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AFP News Agency (Twitter) 🇪🇺 EU chief Ursula von der Leyen has urged Europe to assert its independence in a "hostile" world, as she condemned Russia's drone incursion in Poland and pushed for tougher action against Israel over Gaza. ➡️ u.afp.com/Sd93

AFP News Agency (Twitter) 🇮🇱 🇶🇦 Israel's UN envoy has defended targeting Hamas leaders in Qatar as the "right" decision, after the strikes on the US ally's soil drew a rare rebuke from President Donald Trump. ➡️ u.afp.com/Sd9o

AFP News Agency (Twitter) 🇵🇱 Poland gathered its NATO allies for urgent talks on Wednesday, Prime Minister Donald Tusk said, after Russian drones flew into Polish airspace in an overnight attack on Ukraine. ➡️ u.afp.com/Sd97

AFP News Agency (Twitter) 🇺🇬 The main defence lawyer for Ugandan rebel chief Joseph Kony has urged International Criminal Court judges to freeze the case against his client, as he cannot challenge evidence in his absence. ➡️ u.afp.com/Sd99

AFP News Agency (Twitter) 📈 Obesity has skyrocketed among children and adolescents bombarded by "unethical" marketing of junk food, UNICEF warns. ➡️ u.afp.com/SdH5

AFP News Agency (Twitter) Obesity has skyrocketed among children and adolescents bombarded by "unethical" marketing of junk food, UNICEF warns. In 2022, 8% of youth aged 5-19 worldwide were obese, compared to 3% in 2000 u.afp.com/SdH5

AFP News Agency (Twitter) 🇩🇰 Danish pharmaceutical giant Novo Nordisk has announced it will cut 11 percent of its workforce, as the maker of Ozempic and Wegovy faces rising competition for its anti-obesity treatments. ➡️ u.afp.com/Sd9T

AFP News Agency (Twitter) 🏳️🌈 🇭🇰 Hong Kong lawmakers have rejected a bill that would have granted limited rights to same-sex couples, with the legislature's conservative pro-Beijing voices prevailing to deal a major blow to the city's LGBTQ community. ➡️ u.afp.com/Sd9p

AFP News Agency (Twitter) 🇰🇷 A South Korean court has acquitted a woman convicted six decades ago for defending herself against sexual violence, after she challenged the ruling inspired by the country’s #MeToo movement. ➡️ u.afp.com/SdjF

‌Reuters (Twitter) Swiss voters backing new EU deal 2-1 after U.S. tariff shock: survey reut.rs/4nnsguz reut.rs/4nnsguz

‌Reuters (Twitter) China's producer deflation eases, helped by crackdown on price wars reut.rs/3IfL3cg reut.rs/3IfL3cg

‌Reuters (Twitter) Elliott takes stake in Japan's Kansai Electric, source says reut.rs/46g0Uzw reut.rs/46g0Uzw

Reuters (Twitter) 5️⃣ stories you need to know today: Poland shoots down drones that entered its airspace during a Russian attack in western Ukraine, Israel attacks Hamas leaders in Qatar as Trump says he’s ‘very unhappy’ about the strike

Reuters (Twitter) A vaccine to protect Australia's koalas against chlamydia has been approved for the first time, a development that scientists believe could stop the spread of the deadly disease that has ravaged populations of the beloved endangered animal reut.rs/46fs9ds

‌Reuters (Twitter) Floods in Indonesia's Bali kill at least six, officials say reut.rs/4gdYsOA reut.rs/4gdYsOA

‌Reuters (Twitter) Southeast Asia set to export surplus biofuels to Europe, Petronas executive says reut.rs/4nkaPed reut.rs/4nkaPed

‌Reuters (Twitter) JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon warns of a cloudy US economic outlook reut.rs/46v88RA reut.rs/46v88RA

Reuters (Twitter) 🔊 'I think you can conclude that they had at least a very brief heads up.' @jeffmason1 tells the Reuters World News podcast that the White House did get a warning ahead of Israel’s airstrike on Qatar reut.rs/3VFmrN9

Reuters (Twitter) 🔊 What you need to know today: - Poland says it shot down drones in its airspace - Trump not happy about Israel’s Qatar strike - Kathmandu mayor and former rapper emerges as frontrunner for Nepal’s PM reut.rs/46vRLEf

‌Reuters (Twitter) 🔊 Trump can’t fire Fed Governor Cook, for now. Hear what Lisa Cook’s legal battle means for America’s central bank on the Reuters Econ World podcast reut.rs/4gkuUz5