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Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni says the measure will help “defend the freedom and dignity of every woman”, following a series of killings and other violence targeting women in Italy. Source link

Authorities say the soldiers were ambushed by a lone gunman while on patrol in Washington DC as part of a Trump-ordered crime crackdown. Source link

The blaze in Tai Po that engulfed multiple high-rise apartment blocks is still burning, and authorities say it likely began in bamboo scaffolding that encased the buildings. Source link

What does a dead cat have to do with Donald Trump and the Epstein files? Everything, according to some experts. Source link

Harvey Milk had been elected to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors in 1977 — a little over a year later, he would be dead.  Source link

The abandonment of the Georgia case is the latest reflection of how the US president has emerged largely unscathed from a spate of prosecutions that once threatened to imperil his political career. Source link

It is not known how many people remain unaccounted-for because of the fires, which have been fuelled by bamboo scaffolding. Source link

Fires that have burnt through the night are yet to be extinguished as firefighters struggle to reach those in need.  Source link

Former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro begins serving a 27-year jail term for an attempted coup against Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva in 2023. Source link

The latest Asia Power Index shows Australia slipping behind Russia for influence, while the region remains dominated by the US and China. Source link