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Americans detained trying to send rice, Bibles, dollar bills to North Korea

Six US nationals were taken into custody in South Korea near a restricted border area with North Korea.

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Friday briefing: How ​years of ​siege, ​war and ​blockade ​led to ​the ​unravelling of Gaza’s ​economy

In today’s newsletter: Once sustained by agriculture and industry, Gaza’s economy has been dismantled​, leaving nearly every resident dependent on aid and the hope of a future that feels increasingly out of reachGood morning. While much of the world’s …

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Russian photographer gets 16 years prison for Soviet-era bunker details

Grigory Skvortsov, who denies wrongdoing, will serve his sentence in a maximum-security prison camp.

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India’s innovation push falters with researchers denied timely funding

Months-long delays in the payment of stipends leave researchers struggling to make ends meet.

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Japan executes by hanging ‘Twitter killer’ who murdered 9

Takahiro Shiraishi was hanged for the murders of eight women and one man whose body parts he hid in his small apartment.

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Real Madrid beat Salzburg to meet Juventus, Man City get Al Hilal

Spain's Real Madrid to meet Italy's Juventus in FIFA Club World Cup after eliminating Salzburg, Man City face Al Hilal.

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Brazil announces compensation for dictatorship victim Vladimir Herzog

The Brazilian government has acknowledged its role in the killing and cover-up of a prominent journalist in the 1970s.

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UN reports uptick in preventable diseases in Gaza due to Israeli blockade

UN humanitarian agency stresses need for fuel, medical supplies and water in Palestinian territory besieged by Israel.