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🇭🇷 Croatia strikes major deal to buy 50 modern Leopard 2A8 tanks from Germany, enabling transfer of 60 Soviet-era vehicles to Ukraine. Agreement strengthens NATO
🇨🇱 Chile’s regional elections signal shift away from polarization as moderate right gains ground but Boric’s coalition avoids major defeat. Markets welcome return to political
🇲🇽 Mexico’s President Sheinbaum denounces apparent assassination attempt on Bolivia’s Evo Morales, whose driver was injured in shooting amid escalating power struggle between Morales and
🇬🇪 Hungary’s Orban makes surprise visit to Georgia after disputed election, backing pro-Russian Georgian Dream party’s contested 54% win. President Zourabichvili calls result a “Russian
🇸🇩 UN chief Guterres warns of “nightmare” ethnic violence in Sudan with RSF killing 124 in latest massacre, but says conditions aren’t right for UN
🇺🇦 Russian forces unleashed devastating attacks on Kharkiv region, injuring 21 civilians including 5 children in multiple strikes on residential areas. Kharkiv city and nearby
🇨🇭 Swiss President Viola Amherd pushes to overturn the nation’s ban on re-exporting arms to Ukraine, warning that the current policy damages Switzerland’s defense industry
🇺🇦 Australian mercenary in Ukraine warns of dire escalation as Russia makes critical gains, North Korean troops join the fight, and Ukraine’s key city Pokrovsk
🇺🇸 Trump allies face crushing defeats in battleground state courts with 10+ losses in 3 weeks, failing to restrict voting access. Latest Virginia ruling blocks
