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Briefing: ‘I was going in circles’: How one woman got caught in a year-long struggle with Airbnb and PayPal to get her money back

Strategic angle: A woman's frustrating journey to reclaim her funds from Airbnb and PayPal highlights the challenges consumers face.

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Briefing: France announces crisis loans for firms hit by fuel-price surge

Strategic angle: Emergency loan programme launched to support small and medium-sized businesses affected by rising fuel costs.

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Briefing: War in the Middle East: Israel expands operations in Lebanon

Strategic angle: Simon Mabon, Professor of International Politics and Middle East Studies at Lancaster University, is our guest.

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Briefing: D.C. Can Fine You $259,214 For Speeding And Still Not Stop You From Doing It Again

Strategic angle: Drivers with Maryland and Virginia plates are racking up massive D.C. speeding debts.

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Briefing: Camorra boss Roberto Mazzarella caught in luxury resort on Amalfi coast

Strategic angle: Mazzarella, head of the clan bearing his name, was on the list of Italy's most dangerous fugitives. Cash and luxury watches were seized in the operation.

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Briefing: 58 tortillas, five hot sauces and one toilet: life aboard spacecraft Orion

Strategic angle: They're sipping smoothies, snapping phone pics, dealing with crashed email and fixing broken toilets: astronauts, they're just like us.

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Briefing: Here's Why Getting Rid Of Gas Taxes Might Not Lower Prices After All

Strategic angle: Georgia suspended its gas tax for 60 days. On a gallon of regular, that would save drivers about $0.33. Great idea, right? Not so fast.

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Briefing: 'London Falling': A teenage imposter, an aging gangster and a body in the Thames

Strategic angle: In 2019, 19-year-old Zac Brettler leapt towards the River Thames from a fifth-floor luxury apartment in central London. Patrick Radden Keefe investigates the story of the teen's double life in a new book.

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Briefing: Opinion: Humanity's hopes ascended with Artemis II

Strategic angle: NPR's Scott Simon reflects on the successful launch of NASA's Artemis II this week. The four astronauts aboard will travel around the moon.

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Briefing: Super Meat Boy 3D makes suffering fun

Strategic angle: The beloved indie game returns with a new 3D twist, promising even more challenging gameplay.

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Briefing: Jack Dorsey says Block employees now bring prototypes, not slides, to meetings

Strategic angle: In a shift towards more practical presentations, Block CEO Jack Dorsey emphasizes the importance of prototypes in meetings.

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Briefing: Videos show US missiles being launched from Kuwait into Iran

Strategic angle: Evidence mounts of missile attacks on Iran amid US–Israel conflict, despite regional denials.

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Briefing: Ex-matador gored to death by bull at Spanish arena ahead of bullfight

Strategic angle: Ricardo Ortiz, 51, tragically lost his life while preparing for a traditional bullfight in Malaga.

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Briefing: Filosa’s Stellantis Is Hiring Like Tavares Never Happened

Strategic angle: New Stellantis boss flips the script as engineers and factory workers flood back in the US and globally

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Briefing: In Japan and South Korea, Macron advocates for a 'third way'

Strategic angle: The French president called for the creation of a 'coalition of independents' committed to a 'third way' set apart from both China and the United States.

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Briefing: A Europa adventurer, a 50-yard stunner & a League Two fairytale - EFL stories

Strategic angle: Exploring remarkable stories from the EFL, including a stunning long-range goal and an inspiring journey in League Two.

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Briefing: Cameron: Taylor won't fight me for her swansong

Strategic angle: Irish legend Katie Taylor is set to have one final fight to end her career - but Chantelle Cameron does not expect to line up in the opposite corner.

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Briefing: Bahrain waters down UN proposal over opposition to allowing force to open Strait of Hormuz

Strategic angle: Bahrain modifies its stance on a UN proposal amid concerns over military intervention in the Strait of Hormuz.

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Briefing: Senegal bans ministers from foreign travel as oil price rise bites

Strategic angle: The fuel cost is nearly double what the government budgeted for putting pressure on stretched finances.

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Briefing: Ex-England defender Trippier to leave Newcastle

Strategic angle: Kieran Trippier is to leave Newcastle United when the defender's contract expires this summer.