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1. Judge throws out Trump suit against Wall Street Journal over Epstein letter

   

   Saying the president was "grasping at straws," a U.S. federal judge on Saturday threw out Donald Trump's $10-billion lawsuit against the Wall Street Journal and media mogul Rupert Murdoch over a story reporting on his ties to wealthy financier Jeffrey Epstein.

2. Youth-led protests sweep across France, Europe for a 3rd weekend

   

   Hundreds of thousands of mostly young protesters took to the streets across France on Saturday in a third consecutive weekend of demonstrations over living costs and education. Youth-led demonstrations were also reported in Germany and Italy.

3. Binance says billions replaced from hack that FBI blames on North Korea

   

   Crypto exchange Binance said on Saturday it has been able to replace 90 per cent of the amount stolen after a record $6.3-billion US hack of its platform. The FBI on Saturday ‌said the North Korean state-sponsored unit known as TraderTraitor was responsible for the attack.

4. Democrats and Republicans are joining forces to fight data centres in Ohio

   

   In a time of extreme political polarization in the United States, opposition to AI data centre development is cutting through traditional divides. The bipartisan backlash is especially strong in Ohio, where Republicans and Democrats are putting aside political differences to fight what they see as a common enemy.

5. Civilians evacuated from Russian-occupied Oleshky arrive in Ukraine-held territory

   

   Residents evacuated from the Russian-occupied city of Oleshky have crossed into Ukrainian-held territory after a humanitarian mission and localized ceasefire, part of a major rescue operation carried out under the most significant truce since Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine more than four years ago.