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Business & Markets

1. Paramount delays Warner merger

   3 sources

   Paramount is pausing the deal after lawsuits challenged the merger

   • Yahoo Finance Warner Bros. lawsuit accuses Amazon of illegally poaching executives
   • UPI World Paramount to postpone Warner Brothers merger amid lawsuits
   • DW Paramount agrees to delay Warner Bros. merger amid lawsuit

2. Starship completes test flight

   2 sources

   This is the first test flight since SpaceX IPO

   • France 24 SpaceX's Starship splashes down in Indian Ocean after successful test flight
   • DW Starship completes 1st test flight since SpaceX IPO

Single-Source Stories in Business & Markets

• Euronews Russian central bank cuts GDP growth forecast to zero, expects faster inflation
• CNBC International Moody's says 'unprecedented' AI spending threatens credit quality of Amazon, Meta, Alphabet and others
• Yahoo Finance How a 67-Year-Old Built a $4,800 Monthly Paycheck Around SCHD, JEPQ, and O
• Yahoo Finance Cathie Wood Just Poured $18 Million Into Meta Stock. Here’s Why.
• SBS News 'Very volatile stock': A caution to Tesla investors as Musk doubles down on AI

Politics

1. Cockroach movement ends protests

   8 sources

   The resignation comes after weeks of student protests

   • France 24 India’s 'Cockroach' movement ends protests after education minister resigns
   • Al Jazeera ‘We have done it’: Joy as ‘Cockroach’ protests push India minister out
   • Euronews India's 'Cockroach' movement ends protests after education minister resigns
   • NPR World India's 'cockroach' movement ousts minister, but can Modi calm youth?
   • Guardian World India’s education minister resigns in victory for Cockroach youth movement protests
   • BBC World Protesters celebrate resignation of India's education minister
   • CBS World India education minister resigns after weeks of "Cockroach" protests
   • Sky News World India's 'Cockroach' movement to end protests after education minister quits

2. India's education minister quits

   6 sources

   • UPI World India's education minister resigns after massive youth-led protests
   • BBC World India's 'cockroach' protest called off after education minister quits
   • France 24 India's 'cockroach' party says ending protest after minister resigns
   • CNBC International Modi's education minister quits as jubilant Indian youth protesters claim victory, end protest
   • RTÉ World 'Cockroach' protest in India to end after minister quits
   • DW India news: 'Cockroaches' end protest after Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan resigns

3. Bolsonaro to challenge Lula

   4 sources

   • DW Flavio Bolsonaro gets party nod to run against Brazil's Lula
   • Euronews Brazil's Flávio Bolsonaro to challenge Lula after winning party nomination
   • France 24 Flavio Bolsonaro launches presidential bid in Brazil despite challenges
   • RTÉ World Flavio Bolsonaro to launch Brazil presidential candidacy

4. India's education minister resigns

   4 sources

   The resignation comes after mass protests over exam paper leaks

   • France 24 India's education minister resigns in major victory for youth protesters
   • CBC World Youth protesters celebrate after India's education minister resigns following exam leak scandal
   • SBS News 'We have done it': India's 'cockroach' movement notches up a major victory
   • NBC News ‘Cockroaches won’: India’s youth protest leaders declare victory as minister resigns

5. Trump jokes at correspondents' dinner

   3 sources

   • France 24 Trump praises secret service at White House correspondents' dinner
   • CNBC International Trump mixes jokes with barbs at press freedom dinner
   • DW Trump addresses rescheduled White House Correspondents' Dinner

Single-Source Stories in Politics

• Al Jazeera How Netanyahu gov’t media reforms risk deepening Israeli press bias
• ABC International Senegal's President Faye launches a new party over deepening split with former ally Sonko
• Al Jazeera Iran’s government spars with state TV as mediators push talks with US
• PBS NewsHour Fact-checking Mullin's claim that foreign adversaries can access voting machines in U.S. elections
• ABC International India's education minister resigns after weeks of student-led protests

