For today, links to reports from Reuters, the Associated Press, Agence France-Presse, and Tass; others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. (GAZA and CLIMATE entries for today are HERE and HERE. ) — MCM

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Three dead as storm hits Crimea and Russia’s Black Sea coast. From Reuters. MOSCOW — Fierce storms killed three people on the Russian and Crimean Black Sea coast today, with hundreds evacuated. State news agency TASS reported that . . . READ MORE . . .

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Ukraine has a new way to get its grain to the world despite Russia’s threat in the Black Sea, by Hanna Arhirova and Courtney Bonnell | AP  KYIV — More of Ukraine’s grain is getting unloaded from overcrammed silos and heading to ports on the Black Sea, set to traverse a fledgling shipping corridor launched after Russia pulled out of a U.N.-brokered agreement this summer that allowed food to flow safely from Ukraine during the war. Growing numbers of ships are . . . READ MORE . . .

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NEWER  NATO chief says Ukraine inflicting ‘heavy losses’ on Russian forces. From AFP. NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said today that Ukraine was still inflicting major losses on Russia, despite Kyiv not managing to regain captured territory. “We see high casualty numbers, and some of the most intense fighting . . . READ MORE . . .

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Russian forces wipe out Ukrainian command post in DPR over past day. From Tass. MOSCOW— Russian forces destroyed a Ukrainian command post near the settlement of Krasnoye in the Donetsk People’s Republic over the past day in the special military operation in Ukraine, Russia’s Defense Ministry said today. And in the Kupyansk area . . . READ MORE . . .