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A 7.3-magnitude earthquake struck an area 30 kilometers west of Vanuatu's capital, Port Vila, triggering a tsunami warning that was later lifted. While there are still no reports of injuries or deaths, photos posted on social media indicate damage to buildings – including foreign embassies – in the capital.

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Hundreds of people are feared dead after Cyclone Chido hit the French Indian Ocean region of Mayotte, and officials have warned it will take days to know the full toll.

What did they say…”I want to pour gasoline on this anger”…Michael Moore. Photography: Vittorio Zunino Celotto/Getty Images

“If every angry person were willing to kill CEOs, CEOs would be dead already.”

After being mentioned in the statement of suspected killer Luigi Mangione, Michael Moore responded. The Oscar-winning documentary director, whose 2007 film Sicko looked at the US health insurance system, said the outrage at the industry is “1,000% justified” but, yes, he “condemns the killing”.

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The Ukrainian military intelligence agency published the figures released over the weekend. These deaths are the first to be reported since North Korea sent between 10,000 and 12,000 soldiers to Russia to help it in the nearly three-year-old war.

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