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TRT World says Peruvian authorities have said that a fifth person died in the ongoing anti-government protests sparked by rising fuel prices.

VOA says the WHO says, following a surge of new cases in early March, the number of new worldwide COVID-19 cases and deaths has fallen for a second consecutive week.

Daily Express says A PRO-PUTIN TV presenter has had his luxury Lake Como house set on fire.

The Independent says Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is set to make an historic address to the Irish Parliament later.

The Independent says Russian mercenaries and Malian soldiers have been accused of killing hundreds of men in a town in central Mali last month, Human Rights Watch (HRW) has said.

The Guardian says attacks against the press in Mexico have increased by 85% since President Andrés Manuel López Obrador took office, making it the most deadly period for journalists since records began, according to a new report.

France24 says the United States and its allies on Wednesday prepared new sanctions on Moscow over civilian killings in northern Ukraine.

Euronews says Germany has reported a rise in attacks against Ukrainian refugees and Russians since the start of the war.

Aljazeera says Gotabaya Rajapaksa has revoked a state of emergency after dozens of MPs walked out of the ruling coalition, which has been struggling to quell protests over economic downturn.

The Metro says It’s not possible to know what pain this woman went through before she died.

The Independent says Sri Lanka president Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s ruling coalition lost its majority in parliament on Tuesday amid growing unrest in the country over an economic crisis.

The Guardian says the bodies of a British father and son have been recovered from the Blue Mountains, after they were killed in a “freak” landslide.

The Guardian says police in the California state capital have made an arrest in connection with Sunday’s mass shooting.

The Guardian says the west must not lift sanctions against Russia until all its troops have left Ukraine and Vladimir Putin is unable to mount such an offensive again, the foreign secretary, Liz Truss, has said.

France24 says Moscow faced global revulsion and accusations of war crimes Monday after the Russian pullout from the outskirts of Kyiv revealed streets strewn with corpses.

Euronews says we must halve emissions by 2030 in order to avoid the worst effects of the climate crisis, says the latest report from the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).

Arab News says trade in the amphetamine-type stimulant captagon in the Middle East grew exponentially in 2021 to top $5 billion, posing an increasing health and security risk to the region, a report said.

Aljazeera says the sister of Kim Jong Un has threatened South Korea with nuclear retaliation if provoked after Seoul highlighted its supposed pre-emptive strike capabilities against the North.

TRT World says an Indian paramilitary soldier has been killed and another wounded in a rebel attack in India-administered Kashmir’s main city.

VOA says Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson advanced one step closer to serving on the U.S. Supreme Court with a key U.S. Senate committee Monday advancing her nomination for a full floor vote.

Daily Mirror says horrifying details are emerging of mass killings and civilians being slaughtered in the streets of Ukraine in previously Russian-occupied areas.

The Sun says A VILLAGE mayor in Ukraine was kidnapped, executed and dumped in a forest pit along with her husband and son, reports claim.

The Metro says Ukraine’s President has accused Russia of genocide after pictures of hundreds of bodies – some with their hands tied behind their backs – were found in the streets of Bucha.

The Independent says an Irishman living with terminal cancer has made his way from Co Cork to the Ukrainian border with a truck-load of aid.

France24 says Hong Kong’s leader Carrie Lam announced Monday that she will step down in June ending a five-year term in office.