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Qatari Diar to invest $29.7B in luxury project on Egypt's Mediterranean coast
REUTERS
DOHA, Qatar- Qatari Diar, the real estate arm of Doha's sovereign wealth fund, will enter into a partnership deal to develop a project on Egypt's Mediterranean coast with investments worth $29.7 billion, a source with direct knowledge told Reuters on Wednesday.
UPS cargo plane crashes in Kentucky, killing at least 7
EURO NEWS
LOUISVILLE, Kentucky, USA- A UPS cargo plane crashed after takeoff from Louisville airport, killing at least seven, with the death toll expected to rise as investigators examine a violent crash that sent the aircraft careening off course into hangars and buildings.
Slovakia adopts speed limit for pedestrians
POLITICO
BRATISLAVA, Slovakia- You can only walk 6 kilometers per hour if you want to follow the law in Slovakia.
Gaza: Israeli strikes kill at least 50, including dozens of children
UPI
GAZA CITY, Gaza- At least 50 people were killed in Gaza, including more than two dozen children, in a wave of Israeli strikes in retaliation for the killing of an Israel Defense Forces soldier operating in an area of Rafah on the Israeli side of the so-called Yellow cease-fire line.
Louvre director faces grilling over €88m jewellery heist
BRUSSELS SIGNAL
PARIS, France- The jewellery stolen from the Louvre in Paris was valued at more than €85 million, a French prosecutor said, as the museum’s director faces security questions from a Senate committee over the brazen heist.
More than 40 people killed in a crash of buses and other vehicles in western Uganda
ASSOCIATED PRESS
KAMPALA, Uganda- Two buses and two other vehicles crashed early Wednesday on a highway in western Uganda, killing at least 46 people, police said, in one of the worst motor accidents in the East African country in recent years.
Netanyahu says Israel giving 'peace a chance', but voices long term doubts
CBS NEWS
TEL AVIV, Israel- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met "CBS Mornings" co-host Tony Dokoupil late Tuesday at the Rabin Medical Center, just outside Tel Aviv, where the Israeli leader and his wife Sara visited newly-returned hostages and their families on their first full day back together.
China seizes 60,000 maps for ‘mislabelling’ Taiwan
THE INDEPENDENT
SHANGOND, China- Chinese customs officers in the eastern province of Shandong have confiscated 60,000 maps they said contained “errors”, including mislabelling Taiwan and omitting parts of the South China Sea that Beijing claims as its own.
Dozens killed as Pakistani army, fighters clash near Afghan border
AL JAZEERA
ORAKZAI DISTRICT, Pakistan- Eleven military personnel have been killed in a gunfight with armed fighters in the country’s northwest, according to the Pakistani army.
Greenland’s PM looks to boost EU ties despite Trump threats
POLITICO
BRUSSELS, Belgium- Greenland’s prime minister said he is keen to boost cooperation with the European Union in the face of U.S. President Donald Trump’s threats to annex the Arctic territory.
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