World News

1. Wildfires force 250,000 evacuations

   14 sources

   • ABC International Wildfire leads to evacuations in some suburbs of the French city of Bordeaux
   • BBC Science More than 220,000 evacuated in France and Spain due to wildfires
   • BBC World More than 250,000 flee wildfires in France and Spain
   • CBC World Man's death reported in Spain as wildfires also raging in France force 250,000 to flee
   • CBS World Thousands of people flee raging wildfires in France and Spain
   • CNBC International Wildfires force evacuations outside Bordeaux as Spanish blazes cause first death
   • DW Europe wildfires rage on, forcing more than 250,000 from homes
   • France 24 200,000 people flee their homes in France as wildfires continue
   • Guardian World France and Spain race to control wildfires as more than 250,000 evacuated – as it happened
   • Politico Europe Record-breaking wildfires burned nearly 100,000 hectares in France, interior minister says
   • RTÉ World Wildfire was like 'volcano about to erupt', say tourists
   • SBS News Fires spark emergency in Spain, threaten Bordeaux's famed wineries
   • The Hindu International Wildfire leads to evacuations in some suburbs of French city of Bordeaux
   • UPI World More than 200,000 people flee wildfires in France, Spain

2. Car hits Berlin Pride crowd

   7 sources

   • ABC Australia Breaking: Manhunt underway after person killed when car hit Berlin crowd
   • ABC International Police call off LGBTQ+ parade in Berlin, saying several people injured
   • BBC World Several injured at Berlin Pride after reports vehicle drove into crowd, police say
   • CBC World Berlin police say 1 killed, several injured after car drove into crowd near Pride parade
   • DW Berlin CSD Pride parade canceled after vehicle drives into crowd
   • Guardian World Berlin Pride march called off after car crashes into crowd of people near route
   • RTÉ World Several injured after car drives into Berlin Pride event

3. Houthis attack Saudi Arabia

   7 sources

   • BBC World Iran-backed Houthis claim missile attack on Saudi Arabia
   • CBC World Yemen's Houthis fire missiles, drones at Saudi Arabia
   • CBS World Iran-backed Houthis step up conflict with Saudis by targeting oil facilities
   • CNBC International Saudi military strikes Houthi targets in Yemen after Iran-backed militia attacked Red Sea shipping
   • RTÉ World Houthis claim Saudi missile attack, US mulls Iran strikes
   • The Hindu International Houthis fire missiles, drones at Saudi Arabia in response to strikes on Yemeni city
   • UPI World Houthis attack Saudi Arabia in retaliation for Saudi hits

4. NATO intern arrested for spying

   4 sources

   The arrest occurred at NATO military headquarters in Belgium

   • ABC International Intern arrested in Belgium on suspicion of spying inside NATO military headquarters
   • CBC Top Stories Canadian intern at NATO military headquarters in Belgium faces spying charges
   • Politico Europe NATO intern arrested over espionage suspicions
   • The Hindu International Former NATO intern arrested in Belgium on spying charge

5. Russian attacks kill 14

   4 sources

   Russian and Ukrainian officials report deaths in latest exchanges

   • Al Jazeera At least 15 killed in Ukrainian and Russian strikes as holiday camp hit
   • BBC World Ten killed in Russian attack on drone exhibition near Kyiv
   • CNBC International Russian attack cuts power to around 150,000 in Ukraine’s north as Kyiv hits missile, oil facilities
   • The Hindu International Russian, Ukrainian officials report 14 dead in latest attacks

6. Buses collide in Syria, killing 35

   3 sources

   • ABC International At least 35 people killed after buses collide in Syria, state media reports
   • Al Jazeera At least 35 killed after two buses collide in eastern Syria
   • DW Dozens dead after buses collide in eastern Syria

7. Ebola deaths in Congo surpass 1,300

   3 sources

   Health workers go on strike as cases near 3,000

   • ABC International More workers strike as Ebola cases in Congo near 3,000, including over 1,300 deaths
   • Al Jazeera Ebola deaths in DRC surge past 1,300 as virus ‘spreading like a wildfire’
   • CBC World As Ebola cases in Congo near 3,000, more health workers go on strike

8. Venezuela marks month since earthquakes

   3 sources

   • Euronews Venezuela’s twin earthquakes: the toll one month later
   • France 24 Venezuela honors thousands of victims one month since earthquakes
   • PBS NewsHour Aid worker describes crisis in Venezuela, one month after devastating earthquakes

9. Four killed in West Bank clash

   3 sources

   • Al Jazeera Baby rescued after Israeli settlers set home on fire amid raids
   • BBC World Four Palestinians and two Israelis killed in West Bank shooting
   • France 24 Palestinians bury four people killed in occupied West Bank clash with Israeli settlers

