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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken calls for China to step up prosecutions over fentanyl as he praises recent measures to curb precursor chemicals to the painkiller behind a deadly US addiction epidemic. SOUNDBITE
Joseph Bankman and Barbara Fried, the parents of Sam Bankman-Fried, founder of the collapsed cryptocurrency exchange FTX, arrive at the Manhattan Federal Court in New York City. Bankman-Fried is set to be sentenced later Thursday following his conviction in one of the biggest financial fraud cases in history. IMAGES
Veteran US politician Mitch McConnell, 82, says he would step down as leader of the Republican Party in the Senate later this year, ending his tenure as the longest-serving Senate leader in American history. "I stand before you today, Mr. President and my colleagues to say this will be my last term as Republican leader," McConnell says in chamber. SOUNDBITE
A military helicopter carrying former paramilitary leader Salvatore Mancuso, who spent 16 years in a US jail, arrives in Colombia's capital. Regarded as one of the most powerful warlords of the 1990s and early 21st century, Mancuso has pledged to tell the truth about his links to politicians and businesspeople in the South American country. IMAGES
Students from across Greece protest in Athens against the planned introduction of private universities, a reform that has riled the country's higher education community. IMAGES
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