Operation Lone Star troops could owe feds tax money thanks to state’s payroll error

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Uganda president apologizes to Kenya for son’s ill-advised invasion tweets | CNN

CNN  —  President Yoweri Museveni has apologized to Kenyans over tweets posted by his son Muhoozi…

Pro-Russia media slam war setbacks as Putin predicts annexed Ukrainian regions will stabilize | CNN

CNN  —  Russian President Vladimir Putin has said he expects the situation to stabilize in four…

Who is Ibrahim Traore, the soldier behind Burkina Faso’s latest coup? | CNN

Reuters  —  As a heavily armed convoy drove through a cheering crowd in Burkina Faso’s capital…

North Korea fired a missile over Japan for the first time in five years. Here’s what you need to know | CNN

Seoul, South Korea CNN  —  North Korea fired a ballistic missile without warning over Japan on…

Opinion: A piece of paradise lost | CNN

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Russian forces retreat from strategic Donetsk city a day after Moscow’s annexation of the region | CNN

Kyiv, Ukraine CNN  —  Russian forces retreated from Lyman, a strategic city for its operations in…

How Spam became cool again | CNN Business

New York CNN Business  —  Spam is cool. The 85-year-old canned block of meat has undergone…

Four teenagers were shot at a protest in Papua. Eight years on, only one suspect is facing trial | CNN

Hong Kong CNN  —  Even by the bloody standards of Indonesia’s decades-long Papua conflict, one massacre…

Burkina Faso military officials announce dissolution of government and leader’s removal | CNN

A new military takeover has been declared in Burkina Faso, after a day marked by gunfire…