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TRT World says Harvard University has announced it will commit $100 million to redress its role in slavery, as more US institutions move toward reparations for historical injustices.

Daily Express says THE KREMLIN has been accused of falsifying footage from the Orthodox Easter Service in Moscow in an attempt to hide the ailing health of Vladimir Putin.

The Guardian says the UK backs Ukrainian troops carrying out strikes in Russian territory, the armed forces minister has said, calling it “not necessarily a problem” if Ukraine uses weapons donated by Britain.

The Guardian says Marjorie Taylor Greene texted Trump chief of staff urging martial law to overturn 2020 election

The Independent says a complaint has been filed with at least eight school districts in Florida to ban the Bible, arguing that the holy book’s contents fall under topics “prohibited” by a controversial new state law.

The Metro says a murder investigation has been opened in southwest France after the bodies of a British couple were found at their isolated countryside home.

France24 says Humanity is suffering from a “broken perception of risk”, spurring us into activities and behaviours that cause climate change and a surging number of disasters around the globe.

TRT World says a US judge has held Trump in contempt of court for failing to turn over documents related to an investigation of possible fraud in the Trump family’s business dealings.

Macron has won five more years as France’s president after a convincing victory over rival, far-right Marine Le Pen, who still managed to secure the far-right’s highest share of the vote yet.

The Metro says a Russian oil depot went up in flames overnight amid claims of cross-border attacks by Ukrainian forces.

The Guardian says Beijingers were flooding supermarkets to stock up on food on Monday, hoping to avoid Shanghai-style shortages in the case of a city-wide lockdown as the capital records a growing number of Covid infections.

France24 says French President Emmanuel Macron has seen off his far-right rival Marine Le Pen to secure five years more years at the helm of Europe’s second economy.

Euronews says nearly two months into the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Kremlin has taken extraordinary steps to blunt an economic counteroffensive from the West.

Arab News says a projectile fired from Lebanon hit an open area in Israel on Monday and Israeli artillery targeted an area where the attack was launched, the Israeli military said.

TRT World says at least six people have been killed and four wounded in armed clashes between alleged gang members at an indoor football match in Guatemala.

Daily Express says TWO PEOPLE have died after an “unidentified” plane crashed into the General Mills plant in Covington early Thursday evening, local police have confirmed.

The Metro says Florida lawmakers on Thursday voted to strip the Walt Disney Company of its special self-governing status, adding fuel to an ongoing political feud between the company and the governor.

The Guardian says the WHO has said the number of reported new Covid-19 cases worldwide decreased by nearly a quarter last week, continuing a decline seen since the end of March.

France24 says Russian President Vladimir Putin alone can decide the fate of the 100,000 civilians still trapped in Ukraine’s war-torn Mariupol.

Arab News say for journalist Amer Matar a decade-long search for his younger brother has defined him and changed the course of his life.

The Daily Express says CHINA has for the first time publicly demonstrated the launch of its deadly new hypersonic anti-ship missile – said to be designed to target aircraft carriers – in what experts believe is meant as a warning to the US Navy.

The Daily Express says RUSSIAN FURY directed at President Putin has intensified as sailors on the destroyed Moskva warship are still missing, presumed dead, despite Putin denying use of conscripts in the war, reports claim.

The Sun says VLADIMIR Putin has called off the assault on hero Ukrainian troops buried in the Mariupol steel plant, declaring the besieged city is now in Russian hands.

The Metro says Ukraine has offered to hold last ditch negotiations with Russia to get fighters and civilians out of Mariupol.

The Guardian says schools and other public buildings in Italy will be forbidden from setting their air conditioning to any setting lower than 25C from next month.