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Baltic countries agree to disconnect their power grids from Russia: Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania will connect their power grids to the European Union network through Poland, in order to reduce their dependence on Russia. (lithuaniannews.net)
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S Korea leader Moon scraps state-issued history books - South Korea's new president says he is scrapping government-authored history textbooks ordered by his predecessor. (bbc.co.uk)
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China's Xi vows to defend climate pact in call with Macron, reaffirms support for further European integration: "China has always regarded France as a high-priority partner and maintains its support for the process of European integration" - The two leaders agreed to meet as soon as possible (scmp.com)
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Massive ransomware attack hits 74 countries - Security firm Kaspersky Lab has recorded more than 45,000 attacks in 74 countries in the past 10 hours. Most of the attacks have targeted Russia. (money.cnn.com)
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Solar energy prices in India tumbles to new record low making it cheaper than fossil-fuel generated power (independent.co.uk)
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US signs international declaration on climate change despite Trump's past statements (abcnews.go.com)
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White House furious after being trolled with Russia Oval Office photos - "They tricked us," an angry White House official said. "That's the problem with the Russians -- they lie," the official added. The Russians used the photos to troll the White House in its social media posts Wednesday. (cnn.com)
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Italian court confirms 16-year jail sentence for captain of stricken cruise ship Costa Concordia in which 32 died (bbc.com)
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Popularity of sushi has brought rise in parasitic infections, warn doctors | Doctors have highlighted the need for awareness of anisakiasis, caused by the larvae of a worm found in contaminated undercooked or raw fish or seafood (theguardian.com)
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Top 32 physicists including Stephen Hawking signed a furious letter on origins of the universe (sciencealert.com)
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India reaffirms Paris climate commitments | Piyush Goyal told a UN energy forum in Vienna India would pursue clean energy “irrespective of what others do”, in a nod to the US debate (climatechangenews.com)
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At least 3 dead in latest Ebola outbreak: A new Ebola outbreak has been detected in the Democratic Republic of Congo, according to WHO (abcnews.go.com)
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Venezuela health minister fired after revealing data showing 66% rise in maternal deaths (edition.cnn.com)
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