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France’s Elites Are Turning Their Backs on Public Education (jacobin.com)

Netanyahu defies Biden, insisting there’s ‘no space’ for Palestinian state (www.theguardian.com)

Defiant Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu doubled down on opposition to Palestinian statehood, deepening the divide with Israel’s closest international allies, as cracks in his wartime “unity” government became increasingly evident....

Canada announces new military assistance (kyivindependent.com)

Authorities dismantle suspected Dutch smuggling network accused of violating sanctions, 3 people arrested (kyivindependent.com)

2 years into full-scale war, Ukraine under pressure to draft hundreds of thousands of new soldiers (kyivindependent.com)

Stable world is impossible without justice and punishment. France will help bring these about (www.eurointegration.com.ua)

Destruction of the 12th-century St. Michael's Golden-Domed Cathedral by the Soviet authorities and the theft of its mosaics (www.pravda.com.ua)

DragonFire laser: MoD tests weapon as low-cost alternative to missiles (www.bbc.com)

The UK has successfully fired a high-power laser weapon against an aerial target for the first time in a trial....

Canada to provide Ukraine with boats and train Ukraine on F-16s (www.pravda.com.ua)

South Korea's Child Benefits: Increased to 29.6 million won ($22,100) over 8 years starting 2024 (stoppopulationdecline.org)

Sexism row at Australian Open after organisers ask women to move court (www.telegraph.co.uk)

Eurosport analyst Tim Henman questioned why it was the women’s match that was slated to move, rather than the concluding men’s quarter-final...

Air defence responds in Poltava Oblast, UAV downed (www.pravda.com.ua)

Ukrainians criticize historic UK security agreement as weak, but encouraging (kyivindependent.com)

Sanctions, compensations, international jurisprudence: what has been done by the end of the second year of the great war (www.pravda.com.ua)

Germany to provide Ukraine with military helicopters for first time (www.pravda.com.ua)

Zelensky signs decree recognizing some Russian territories as historically inhabited by Ukrainians (kyivindependent.com)

The Houthis are not a group that can be bombed into extinction – here’s why (www.theguardian.com)

Myanmar's army is losing - and facing fire from a militant monk (www.bbc.co.uk)

Philippines president sparks outcry for using presidential helicopter to see Coldplay concert (www.theguardian.com)

Ukraine’s average soldier is 43. How can they keep Putin at bay? (www.thetimes.co.uk)

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Large demonstration against right-wing extremism with 80,000 participants in Hamburg premature closed due to overcrowding. (www.dw.com)

Hamas refuses Russia’s request to release its dual citizens from captivity in Gaza (www.timesofisrael.com)

Seoul vs. the rest: University pyramid crumbling at the bottom (www.koreaherald.com)

“I would rather give up another year of my youth studying and trying again if I don’t make it ‘in-Seoul.'”...

Zelenskiy proposes bill allowing Ukrainian citizenship for foreign fighters (www.rferl.org)

President Volodymyr Zelenskiy marked Ukraine’s Day of Unity with the introduction of a draft law that allows multiple citizenships, a move that would make it possible for foreign fighters and ethnic Ukrainians outside the country to hold Ukrainian passports while not giving up other citizenship....