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Trash carried by a North Korean balloon again falls on the presidential compound in Seoul  The Associated Press North Korea propaganda leaflets found in Seoul attack South Korea’s first couple  Reuters North Korean balloon dumps rubbish on South Korea’s presidential compound  Al Jazeera English N. Korea sends more trash balloons toward S. Korea: …

TBILISI — Three days before Georgians vote in an election billed as a decisive moment in their country’s future, the founder of the governing Georgian Dream party has told thousands of supporters “we choose peace, not war”. After 12 years in government, Bidzina Ivanishvili’s Georgian Dream faces a close race …

Microsoft says Russia trying to smear Harris with deepfake video, AI  The Hill The U.S. Spies Who Sound the Alarm About Election Interference  The New Yorker U.S. intelligence agencies expose Russian efforts to help Trump  MSNBC Efforts by Russia, Iran and China to sway US voters may escalate, new Microsoft report says  The Associated …

ANKARA — Turkish Defense Minister Yaşar Güler claimed “Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) militants were behind the attack” on an industrial site in Ankara. At least five people were killed and 22 injured in an attack on Wednesday against the headquarters of Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI) in the Kahramankazan district of …

Biden plans to use billions in seized Russian assets to fund Ukraine aid  Courthouse News Service US and G7 allies moving forward with $50 billion loan package to Ukraine, including $20 billion from the US backed by frozen Russian assets  CNN US finalizes $20 billion share of $50 billion G7 loan to …

Senator: I Swore Allegiance to Queen’s ‘Hairs,’ Not Heirs  Newser ‘You Are Not Our King’: Charles III Heckled in Australia’s Parliament  The New York Times Video Trump blasted by former chief of staff  ABC News ‘He is a King of thieves’: Aboriginal protester arrested in Sydney  BBC.com King Charles’s Australia Visit Punctuated by Protests …

Beirut Hospital Evacuates After Israel Accuses Hezbollah of Stashing $500 Million Underneath  The Wall Street Journal Close to ‘Mission Accomplished’ in Lebanon, the IDF Is Just Waiting for the Outcome of Talks  Haaretz BBC tours hospital Israel says sits above millions in Hezbollah gold  BBC.com IDF troops uncover weapons cache in south Lebanon …

Trudeau’s party members want him to ‘reflect,’ and then resign  POLITICO Justin Trudeau pressured to resign by backbench MPs within own party  The Guardian Some Liberal lawmakers ask Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau not to run for a fourth term  The Associated Press Canadian Cabinet voices support for Trudeau as some Liberals prepare …

Biden announces $50bn G7 loan to Ukraine backed by frozen Russian assets  Al Jazeera English US finalizes $20 billion share of $50 billion G7 loan to Ukraine  Reuters Biden plans to use billions in seized Russian assets to fund Ukraine aid  Courthouse News Service US will use frozen Russian assets to fund Ukraine …

IDF pounds Beirut after Hezbollah’s Simhat Torah eve rocket fire at central Israel  The Times of Israel Israel Bombs Lebanese City as Blinken Hints at New Ideas for Gaza Cease-Fire  The New York Times Video shows Beirut residential building leveled by Israeli airstrike  NBC News Israeli attacks on Hezbollah financing show group’s reach …