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HONOLULU — Nobel Peace Prize laureate and journalist Maria Ressa said Tuesday that the Philippine government has ordered her news organization to shut down.

Why it matters: Ressa's Rappler has exposed Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte's "bloody war on drugs" and documented the government's propagation of disinformation.

Ecuador's government has stopped negotiations with an Indigenous coalition that has been carrying out nationwide protests that have paralyzed parts of the country, shutting down roads and causing delays in the country's oil production.

Driving the news: President Guillermo Lasso said Tuesday that discussions won't continue because the Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of Ecuador (CONAIE) is fostering groups that carry out violence like the attack that left one military officer dead and over 10 wounded early today in an Amazon region.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan agreed Tuesday to lift his objection to Sweden and Finland joining NATO, paving the way for the two Nordic nations to begin the accession process.

Driving the news: The leaders of the three countries signed a trilateral memorandum on the sidelines of the NATO Summit in Madrid confirming Turkey would support Sweden and Finland's accession after weeks of negotiations over counterterrorism and arms exports.

The Taiwanese military is still organized around the strategies once required for its decades-long goal of retaking mainland China, rather than repelling a possible Chinese military invasion.

Why it matters: Focusing on power projection instead of defense means Taiwan's armed forces may not have the weapons and plans in place to deter an attack, analysts say.

The Biden administration unveiled a new slate of sanctions on Tuesday against entities that prop up Russia's defense industrial base and military units responsible for human rights abuses.

Why it matters: The move builds on other sanctions levied by the U.S. against Russian elites and banks in response to Russia's unprovoked invasion of Ukraine.

Half of U.S. Latinos say abortion should be legal — but one-fourth say it should be illegal at all times under any circumstance — according to a new Axios-Ipsos Latino Poll in partnership with Noticias Telemundo.

The big picture: Support for abortion rights depended heavily on whether respondents were born in the U.S.: 41% of immigrants said abortion should be legal, jumping to 59% and 62% respectively with second- and third-generation Americans.

A 101-year-old former Nazi guard was convicted Tuesday of more than 3,500 counts of accessory to murder and sentenced to five years in prison, AP reports.

Driving the news: Prosecutors accused Josef Schuetz of being an accessory to the murder of thousands of Jews at the Sachsenhausen concentration camp during World War II.

Russia unveiled new sanctions on Tuesday against 25 prominent Americans, including President Biden's daughter, Ashley, and first lady Jill Biden.

Why it matters: Russia framed the move as a retaliation for U.S. sanctions.

Members of the G7 on Tuesday agreed to explore the possibility of imposing price caps on Russian oil as they reiterated vows to "impose severe and immediate economic costs" on Russia for its ongoing war in Ukraine.

Why it matters: Russia is the world's second-largest crude oil exporter, and Europe, unlike the U.S., is hugely reliant on Russian oil, gas and coal, Axios' Ben Geman writes.

The U.S. is "far worse off than you think" when it comes to social media undermining its democracy, Nobel Peace Prize laureate and journalist Maria Ressa told Axios.

Why it matters: Ressa, a Filipino American co-founder of news organization Rappler, says the next wave of elections around the world, including the U.S. midterms in November, provides another opportunity for social media to spread disinformation, divide people against one another and incite violence.

A seized superyacht U.S. officials say is linked to sanctioned Russian oligarch Suleiman Kerimov has arrived in San Diego Bay.

Driving the news: The 348-foot-long Amadea, valued at $325 million, was seized by officials in Fiji in May. The yacht flew the U.S. flag as it passed retired aircraft carrier USS Midway and under the Coronado Bridge, per CBS News.

Russian missiles struck a Ukrainian shopping center in the central city of Kremenchuk with more than 1,000 civilians inside, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on his Telegram channel Monday.

The latest: Ukraine's State Emergency Services said in a Tuesday Telegram post as rescuers continued to search for survivors that the death toll from the mall shelling had increased to 18 and 59 people were confirmed injured in the attack. Those figures were expected to rise again.

A U.S.-led drone strike in Syria's Idlib province killed a senior leader of an Al Qaeda-aligned terrorist group on Monday, the U.S. military said, per AP.

Driving the news: Abu Hamzah al Yemeni, a senior leader of Hurras al-Din, was traveling alone on a motorcycle in the northwestern province at the time of the strike, according to a United States Central Command (CENTCOM) statement.