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Iraq makes same-sex relations punishable by up to 15 years in jail (www.theguardian.com)

Amendments to anti-prostitution law also enable courts to sentence trans people to three years in prison...

US plans for Gaza aid pier branded ‘smokescreen’ to allow Israeli invasion of Rafah (www.independent.co.uk)

‘In the US they think we’re communists!’ The 70,000 workers showing the world another way to earn a living (www.theguardian.com)

When Marisa Fernández lost her husband to cancer a few years ago, her employers at the Eroski hypermarket went, she says, “above and beyond to help me through the dark days afterwards, rejigging my timetable and giving me time off when I couldn’t face coming in.”...

Italy can do without Russian gas, says energy minister (www.politico.eu)

Rome has no reason to oppose EU sanctions targeting Russian LNG, Energy Minister Gilberto Pichetto Fratin says....

It’s 30 years since apartheid ended. South Africa’s celebrations are set against growing discontent (apnews.com)

Israel agrees not to invade Rafah until consulting with US, Biden admin official says (www.usatoday.com)

Israel, US said working to prevent ICC arrest warrant against Netanyahu (www.timesofisrael.com)

Russia detains 2 journalists on 'extremism' charges, accuses them of having worked with Navalny (kyivindependent.com)

Two Russian journalists were detained on “extremism” charges in Russia on April 28 for having allegedly worked for a group founded by the late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny....

Hamas official says group would lay down its arms if an independent Palestinian state is established (apnews.com)

A top Hamas political official told The Associated Press the Islamic militant group is willing to agree to a truce of five years or more with Israel and that it would lay down its weapons and convert into a political party if an independent Palestinian state is established along pre-1967 borders.

Tornado in China's Guangzhou kills five and injures 33 (www.reuters.com)

AP and Reuters journalists arrested in Russia (www.pravda.com.ua)

World Central Kitchen to resume aid in Gaza following fatal airstrike (www.bbc.com)

World Central Kitchen is to resume distributing food in Gaza, nearly a month after seven of its aid workers were killed in an Israeli air strike....

Saved from her dead mother's womb, baby Sabreen was laid to rest in a mournful and sometimes angry funeral (www.nbcnews.com)

Sánchez on the edge: Will Spain’s prime minister resign? (www.politico.eu)

Mussolini’s Hometown Can’t Figure Out How to Quit Him (www.thedailybeast.com)

Many Ukrainian Prisoners of War Show Signs of Trauma and Sexual Violence (www.nytimes.com)

Ukraine is just beginning to understand the lasting effects of the traumas its prisoners of war experienced in Russian captivity, but it has been failing to treat them properly and returning them to duty too early, say former prisoners, officials and psychologists familiar with individual cases....

How financially literate are Europeans? Not very - but who knows most? (www.euronews.com)

EU citizens are not doing well when it comes to financial literacy. Nearly half lack an understanding of basic financial concepts, including inflation....

Far-right AfD launches EU election campaign amid turmoil (www.euronews.com)

Germany’s far-right AfD party launched its EU election campaign amidst controversy, including the absence of its lead candidate due to an espionage-related arrest and declining poll ratings....

Message From a Gazan to Campus Protesters: You're Hurting the Palestinian Cause (www.newsweek.com)

It’s unconscionable. But it’s not just the antisemitism that has me despairing. It’s the hypocrisy. Where were these caring young people when Hamas took over Gaza and slaughtered hundreds of Gazans, or when Hamas held 2 million Gazans captive for more than 17 years? Why didn’t they speak out about the fact that Hamas led...

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