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  1. Why the battle for the small city of Bakhmut is so important to both Russia and Ukraine

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    One of the longest-running battles in Russia's war on Ukraine is in the Donbas city of Bakhmut, where Russian forces have suffered immense losses for months trying to break Ukrainian positions.

  2. China eases some anti-virus restrictions amid public anger

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    More Chinese cities eased anti-virus restrictions and police patrolled their streets Thursday as the government tried to defuse public anger over some of the world's most stringent COVID-19 measures and head off more protests.

  3. Ukraine steps up security at embassies after letter bombs found in Spain

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    Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba has ordered all of Kyiv's embassies abroad to "urgently" strengthen security, a Ukrainian ministry spokesperson has said, after a series of letter bombs were found in Spain, including at the country's embassy in Madrid.

  4. The Xi dilemma: China's instability and a zero-COVID trap

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    China's strict zero-COVID policy is an edict from the top of the country's political leadership, forcing lockdowns, quarantines, tests and travel bans on 1.4 billion people for almost three years. Anger over those measures is now driving protests.

  5. 'I didn't ever try to commit fraud on anyone,' FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried says

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    The man at the centre of collapsed cryptocurrency exchange FTX made his first public appearance since the saga began, telling a New York audience on Wednesday that it was never his intention to commit fraud.