October 19, 2023

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Law:

Law Firms Leave A Ton Of Revenue Floating In The Ether
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Introducing Guaranteed Law School Admission
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Bankruptcy Attorneys Diane Vuocolo and Kevin Ray Join Ballard Spahr
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Former Fox News Lawyer Blaming Everyone But Himself For Botching Dominion Suit To The Tune Of $787M
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Quinn Emanuel Fights to Depose Foley & Lardner CEO in $2M Dispute Over LeClairRyan Fees Foley & Lardner CEO to be deposed in LeClairRyan bankruptcy fee fight
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Blum Group Threatens 2 More Biglaw Firms With Litigation Over Their Diversity Initiatives
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LSAC Will Eliminate Logic Games From LSAT In 2024!
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Fall Is The Perfect Time To Make A Lateral Move
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The Law School Ranking Of All Law School Rankings: Which Schools Came Out On Top?
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Long-lost trial transcript answers many questions about ‘Shoeless’ Joe Jackson and baseball’s ‘Black Sox Scandal’
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Lawyer wants to be jailed with client until long-awaited competency exam takes place Lawyer So Pissed About Due Process Violation He Requests To Be Locked Up
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Davis Polk Rescinds Three Job Offers After Israel Statements Citing its ‘value system,’ Davis Polk rescinds 3 job offers over groups’ anti-Israel statements Davis Polk Rescinds Offers To T14 Law School Students For Their Controversial Statements On Israel
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Hip-hop star seeks new trial over lawyer’s alleged use of artificial intelligence to draft closing argument
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Trump’s pileup of courtroom battles isn’t looming. It’s here.
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Ohio Solicitor General Pick Named in Jan. 6 Panel Testimony
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Trump and Ivanka's relationship was 'severely damaged' after he found out she was friends with Christopher Steele, the former MI6 agent says
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Trump could gain edge from former lawyers' Georgia election tampering trial
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Mike Lindell: Pillow Pumper. Patriot. Pro Se Litigant.
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Oh, Great. Donald Trump Has Moved Onto The Doxxing Public Servants Portion Of His Legal Troubles.
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Trump fraud trial fireworks: 'You lied yesterday!' defense lawyer shouts while grilling an AG witness Trump told to quiet down during NY civil fraud trial ‘Screaming’ Court Staffer Arrested, Trump Told to Simmer Down in Dramatic NY Trial Trump’s Lawyers Argue You Can’t Take His Property Values Seriously
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Trump Lashes Out At AG Over Fraud Case — And Posts Link To Her Home Address After Gag Order
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Trump’s new gag order poses puzzles with no easy answers
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Devon Archer appeals criminal case to Supreme Court
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Colorado teens accused of taking ‘memento’ photo after rock-throwing death set to appear in court
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Florida man was kidnapped and waterboarded. Then he called in a bomb threat.
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Florida man convicted of beating, strangling wife in fight over home renovations
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‘What this officer did is reprehensible’: Florida Chief berates one of his own officers arrested for sexually battering jaywalker
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Florida man accused of threatening to blow up Jewish school with bag of explosives
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During profanity-laden encounter, officer shoots woman 3 times as she was driving away
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Former Oregon prison nurse sentenced to 30 years for sexually assaulting inmates
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More than 100 women sue Boston doctor alleging they were sexually assaulted during exams
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Anti-Jewish, anti-LGBTQ hate crimes spiked in 2022
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KKK Act lawsuit over police non-response to ‘Trump Train’ convoy surrounding Biden-Harris campaign bus ends with training for whole department
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War between Israel and Hamas raises fears about rising US hostility
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White Supremacist Killer Testifies He Was Radicalized by Conspiratorial Content Like Infowars
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Remains identified of man who went missing decades ago on suspected serial killer's farm
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Louisiana man accused of setting New Orleans house fire that killed his 3 kids
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Texas Has Bused 50,000 Migrants. Now It Wants to Arrest Them Instead.
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Judges:

The Wild Ethical Lapse That Led To The Resignation Of A Top Bankruptcy Judge Houston, We Have a (Bankruptcy Court) Problem Bankruptcy judge's sudden resignation causes 3,500 cases to be reassigned US bankruptcy judge approved potential $750 hourly legal fee for girlfriend
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Employment Opportunity: Law Clerk Term Appointment – Detroit, Michigan
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Judge Deciding Google Antitrust Fate Criticized for Closed Court
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Wall Street:

 

A reliable buy signal just flashed for the stock market as most investors expect a Goldilocks scenario for the economy
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Blackstone Profit Tumbles 12% on Interest Rates, Deal Slump
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Layoffs:

New York system to cut contract nurses by 1,500
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Nokia to cut 14,000
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Southern Indiana factory announces 100 layoffs
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Scotiabank to Cut Global Workforce
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Labor:

Child as young as 11 operated forklift at Kentucky distribution center, authorities say
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The ups and downs of life on strike
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Utilities:

US Electric Grid to Get $3.5 Billion Upgrade
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The world has to add or replace 50 million miles of transmission lines by 2040, IEA says
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Climate:

Chum Salmon Are Spawning in the Arctic. It’s an Ominous Sign
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Economy:

Fed's Beige Book: "Little to no change in economic activity"
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Swing-State Voters Aren’t Buying ‘Bidenomics’
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Why the average American family's net worth increased 37% during the pandemic
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The $24 Trillion Problem Haunting Wall Street
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Black household wealth spikes, Fed survey finds
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September data fires up yields, and puts the Fed in a bind
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If you pay Americans money, they will spend it
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'My kids can have whatever's left over': the myth of the Great Boomer Wealth Transfer
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'Bond King' Jeffrey Gundlach says buy long-dated Treasurys, with prices set to rebound going into a recession Dollar's reserve currency status depends on U.S. controlling spending, 'bond king' Gundlach warns
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Economists think odds of a recession in the next year have fallen below 50%. This chart shows how consensus has changed over 18 months.
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US Debt Clock
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World Debt Clock
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How People Really Live
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Real Estate:

Real-Estate Commissions Could Be the Next Fee on the Chopping Block
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Troubled Austin developer StoryBuilt didn't follow typical accounting practices, report says
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The commercial real estate crunch is so bad that $80 billion worth of property is now in distress—a 10-year high
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30-Year Mortgage Rates Hit 8.0%; California Home Sales Down 21.5% YoY in September
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MBA: Mortgage Applications Decreased in Weekly Survey
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You have to earn $115,000 a year to afford a typical house now
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AIA: Architecture Billings "New Decline in Business Condition"; Multi-family Billings Decline for 14th Consecutive Month
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Housing Starts Increased to 1.358 million Annual Rate in September September Housing Starts: Near Record Number of Multi-Family Housing Units Under Construction
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Healthcare:

RFK Jr. spent years stoking fear and mistrust of vaccines. Here’s who gets hurt by Kennedy’s work
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Wisconsin Senate passes ban on gender-affirming care for youth
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Pfizer to price Covid drug Paxlovid at $1,390 per course, more than double the current price to the federal government
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Tech:

Pro-Hamas extremists and neo-Nazis flood social media with calls for violence
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Meta to limit some Facebook comments on Israeli, Palestinian posts
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FBI: AI used to amplify 'propaganda'
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AI is resurrecting the dead, with or without permission
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A Researcher Hijacked the CIA's Secure Contact Link for Informants Due to a Flaw in X
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Education:

Universities struggle with responses as Israel-Hamas war reverberates Top universities facing antisemitism accusations, losing long-time donors amid Israel-Hamas conflict
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The major donor revolt at University of Pennsylvania over its response to the Israel-Hamas war is getting worse
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Harvard has become the poster child for American culture wars in the 11 days since Hamas' terrorist attack on Israel. Here's what's happened.
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Harvard Prof: America Is a Root Cause of Israel and Palestine’s Latest War
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Movie Theaters:

AMC’s Cash Burn Story Is Not Going to Have a Happy Ending
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Furniture:

The Mitchell Gold Co. files for Bankruptcy in Delaware
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Retailing:

What Will Rite Aid Need To Do To Recover From Bankruptcy?
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Amazon will start testing drones that will drop prescriptions on your doorstep, literally
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Politics:

Biden to deliver a prime-time foreign policy address Thursday Biden’s Israel Trip Was a Gamble That’s Already Paying Off
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'Put the Oval Office' wherever he is: Trump fans say they'd back him as president from prison
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House may vote on empowering interim speaker McHenry What to know about Patrick McHenry, temporary House speaker The real House Republican drama: Whether to empower the temp speaker
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Jordan fails to clinch Speakership on second ballot GOP scrambles for escape hatch as Jim Jordan falls short again Jordan’s speakership campaign on its last legs Revenge of the squishes Jim Jordan’s allies tried strong-arming his GOP critics. It backfired Republican lawmaker says she’s received death threats after voting against Jim Jordan in speaker’s race
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Why the GOP Can’t Unite
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Biden approval rating near record low in new poll
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Republicans want to ban Palestinian refugees from the U.S., but it's already very hard for them to get in
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Tearful Rashida Tlaib Doubles Down on Blaming Israel, Biden for Gaza Hospital Attack and ‘Genocide’ At D.C. Rally
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State department official Josh Paul resigns over US's support for Israel
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White House preparing funding request that includes Israel, Ukraine aid
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Israel split-screen: Feds fly citizens home for a price. DeSantis’ charters are free.
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Paul lone holdout on Senate resolution affirming support for Israel
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Poll finds support for exploring alternatives to democracy, using violence to stop opponents
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Far-right Twitter troll gets 7 months in prison for election interference scheme
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New Bankruptcy Opinions
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Bankruptcy Court Web/Pacer Site Directory

