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    UNITED KINGDOM

    New judge in town.

    UN member states have elected Oxford professor Dapo Akande to the International Court of Justice, restoring a British presence to the bench after nearly a decade. He joins newly-elected judges from France, Jordan, Singapore, and Kenya for an initial nine-year term. (MEE)

  2. 02

    UNITED NATIONS

    Old mystery, new clues?

    A fresh UN-mandated assessment has concluded it “appears plausible” an external attack hit the plane carrying former UN chief Dag Hammarskjöld in 1961, leaving him and 15 others onboard dead. (UNifeed)

  3. 03

    PARAGUAY

    Banking on a political crisis.

    The broad opposition has filed an impeachment motion against the conservative president (Peña) over his links to a rapidly-growing digital bank (Ueno) that just collapsed, freezing millions of customer deposits and even state funds. (UPI)

  4. 04

    INDONESIA

    Troops descend on Jakarta.

    Following the arrest of his chief of staff and top security honchos over an alleged wiretapping ring, the embattled president (Prabowo) has now deployed more than 20,000 military personnel to the capital (though officials insist it’s a routine rotation). (Straits Times)

  5. 05

    SOUTH AFRICA

    Local elections.

    Preliminary results for South Africa’s municipal elections show the African National Congress party, which has dominated post-Apartheid politics, is leading the centre-right Democratic Alliance, but only just. (Reuters)

  6. 06

    NEW ZEALAND

    Kiwi cliffhanger?

    Final polling suggests this Saturday’s parliamentary elections could result in neither the conservative government nor the centre-left opposition securing an outright majority. (Guardian)

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