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America's Supreme Court released several opinions, including one which in effect allows emergency

abortions to proceed in Idaho that it accidentally posted online on Wednesday.

It also blocked a bankruptcy settlement resolving claims against Purdue Pharma,

an opioid maker.

The deal would have granted the firm's owner, the Sackler family, immunity from civil liability

for their role in the opioid crisis in exchange for up to $6 billion paid out to claimants.

The court also blocked America's environmental regulator from enforcing a rule that would limit air pollution from power plants and factories while legal challenges play out in lower courts.

America's National Transportation Safety Board imposed sanctions on Boeing, the world's second biggest manufacturer of airplanes, for sharing with the media details of its investigation into a Boeing 737-Max door panel that

blew out in midair in January. Boeing is facing questions over safety after a number of accidents.

In 2019, a 737 max crashed near Addis Ababa, Ethiopia's

capital, killing all 157 people on board.

China's Communist Party expelled two former defense ministers who were accused of corruption.

It is the first time that China has confirmed that Lee-Shangfu, who disappeared from the public for two months last year after being ousted in October, was under investigation.

The Third Plenum, a meeting of the party's Central Committee, will confirm the removal of the two ministers and other disgraced officials next month.

North Korea said that it had successfully tested a rocket capable of carrying multiple warheads which could threaten to overwhelm missile

defenses. South Korean military officials dismissed the claim as, quote, deception and exaggeration

and said that a test missile exploded in midair. South Korea, Japan, and America

began a number of coordinated military drills near the south of the Korean Peninsula

this week.

Alexander Bastricin, who leads this week.

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