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Light plane that sparked scare lost contact soon after takeoff -NTSB

Air traffic controllers lost contact shortly after takeoff with the pilot of a light plane that caused a security scare on Sunday when it flew over heavily restricted airspace near Washington, authorities said on Monday.

Reuters · Jun 5, 2023

Austrian businessman Wolf charged in Eurofighter case

The former head of car supplier Magna International, Austrian businessman Siegfried Wolf, was charged by an Austrian court on Monday on suspicion of money laundering in connection with the purchase of Eurofighter jets two decades ago.

Reuters · Jun 5, 2023

Brazil to reintroduce diesel tax to pay for Lula's auto program

Brazil's government will partially reintroduce a federal diesel tax this year to pay for leftist President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's plan to bring down the cost of vehicles, Finance Minister Fernando Haddad said on Friday.

Reuters · Jun 5, 2023

Settlement expansion is obstacle to peace, Blinken tells US Israel lobby

Secretary of State Antony Blinken pledged continued U.S. commitment to both Israel's security and a two-state solution to the Israel-Palestinian conflict on Monday, but said the expansion of Jewish settlements would be an obstacle to peace.

Reuters · Jun 5, 2023

Kyiv dismisses Russian reports of Ukrainian counteroffensive

Russian reports that Ukraine has begun a counteroffensive are meant to distract attention from losses Russian forces are taking around the eastern city of Bakhmut, Ukrainian deputy defence minister Hanna Maliar said on Monday.

Reuters · Jun 5, 2023

UN body condemns U.S., others for treatment of Guantanamo inmate

The United States and several other countries have committed human rights violations against a Saudi man held in the Guantanamo prison and accused of organising the bombing of the USS Cole in the port of Aden in 2000, a U.N. report said.

Reuters · Jun 5, 2023

US issues new Russia-related sanctions -Treasury website

The United States issued new Russia-related sanctions on Monday, the Treasury Department's website showed.

Reuters · Jun 5, 2023

China leads tech race, highlighting need for AUKUS sharing, says think-tank

China leads research in 19 of 23 technologies set as priorities by the AUKUS defence partnership of Australia, Britain and the U.S., including hypersonics, electronic warfare and undersea drones, highlighting the need for Western allies to pool research results, an Australian security think-tank says.

Reuters · Jun 5, 2023

Palestinian toddler wounded by Israeli gunfire dies

A three year-old Palestinian boy who was wounded by Israeli gunfire last week has died of his wounds, Palestinian and Israeli health officials said on Monday.

Reuters · Jun 5, 2023

Drought drives economic exodus from Iraq's rivers and marshlands

On a sun-scorched shoreline in Iraq's southern marshlands, fishermen stood shovelling a grim catch: tiny fish gathered dead from the water, fit only for use as animal fodder.

Reuters · Jun 5, 2023