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In a video posted to Instagram, the host of NBC’s Today Show appears to directly address her mother’s kidnappers, telling them she and her siblings have “received your message, and we understand”. Source link

Police are investigating three incidents of damage on lines around Bologna, and have not ruled out a potential link to the Milan Cortina Games. Source link

A South Korean cryptocurrency exchange apologises after mistakenly transferring more than $60 billion worth of bitcoin to users, which briefly prompted a sell-off on the platform. Source link

A woman dies in northern Bangladesh after contracting the deadly Nipah virus infection. Source link

Bangladesh is heading back to the ballot box in what is being billed as its first free and fair election in more than a decade. Source link

Some Chinese Australians have mixed feelings about the sudden global embrace of Chinese culture after the trend emerged late last year. Source link

America has given Russia and Ukraine a June deadline to end the war — and will put pressure on both sides to ensure it is met — Volodymyr Zelenskyy says. Source link

A funeral home owner who stashed 189 decomposing bodies in a building over four years and gave grieving families fake ashes has been sentenced to 40 years in prison. Source link

The latest release of the so-called Epstein files has revealed the convicted child sex offender was in contact with members of — and people close to — monarchies across Europe and the Middle East. Source link

Accused killer has spoken out in court against the prospect of back-to-back trials over the shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, telling a judge “it’s the same trial twice”. Source link