapper A$AP Rocky has been found not guilty of firing a gun at a former friend.

Source: BBC

Trump blames Ukraine over war with Russia, saying it could have made a deal

President hits back at Ukraine’s complaint that it has been left out of US-Russia talks, saying it had years to make a deal ‘without the loss of much land’

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Source: The Guardian

Is the UK’s new fraud compensation scheme already broken?

New protections are meant to help victims of push payment scams, but experts say the system itself is in urgent need of repair

Source: Financial Times

Victoria scraps ‘gag clause’ banning doctors from raising voluntary assisted dying with patients

Exclusive: Review found some of the safeguards of state’s once groundbreaking laws have impeded access to end-of-life choices

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Source: The Guardian

Silicon Valley fights EU tech rules with backing from Trump

US groups such as Meta emboldened in effort to water down regulations on AI and market dominance

Source: Financial Times

Why Belgium is open to putting boots on the ground in Ukraine

Also in this newsletter: how ‘frugal’ Denmark changed its tune on joint EU debt for defence

Source: Financial Times

Trump tariffs would up US prices for German cars

A German car association called tariffs proposed by President Donald Trump a "provocation" that would increase prices for US consumers. The group also said any further tariffs would "directly hit …

Source: Deutsche Welle

Vietnam approves bold reforms to streamline ministries

Vietnam's Parliament has green-lighted bureaucratic reforms, slashing ministries, agencies and broadcasters to reduce red tape and boost growth. The changes risk short-term disruption but may offer long-term benefits.

Source: Deutsche Welle

‘It’s definitely not moving’: another bear makes evacuated LA home its own

Black bear weighing 500lb found in crawlspace in Pasadena, two weeks after Altadena man discovered unfamiliar tenant

Two 500-plus pound black bears have laid claim to homes evacuated during the …

Source: The Guardian

Tennis world in uproar after Jannik Sinner's mild doping ban

Despite testing positive for a banned substance, Tennis world number one Jannik Sinner has only been banned for three months. Novak Djokovic spoke of "favoritism," while Alexander Zverev called the …

Source: Deutsche Welle

Hurricane, the hero Belgian Malinois who protected the Obama White House from intruder, has died

Hurricane, who was a Special Operations Canine for the Secret Service, became the most decorated dog in U.S. history. He died this week at the age of 16.

Source: NPR

Three resort workers die in suspected gas poisoning near hot spring in Japan

Hydrogen sulphide gives Takayu Onsen its unmistakable sulphurous smell but can be dangerous if inhaled in high enough concentrations

Three people have died in north-east Japan in an accident that …

Source: The Guardian