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</div><h2 id="76ed">Wednesday, 29 June 2022…</h2><figure id="d5e4"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:800/0*hwuIc1x11kNARx2W.jpg"><figcaption>The Rapid Support Forces in Sudan used anti-aircraft weapons to confront the demonstrators who rejected the military coup</figcaption></figure><p id="643f">The Sudanese Armed Forces, on Wednesday, 29 June 2022, fire heavy artillery during clashes in the disputed eastern region of Al Fushqa District bordering Ethiopia, after Ethiopia was accused by Sudan of murdering seven soldiers and one civilian. Ethiopia denies responsibility for the killings and instead blamed a local armed group.</p><div id="df11" class="link-block">
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<h2>Sudan's military strikes disputed region bordering Ethiopia</h2>
<div><h3>Sudan's armed forces fired heavy artillery during clashes in the disputed eastern region of al-Fashaqa bordering…</h3></div>
<div><p>www.aljazeera.com</p></div>
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</div><h2 id="45be">Tuesday, 28 June 2022…</h2><figure id="a351"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:800/0*2y15EwsD2JRvUG91"><figcaption>Drivers queue for fuel in Colombo. Prices have risen 137% over the past six months. Photograph: Chamila Karunarathne/EPA</figcaption></figure><p id="5d6f">Kanchana Wijesekera, Sri Lanka’s power and energy minister, announced on Tuesday, 28 June 2022, the government will lift restrictions on fuel imports in response to the country’s energy crisis. It is hoped the decision will end a fuel duopoly between the state-owned Ceylon Petroleum Corporation and the Indian government-owned Lanka IOC.</p><div id="bea5" class="link-block">
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<h2>Cash-starved Sri Lanka To End Fuel Duopoly To Ease Fuel Shortages</h2>
<div><h3>Sri Lanka will allow companies from oil-producing countries to import and sell fuel, the power and energy minister said…</h3></div>
<div><p>www.ibtimes.com</p></div>
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</div><p id="385e">The Sri Lankan government, further to Wijesekera’s statement regarding a certain fuel duopoly, has suspended sales of fuel for non-essential vehicles. For the next two weeks, in addition to buses and trains, only medical services and transporting food will be allowed to fill up with fuel.</p><div id="0123" class="link-block">
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<h2>Non-essential petrol sales halted for two weeks in Sri Lanka</h2>
<div><h3>The country says it is saving its limited fuel supplies for vehicles used for essential services.</h3></div>
<div><p>www.bbc.com</p></div>
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</div><h2 id="2974">Monday, 27 June 2022…</h2><figure id="1a47"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:800/0*slocdS1ThS8s9QkB"><figcaption>Russian President Vladimir Putin</figcaption></figure><p id="b7c6">Russia, after Western sanctions on Russia led Euroclear to block Russian attempts to service the debt by yesterday’s deadline, defaults on two Taiwanese-owned Eurobonds worth US$100 million.</p><p id="69cd">Curiously, from their perspective, Russian officials consider the default artificially manufactured and “a farce”. Interestingly, since borrowing internationally is no longer an option, there will be immediate consequences for Russia.</p><div id="e1f7" class="link-block">
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<h2>Russia in debt default as payment deadline passes</h2>
<div><h3>Russia is believed to have defaulted on its debt for the first time since 1998 after missing a key deadline. Russia has…</h3></div>
<div><p>www.bbc.com</p></div>
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</div><h2 id="3b53">Sunday, 26 June 2022…</h2><figure id="eda9"><img src="https
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<h2>One killed in Kyiv as Russia steps up missile strikes on Ukraine</h2>
<div><h3>One person has been killed after Russian attacks hit a residential building and a kindergarten compound in the centre…</h3></div>
<div><p>www.aljazeera.com</p></div>
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</div><p id="fe29">Meanwhile, in Cherkasy Oblast, a missile strike destroys a strategic bridge connecting western Ukraine with eastern battlefields. One civilian is known to have been killed.</p><div id="fc30" class="link-block">
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<h2>Missiles kill one person and hit strategic bridge near Ukraine's Cherkasy, officials say</h2>
<div><h3>KYIV, June 26 (Reuters) - Russian missiles struck near the central Ukrainian city of Cherkasy on Sunday, killing one…</h3></div>
<div><p>www.reuters.com</p></div>
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</div><h1 id="797c">Previously…</h1><div id="3380" class="link-block">
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<h2>A Week in Brief: Volume X</h2>
<div><h3>A Week in Brief: Sunday, 19 June to Saturday, 25 June 2022</h3></div>
<div><p>medium.com</p></div>
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<h2>A Week in Brief: Volume IX</h2>
<div><h3>A Week in Brief: Sunday, 12 June to Saturday, 18 June 2022</h3></div>
<div><p>medium.com</p></div>
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<h2>A Week in Brief: Volume VIII</h2>
<div><h3>A Week in Brief: Sunday, 5 June to Saturday, 11 June 2022</h3></div>
<div><p>medium.com</p></div>
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<h2>A Week in Brief: Volume VII</h2>
<div><h3>A Week in Brief: Sunday, 29 May to Saturday, 4 June 2022</h3></div>
<div><p>medium.com</p></div>
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<h2>A Week in Brief: Volume VI</h2>
<div><h3>A Week in Brief: Sunday, 22 May to Saturday, 28 May 2022</h3></div>
<div><p>medium.com</p></div>
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