News Wire | Monday, June 12, 2023

Silvio Berlusconi: Former Italian Prime Minister Has Died at 86

By Emilio Parodi and Elvira Pollina | Reuters (registration)

Silvio Berlusconi, the billionaire media mogul and former Italian prime minister who transformed the nation’s politics with polarising policies and often alarmed his allies with his brazen remarks, died on Monday aged 86.

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Ukraine Claims First Gains, if Slight, in Counteroffensive

By Andrew E. Kramer | The New York Times

After a week of mostly silence about its newly launched campaign to drive Russian occupying forces from Ukrainian territory, Ukraine’s military on Sunday claimed its first small gains as fighting raged in at least three sectors of the front.

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