10. UN chief visits Damascus

    3 sources

    He is the first to do so since 2009

    • ABC International UN chief urges international community to back Syrians during visit to Damascus
    • Euronews UN chief urges global support for Syria during first Damascus visit since 2009
    • The Hindu International Antonio Guterres set to be first UN chief to visit Syria since before 2011 war

Science

1. Starship test flight ends in Indian Ocean

   2 sources

   • UPI World Starship has successful flight test, splash down in Indian Ocean
   • The Hindu International SpaceX launches Starship on another test flight, this time with the most advanced Starlinks

Single-Source Stories in Science

• Science Daily Superagers keep youthful memories but their DNA does not explain why
• Phys.org Unwritten social rules, not government oversight, help keep forest land sustainable
• Science Daily Scientists put the “recycling is a distraction” claim to the test
• Science Daily Venus may be tearing itself apart from within
• Phys.org Prize honors discovery of altermagnetism as a third fundamental class of magnetism

Technology

Single-Source Stories in Technology

• CNBC International Samsung Electronics wins $200 billion Broadcom AI chip partnership, boosting foundry push
• UPI World East Asian teachers use AI to rethink traditional tales
• BBC World Warning shot or publicity stunt - how worried should we be about the OpenAI hack?
• ABC International China hits travel platform Trip.com with $765M in penalties over monopoly abuses
• Phys.org New model maps how social media users repeatedly spread misinformation

Health

Single-Source Stories in Health

• PBS NewsHour Salmonella outbreak tied to eggs has sickened 98 people in 17 states since November, FDA says
• CBC World As Ebola cases in Congo near 3,000, more health workers go on strike
• Guardian World Southport killer ‘trying to retraumatise families from cell’, says lawyer
• ABC Australia Victorian Coalition under fire over hospital election pledges

Weather & Climate

1. 250,000 flee France and Spain wildfires

   9 sources

   • CBS World Thousands of people flee raging wildfires in France and Spain
   • ABC International Wildfire leads to evacuations in some suburbs of the French city of Bordeaux
   • ABC Australia Fires claim lives in France and Spain, forcing 250,000 people to flee their homes
   • BBC World More than 250,000 flee wildfires in France and Spain
   • Guardian World France and Spain race to control wildfires as more than 250,000 evacuated – as it happened
   • DW Europe wildfires rage on, forcing more than 250,000 from homes
   • The Hindu International Wildfire leads to evacuations in some suburbs of French city of Bordeaux
   • BBC Science More than 220,000 evacuated in France and Spain due to wildfires
   • UPI World More than 200,000 people flee wildfires in France, Spain

2. China evacuates 340,000 ahead of Typhoon Noul

   3 sources

   • Phys.org China evacuates 340,000 people as Typhoon Noul approaches
   • CBS World China evacuates over 340,000 and cancels flights ahead of Typhoon Noul
   • CBC World Typhoon Noul puts Southern China on alert, thousands evacuated as Hong Kong cancels flights

Single-Source Stories in Weather & Climate

• Guardian World Swinney requests UK military aid as 500 firefighters tackle Cairngorms wildfire
• France 24 Nearly 98,000 hectares burned in France, a 'historic record' says government
• Guardian World New North Sea oil drilling faces delay after gear accidentally dropped in sea
• DW Eco wins: Cities, creatures, and tech are saving the day
• RTÉ World Wildfire was like 'volcano about to erupt', say tourists

Culture & Arts

1. Trump orders warnings at Smithsonian

   4 sources

   • Politico Europe Trump orders content warnings installed outside Smithsonian museum
   • RTÉ World Trump orders disclaimers outside American history museum
   • BBC World Trump orders Smithsonian to post warnings about 'inaccurate' US history
   • UPI World Trump orders Smithsonian to post signs about 'inaccurate' history

2. Rick Moranis returns for Spaceballs 2

   2 sources

   • NBC News Rick Moranis ends retirement with surprise Comic-Con appearance for ‘Spaceballs 2’
   • UPI World Rick Moranis promotes 'Spaceballs: The New One' at San Diego Comic Con

Single-Source Stories in Culture & Arts

• BBC World The pop band who went from playing for rescue dogs to selling out arenas
• ABC Australia The 'race against time' to save a nation's precious film collection
• BBC Science North-east of England receives fewest Green Flag awards
• Phys.org Research sheds light on migration, lifestyle, health and social status in the medieval metropolis Ypers
• ABC International Berlin’s first drag march brings protest and pride to the streets