Introduction

The US tries to crack down on the Wagner group’s extensive interests in Africa, days after the mercenary group started an abortive uprising against Moscow’s military elite. A conservative Supreme Court rejects a legal theory that would give almost unchecked power to state lawmakers in deciding elections. Plus, police in Barcelona say organized crime has flourished around legal weed.

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