⚠️ Fourth Person Dies in Suspected Mass Drink-Spiking Case in Laos

An Australian teenager has become the latest victim from a suspected mass drink-spiking case in Vang Vieng.

Two Danish women and an American man have also died - it is suspected that they had unknowingly drank methanol while at a bar in the popular backpacking destination.

Sources in Laos claimed that the bar the tourists were drinking at was affiliated with organised crime and the Asian mafia. (Herald Sun)

WhatsApp messages show that the bar the pair visited offers free spirits and openly sells opium, ecstasy and ketamine, according to the Aussie newspaper.

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❗️President Putin announced that Russia's Armed Forces carried out a combined strike using the latest Oreshnik medium-range missile against a Ukrainian defense industry facility in response to American and British weapon strikes on Russian territory.

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💸Trump could create first crypto role at White House

Donald Trump’s team is considering creating a role in Washington solely focused on cryptocurrency policy. (Bloomberg)

The president-elect’s transition team is said to be vetting candidates for the role.

Trump addressed a Bitcoin conference in Nashville in July, telling the audience: “If we don’t embrace crypto and Bitcoin technology, China will, other countries will, they’ll dominate, and we cannot let China dominate.”

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❌ Israel launches overnight attack on Nuseirat Refugee Camp in besieged Gaza Strip - multiple dead, including children

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⚠️ JUST IN: Israeli DefMin Katz announces end to administrative detention orders for West Bank settlers - the controversial policy of detaining suspects without charge will only apply to Palestinians now in the occupied lands

Katz has handed a free reign to the extremists in the West Bank.

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🔴NOW: Beijing opposes violation of humanitarian, international law - condemns any practices that harm civilians and attacks on civilian facilities in Palestine (Chinese Foreign Ministry)

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🔶 Oreshnik hypersonic missile: What’s its reach?

🔶 NATO’s actions will have consequences: experts on ‘breakthrough’ Oreshnik missile

🔶 Polar opposite reactions to ICC's arrest warrants for Netanyahu, Gallant

🔶 UNESCO turns a blind eye on Russian journalists murdered by Ukrainian thugs

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⚡️ JUST IN: UK Police Carries Out Controlled Explosion of “Suspect Package” Outside US Embassy in London

“Enquiries are still ongoing and cordons will remain in place,” the Met Police posted.

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👀 “Operation Germany”: Bundeswehr Prepares for War with Russia - Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung

A secretive 1,000-page document, named ‘Operations Germany,’ contains tips for businesses on how to keep operations running smoothly in wartime, such as preparing replacement staff for migrant workers who leave the country.

It also lists key commercial buildings and other infrastructure that would need to be protected by the German army and broad logistical plans for hosting tens of thousands of NATO troops.

The planning document is still not finished and largely contains “fragments” of advice. But it is considered a “living document” with new information being added on a regular basis, the German newspaper said.

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⚠️ NEW: Berlin not likely to comply with ICC warrant for Netanyahu - German govt spox

"I find it hard to imagine that arrests could be made in Germany on this basis", Steffen Hebestreit told reporters.

Germany… always on the wrong side of history.

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⚠️ Tel Aviv rejects Lebanese ceasefire deals that involve France as part of committee to supervise implementation - KAN citing source

The ‘anti-Israeli stance of France' has been given as the reason, according to a source with knowledge of the discussions.

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⚠️ NEW: Israel Continues to Destroy Beirut with Apparent Impunity

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