260 foreigners rescued from virtual slavery in Myanmar's online scam centers are being repatriated

Some 260 people believed to have been trafficked and trapped into working in online scam centers are to be repatriated after they were rescued from Myanmar, Thailand’s army said.

Source: NBC News

U.S. Coast Guard ship offloads $275 million of cocaine

The illicit drug haul came from 11 interceptions of suspected drug smuggling vessels in the Eastern Pacific Ocean.

Source: CBS News

Amazon accused by Italy of evading €1.2bn in VAT payments

Tech giant hit by total claim worth €3bn amid investigation over sale of goods from non-EU countries including China

Source: Financial Times

For Trump’s peacemaking, Ukrainians and Palestinians are in the way

President Donald Trump roiled global politics this week, in a meeting with Jordan’s King Abdullah II and a phone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Source: Washington Post

Tasmania fires destroy huge swath of wilderness and could ‘burn for weeks’

Around 90,000 hectares of remote country in the state’s north-west have been razed after fires sparked by lightning strikes

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Source: The Guardian

Category 5 Tropical Cyclone Zelia slams Australia's iron ore hub

Tropical Cyclone Zelia made landfall on Australia’s west coast on Friday, lashing the world’s largest iron ore hub with heavy rain and wind gusts up to 180 miles an hour.

Source: NBC News

Cyclone Zelia makes landfall in Western Australia as Category 5 storm

Tropical Cyclone Zelia made landfall in Western Australia as a Category 5 storm, lashing the Pilbara region with strong wind and heavy rain. The cyclone moved south and weakened to …

Source: NBC News

Police raid home of Sydney nurse taken to hospital after allegedly threatening Israeli patients on video

Israeli influencer Max Veifer posts video on Instagram stating: ‘The police are asking me for the unedited version. I have nothing to hide. Here it is’

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Source: The Guardian

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Ukraine and NATO allies fear being left out of potential Trump-Putin peace talks; Free speech dispute over New Hampshire bakery mural heads to trial

Source: CBS News

Trump wants peace. Ukrainians fear what that might look like

Trump and Putin want to make a deal. But Ukrainians question how life after a ceasefire will work.

Source: BBC

Video shows whale swallow kayaker, spit him out: "I thought I was dead"

A humpback whale briefly swallowed a kayaker in Chile, before spitting him out unharmed, an amazing escape that was all captured on video.

Source: CBS News

What we know about suspected car attack in Munich

A 24-year-old Afghan asylum seeker drove at a group of people and injured at least 28, German police say.

Source: BBC