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  • WorldReuters

    Unused EU recovery funds should go towards defence, Polish ministers say

    Unused European Union funds meant for helping member states recover from the pandemic should be put towards building the defence industry, Poland's deputy prime minister and its foreign minister said on Monday. Poland is spending more on defence as a proportion of its GDP than other EU states and has called for EU members to ramp up defence spending in the wake of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. "All unused national recovery plan funds should be shifted towards defence projects," deputy prime mi

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  • USUSA TODAY Sports

    Complaints, objections swept aside as 15-year-old girl claims record for 101-pound catfish

    Not everyone seems happy about 15-year-old Jaylynn Parker’s 101.11-pound blue catfish, the new record catch in Ohio.

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  • USCNN

    An engineer made history as Georgia Tech’s first Black graduate; 59 years later, he passes the torch to his granddaughter

    More than 60 years after Atlanta native and engineer Ronald Yancey overcame barriers to become Georgia Institute of Technology’s first Black graduate, he presented his granddaughter with her diploma as followed in her family’s footsteps.

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  • WorldAssociated Press

    3 bodies in Mexican well identified as Australian and American surfers killed for truck's tires

    Relatives have identified three bodies found in a well as those of two Australian surfers and one American who went missing last weekend, Mexican authorities said Sunday. Baja California state prosecutors said the relatives had viewed the corpses recovered from a remote well about 50 feet (15 meters) deep and recognized them as their loved ones. Thieves apparently killed the three, who were on a surfing trip to Mexico’s Baja peninsula, to steal their truck because they wanted the tires.

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    Woman arrested after baby has cardiac arrest at Legoland

    The five-month-old baby boy is in a critical condition, police say.

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  • WorldThe Independent

    Satellite images show Russia no longer using Crimean bridge to supply troops in Ukraine

    Exclusive: After repeated Ukranian attacks on Kerch Bridge, Vladimir Putin’s forces are relying on land routes through annexed eastern Ukraine to supply frontlines, analysts say

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  • WorldAssociated Press

    Russia announces nuclear weapon drills after angry exchange with senior Western officials

    Russia plans to hold drills simulating the use of battlefield nuclear weapons, the Defense Ministry announced Monday, days after the Kremlin reacted angrily to comments by senior Western officials about the war in Ukraine and Moscow warned that tensions with the West are deepening. The drills are in response to “provocative statements and threats of certain Western officials regarding the Russian Federation,” the Defense Ministry said in a statement.

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