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LR: 3 CP: 1 - Russian crude refined in Hungary and Türkiye is then resold to Kiev, in what German newspaper Handelsblatt called a “paradox of war”

LR: 1 CP: 5 - Two Montana Republicans reignited calls to have the grizzly bear removed from the federal threatened and endangered species list after a hiker was killed.

LR: 2 CP: 1 - Floods in Nova Scotia bring new difficulties to a country struggling with ongoing wildfires and extreme weather....

LR: 3 CP: 5 - Israel is in an uproar after the country's parliament backed a controversial plan to overhaul the judicial system by passing a law that weakens the powers of the courts. The measure has divided that nation, sparked mass protests and drawn rare criticism from the White House. Stephanie Sy reports on the reaction and...

LR: 2 CP: 5 - Passing of key part of Benjamin Netanyahu’s plan to reduce power of courts is met with calls for strike action and street protests by thousands...

LR: 3 CP: 5 - A video shows the K-9 pulling down the driver, who is black, as he was trying to surrender in Ohio.

LR: 2 CP: 1 - Biden administration urges political consensus after Israeli parliament passes contentious bill to overhaul judiciary.

LR: 2 CP: 5 - In the view of many Israelis, the country’s legal system was one of the only real checks on government power in the country’s weak political system....

LR: 2 CP: 1 - New law will make it easier for the far-right government to pursue policies that harm Palestinians, experts say....

LR: 3 CP: 3 - Hong Kong is so opposed to Japan’s plan to release treated water from the Fukushima nuclear plant that it’s banning seafood products -- from four of the country’s landlocked prefectures. That sounds a bit off, yes? Tochigi, Gunma, Nagano and Saitama, which have a combined zero kilometers of coastline between...

LR: 2 CP: 5 - The aquatic creature has taken on star status since wildlife officials announced that they were trying to return the 5-year-old southern sea otter to captivity.

LR: 3 CP: 3 - A global upheaval looms as Donald Trump strengthens his candidacy for the next US presidential elections. Ukraine and its European allies need to start considering the prospect that by the end of next year, they could face a US no longer invested in resisting Russia’s aggression. We should also start bracing...

LR: 2 CP: 5 - Almost every single coral in a coral reef nursery in the Florida Keys has died as NOAA raises its coral bleaching warning system to the highest level possible for the area.

LR: 3 CP: 5 - The Justice Department on Monday sued Texas Gov. Greg Abbott over a newly installed floating barrier on the Rio Grande that is the Republican's latest aggressive tactic to try stopping migrants from crossing into the U.S. from Mexico.

LR: 1 CP: 3 - A democracy long under pressure is now on the brink of collapse. But it’s not over yet....

LR: 1 CP: 5 - Researchers found that the fine particulate matter as a result of the wildfires in Canada was just as bad as sitting in a bar full of smokers....

LR: 3 CP: 5 - Authorities say the death toll from weather-related incidents since June 24 has risen to 133 across the country....

LR: 3 CP: 5 - The Israeli Knesset voted Monday to effectively weaken powers of the country’s Supreme Court amid mass protests.

LR: 1 CP: 5 - Some argue Biden should have done more to dissuade the crucial vote in Israel, while others warn that similar events could unfold under a Trump administration.

LR: 1 CP: 1 - Los Angeles will end most pre-trial detention, amid nation-wide push to abolish cash bail—a system that is terribly harmful to the incarcerated community....

A phenomenon that scientists have called “underground climate change” is deforming the ground beneath cities, a study conducted in Chicago has found.

Thursday's record came after the revelation that the seven-day stretch ending Wednesday was also the hottest week in at least 44 years.

A spokesperson for Greta Thunberg said Wednesday that the 20-year-old Swedish climate campaigner is one of at least two activists being charged with disobeying police orders to disperse during a protest in the southern city of Malmö last month.

New research commissioned by material technologies business, Aquapak, with sustainable packaging producers and users in the UK, Italy and Germany, shows that European packaging businesses are committed to the circular economy, but few are acting ahead of legislation.