The two hundred thirty-fifth episode of the DSR Daily Brief.

Stories Cited in the Episode:

Mystery surrounds objects shot down by US military

Turkey-Syria earthquakes: UN expects death toll above 50,000

Israel to authorise nine ‘wild’ West Bank settlements

Cambodia’s Hun Sen shuts down independent media outlet

Ethiopia restricts social media, messaging apps amid protests

Portugal church sex abuse study finds 512 alleged victims

Mexico arrests cartel member suspected of leading fentanyl trade

Chilean woman becomes first to swim 1.55 miles in Antarctica

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The two hundred thirty-fourth episode of the DSR Daily Brief.

Stories Cited in the Episode:

Russia launches drone and missile attacks in south and east Ukraine

Nicaraguan prisoners freed: 222 opposition figures deported to US

Japan, Philippines agree to sharply boost defense ties

South Africa declares national disaster over blackouts

Pakistan says it agrees to IMF terms on release of $1.1bn payout

Mexico: Ex-security chief stole $745 million from contracts

Poland to close border checkpoint with Belarus

New Zealand police find 3.5 tons of cocaine in Pacific Ocean

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The two hundred thirty-third episode of the DSR Daily Brief.

Stories Cited in the Episode:

Turkey-Syria earthquake: Total death toll surpasses 16,800

Ukraine war: Elon Musk's SpaceX firm bars Kyiv from using Starlink tech for drone control

North displays enough ICBM launchers to defeat U.S. missile defense

Australia strips Chinese-made security cameras from defence sites

Kenya, South Sudan locked in border dispute

Spanish court rules against plan to omit bullfights from youth voucher scheme

Brazil agencies launch raid against illegal gold miners in Yanomami lands

Indian government asks people to hug cows on Valentine’s Day

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The two hundred thirty-second episode of the DSR Daily Brief.

Stories Cited in the Episode:

China spy balloon: US Navy releases photos of debris

Germany, Denmark, Netherlands pledge Ukraine Leopard 1 tanks

Separatists fighters in Papua hold New Zealand pilot hostage

Fire breaks out at US-owned drone factory in Latvia

Iran unveils underground base in response to US-Israel exercises

U.S. donates $14 mln in security equipment to tackle Costa Rican crime

Somalia approves NISA Bill after 53 years

Loose emu captured in Missouri neighborhood

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The two hundred thirty-first episode of the DSR Daily Brief.

Stories Cited in the Episode:

What's the latest on the Turkey Earthquake

China says will ‘safeguard interests’ over balloon shootdown

Adani stock rout pauses as investors await raft of earnings

Ministers ‘punishing’ nurses in England, says union as NHS hit by biggest strike

Pakistan lifts Wikipedia ban

Burkina Faso gunmen kill 15 Nigerian pilgrims bound for Senegal

Chile battles deadliest wildfires on record as heatwave grips

Funeral home finds woman breathing hours after declared dead

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The two hundred thirtieth episode of the DSR Daily Brief.

Stories Cited in the Episode:

Powerful quake rocks Turkey and Syria, kills more than 1,300

US searches for wreckage of suspected Chinese spy balloon

Adani sell-off continues amid protests by India’s opposition

Canada deploys military aircraft over Haiti to disrupt gangs

Mali expels human rights chief of UN peacekeeping mission

Hong Kong: landmark national security trial of 47 democracy advocates begins

Paris, Berlin to call for subsidy transparency during US trip

Japanese zoo solves mystery of isolated gibbon's pregnancy

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The two hundred twenty-ninth episode of the DSR Daily Brief.

Stories Cited in the Episode:

Chinese spy balloon: US tracks suspected surveillance device

Peru Congress rejects new bid to advance elections amid protests

Sweden moves to toughen anti-terror laws

Germany wants to allow transfers of Leopard 1 tanks

Myanmar crisis overshadows ASEAN ministers' meeting

Honduras launches $280 mln U.N.-backed humanitarian aid plan

Israel probes legality of US giving artifact to Palestinians

Blood-flavored ice helps zoo animals beat Rio’s heat

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The two hundred twenty-eighth episode of the DSR Daily Brief.

Stories Cited in the Episode:

US secures deal on Philippines bases to complete arc around China

North Korea threatens use of 'nuclear force' as US and South Korea hold military drills

Israel launches air raids on Gaza after rocket fire

Austria expels four Russian diplomats

Targeting Iran, US tightens Iraq’s dollar flow, causing pain

India raises defence budget to $72.6 bln amid tensions with China

Colombia to pay reparations for role in extermination of leftwing party

New Mexico considers roasted chile as official state aroma

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The two hundred twenty-seventh episode of the DSR Daily Brief.

Stories Cited in the Episode:

Four suspects in killing of Haitian president sent to US

U.S. readies $2 billion-plus Ukraine aid package with longer-range weapons

Myanmar coup anniversary: 'Silent strike' marks two years of military rule

Corruption rife across Latin America; Guatemala, Nicaragua reach all-time lows: report

‘Needle in a haystack’: Search over after radioactive capsule found in WA outback

German top court: Surveillance law 'partly' unconstitutional

Before a crowd of 1 million, Pope urges Congolese to forgive

Two missing tamarin monkeys found in closet of abandoned home

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The two hundred twenty-sixxth episode of the DSR Daily Brief.

Stories Cited in the Episode:

Pakistan: Death toll climbs in Peshawar mosque attack

US stops granting export licenses for China’s Huawei, say sources

Talk of fighter jets to Kyiv could strain Western unity

Pension reform strikes: France faces disruption on second day of national protests

Former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro has applied for US visa

Rhino poaching surges 93 percent in Namibia

In diplomatic coup, Taiwan president speaks to Czech president-elect

‘Schoolhouse Rock’ premiered 50 years ago — and shaped a generation

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