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<span class="tinyMce-placeholder">By Estelle Ellis<br></span></h2></td></tr></table><table class="paragraph_block block-6" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0;word-break:break-word"><tr><td class="pad" style="padding-bottom:10px;padding-top:5px"><div 
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 <strong>Russia has been accused of violating international law</strong> by deliberately bombing a hospital in northern Syria in 2019, in a <a href="https://link.dailymaverick.co.za/click/35234773.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" target="_blank" style="text-decoration: none; color: #02456d;" rel="noopener">new complaint filed with the United Nations Human Rights Committee.</a></p><p style="margin:0;margin-bottom:16px">
✈️ <strong>20 airlines are implicated in a European Union investigation</strong> for <a href="https://link.dailymaverick.co.za/click/35234773.74061/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZGFpbHltYXZlcmljay5jby56YS9hcnRpY2xlLzIwMjQtMDUtMDItYWlyLWZyYW5jZS1rbG0tYnJ1c3NlbHMtYWlybGluZXMtYW1vbmctY2FycmllcnMtaW4tZXUtZ3JlZW53YXNoaW5nLXByb2JlLz91dG1fc291cmNlPVNhaWx0aHJ1JnV0bV9jYW1wYWlnbj1BZnRlcm5vb24lMjBUaGluZyUyMDIlMjBNYXklMjAyMDI0Jm1sZT1NRWRqY3pWTllVcFplRkJ1Wm1OMlNrZHZRVUpYVUVOeGFETTVTRThyVkZGbFlrVlBkaXQ1WW5wRFRsQnNNMnQzZDBoQ1FUaHNXRmhYYUVrNWFVcHVRV3BLVERGa2JTc3JSVFJ6VVRoak9FaERlamRNVEVoa05Dc3dVelZEYm5CbFVHTnFSek5JWjJWVGEwZFJiVTB5YlVkWGJTdHZTa2RuVEVJMVVuWkRXWEklM0Q/654b96d2a426663d33afca23B8ae32e7d" target="_blank" style="text-decoration: none; color: #02456d;" rel="noopener">alleged greenwashing</a>. They include Air France, Brussels Airlines and KLM.</p><p style="margin:0;margin-bottom:16px">
<strong>Georgian demonstrators were met by police,</strong> tear gas and stun grenades as they <a href="https://link.dailymaverick.co.za/click/35234773.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" target="_blank" style="text-decoration: none; color: #02456d;" rel="noopener">protested against parliament’s approval of a “foreign agents” bill</a>, which has been criticised as Kremlin-inspired.</p><p style="margin:0">
 <strong>Music from Universal Studios artists will return to TikTok</strong> after almost four months, with both parties agreeing on a <a href="https://link.dailymaverick.co.za/click/35234773.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" target="_blank" style="text-decoration: none; color: #02456d;" rel="noopener">new licensing agreement</a>.</p></div></td></tr></table><table class="divider_block block-3" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0"><tr>
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<span class="tinyMce-placeholder"><span class="mce-content-body mce-edit-focus" style="position: relative;" id="5ac7e978-b2d0-4a3c-b12f-2d49bfca561a" data-position="80-1-0" data-qa="tinyeditor-root-element"><span class="tinyMce-placeholder"> Gerrie van Zyl<br><br>
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src="https://media.sailthru.com/composer/images/sailthru-prod-7o7/image0.jpeg" style="display:block;height:auto;border:0;width:100%" width="600" height="auto"></div></div></td></tr></table><table class="heading_block block-2" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0"><tr><td class="pad" style="padding-bottom:10px;padding-left:60px;padding-right:60px;padding-top:35px;text-align:center;width:100%"><h1 
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