Recent Ch. 11 Filings (20 new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (2 new filings today)
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Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Case Studies
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Executory Contracts:

Pre-Petition Settlement Agreement Not an Assumable, Assignable, Executory Contract
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Mass Torts:

Johnson & Johnson Looks to Texas for Unit’s Third Bankruptcy Bid
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After $18.8M Talc Verdict, Asbestos Attorney Asks for Trial Against Atlanta's Georgia-Pacific
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What's the future for Buffalo Catholic elementary schools?
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Crypto:

SBF Lawyer Pokes Holes in Singh’s Story on FTX Spending
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What Sam Bankman-Fried Expected From the Fortunes He Gave to Celebrities and Politicians
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Will SBF Testify?
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Bankman-Fried's Defense Finally Woke Up
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Central banks want to look under crypto’s hood — Is this a positive sign?
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New York Attorney General Sues Crypto Firms in $1 Billion Fraud Case
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Crypto's heroes go to zero
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Autos:

TESLA misses on earnings
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The electric-vehicle utopia, running on fumes
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Turns Out Europeans Like Chinese Electric Cars
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Ford Reshuffles Top Management
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Trucking:

Yellow Aims to Appoint Auction Houses for Rolling Stock Sale
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A Series of Events Pushed Volta to File for Bankruptcy
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History:

The horrifying, nearly forgotten history behind Killers of the Flower Moon
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Banking:

Early AT1 Champion Warns They Can Break Banks in Next Crisis
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UK:

Council leader 'feels awful' staff will lose jobs in order to avoid bankruptcy
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In London, Jews Hide Their Faith While Islamophobic Graffiti Targets Muslims
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Canada:

Many Canadians 'uncomfortably close to broke
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MENA:

Current US assessment is Israel was ‘not responsible’ for Gaza hospital blast, White House says Israelis hail Biden visit as Arab allies recoil ‘It Belongs to Jihad’ Israel releases drone footage & wiretapped call that ‘prove’ rocket from Gaza caused hospital explosion ‘killing 500’ Biden vows support for Israel, says he's 'sad and outraged' by hospital blast Aid could arrive in Gaza starting Friday, Biden says, as calls for a ceasefire grow Israel to allow Egypt to deliver limited quantities of humanitarian aid to Gaza after Biden request Israel says it wants to destroy Hamas. But who would govern Gaza after that? Hamas expresses willingness to release some captive women and children Biden warns Israel: Don't make the same mistakes the US did after 9/11 Biden announces humanitarian aid deal for Gaza US vetoes UN resolution condemning Hamas attacks on Israel, violence against citizens Inside Israel, where everyone’s at a funeral or drafted for war Hamas militants likely used some North Korean weapons in attack on Israel, evidence shows Survivors of kibbutz attack turn their ire on Israel's Netanyahu Children make up nearly half of Gaza's population. Here's what it means for the war
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‘Great damage has been done’: Arab American leaders privately confront Biden administration
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Iran warns ‘time is up’ in ominous message to Israel as concerns mount of a World War III
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Israel-Hamas War Could Alter Middle East
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Protests erupt across Middle East over Gaza blast
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US targets Iran missile, UAV programs in new sanctions
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Scotland’s first minister says country willing to take Gaza refugees
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As Biden visits Israel chaos rises across Middle East
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Biden administration announces new sanctions against Hamas
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Hong Kong:

Hong Kong court rules that gay couples get equal housing rights
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China:

Country Garden, Facing Debt Deadline, Says Executives Have Not Left China
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China's Country Garden reportedly misses final deadline for a $15.4 million bond payment
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MI5 head warns of 'epic scale' of Chinese espionage
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India:

Realty sector accounts for nearly 19 pc of total realisation via insolvency proceedings
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Voluntary insolvency sees faster resolution, but lower recovery
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Russia:

Russia’s foreign minister thanks North Korea for ‘unwavering’ support of its war in Ukraine
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Putin sends jets with hypersonic missiles to patrol Black Sea
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Singapore:

It’s not about the money, money, money
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