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1. Sri Lankan lawmakers scrap their pensions, delivering on a campaign promise

   Sri Lankan legislators have overwhelmingly voted to scrap their pensions, as the Marxist-leaning government fulfills a key campaign promise

2. Teen rescued from bridge after TikTok stunt goes wrong

3. The chilling discovery found beneath a company’s property

4. Essex Police assessing Stansted Airport private flights tied to Epstein files

   An investigation found 87 flights linked to Jeffrey Epstein had arrived or departed from UK airports between the early 1990s and 2018

5. Social media users swoon as photo of California cop on duty with pups goes viral: ‘I identify as a dog’

   Officer Parks with the Burbank Police Department has received more attention than the two French Bulldogs in the photo

6. Takaichi will be reappointed as Japan's prime minister with a goal of pushing to the right

   Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi last week won a landslide election that gave her a strong public mandate

7. This is the best carb to eat if you’re trying to lose weight

   Some weight-loss diets may have you cutting carbs - but experts say you may not want to cut this one

8. Vinicius Junior posts message after alleged racist abuse during Benfica game

   The 25-year-old left the field in Lisbon after reporting a member of the Benfica team.

9. 10 skiers missing and 6 found alive as search continues after Northern California avalanche

   Search and rescue teams were deployed after a 911 call reported an avalanche with individuals buried

10. NASA hopes fuel leaks are fixed as it launches another countdown test for the Artemis II moonshot

    NASA has begun another practice launch countdown for its first moonshot in decades with astronauts