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Russian strikes on a shop in Constantinople,

a city in eastern Ukraine killed at least 14 people and injured 43, according to local authorities.

Meanwhile Ukrainian forces continued to advance into Kursk, a Russian region bordering Ukraine, in what has become its biggest cross-border

incursion since Russia's invasion in 2022. Russia declared a state of

emergency in the region on Wednesday and says that it is moving reinforcements to the region.

Nicholas Maduro, Venezuela's autocratic president, blocked access to X, a social media platform, for 10 days.

Mr. Maduro won a rigged election on July 28th and has since clamped down hard on widespread

dissent.

He accused Elon Musk, the owner of X, of being involved in a quote, criminal cyber coup d'etatar disrupting the country's

computer system and of quote inciting hatred fascism civil war death of

Venezuelans.

China filed a complaint with the World Trade Organization over EU tariffs on its electric vehicles.

In June, after an eight-month probe,

the EU proposed tariffs of between 26% and 48% on Chinese EVs, accusing the country of unfairly subsidising its industry with tax breaks and

cheap loans.

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