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A Ukrainian soldier says he stopped shelling small Russian units because he is running out of US-made artillery ammo (www.businessinsider.com)

Kim Jong Un calls for North Korean women to have more children (apnews.com)

Stunning State Department Memo Warns Diplomats: No Gaza 'De-Escalation' Talk (www.huffpost.com)

In messages circulated on Friday, State Department staff wrote that high-level officials do not want press materials to include three specific phrases: “de-escalation/ceasefire,” “end to violence/bloodshed” and “restoring calm.”...

Israel tells UN to evacuate the northern Gaza Strip within 24 hours (www.axios.com)

The Israeli Ministry of Defense and the IDF notified the UN just before midnight local time that Palestinians living north of Wadi Gaza should evacuate to the southern part of the Gaza Strip in the next 24 hours, according to UN spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric and another source with direct knowledge....

Israel halts electricity supply to Gaza Strip: Energy minister (english.alarabiya.net)

Israel ordered its state-run electricity company to halt supply to the Gaza Strip on Saturday after the Palestinian militant group Hamas launched a surprise attack on Israel, the energy minister said....

Uttar Pradesh : 13 year old Teen rape survivor raped again in police station, SHO arrested (indianexpress.com)

France moves homeless people out of Paris as city prepares for next summer's Olympics (www.cnn.com)

First US Abrams tanks arrive in Ukraine (thehill.com)

The first U.S. Abrams tanks pledged to Ukraine have arrived in the country and are being prepared to send into battle, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced Monday....

Letter shows Vatican knew about Nazi death camps despite long denial (www.smh.com.au)

Bodycam shows Seattle cop joking about "limited value" of 26 year old woman killed by police cruiser and also joking about writing it off as a cheque worth $11000. (www.cbsnews.com)

Iraq switches off electronic billboards after hacker broadcasts porn to Baghdad passers-by (www.cnn.com)

Russia is charging families of dead soldiers $1,500 to get their bodies back, human-rights group claims (www.businessinsider.nl)

Rising shipping costs hit global trade hard | DW (www.dw.com)

The government of Cuba declares itself in a ‘war-time economy’ (english.elpais.com)

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Immigration fears are pushing centrists to the right in the US and Europe (www.politico.com)

France's Macron dissolves parliament, calls new elections (www.dw.com)

French President Emmanuel Macron has dissolved the lower house of parliament and announced fresh elections after his party’s poor performance in the EU elections. His party was defeated by the far-right National Rally....

Bug meat and other fake news inundate EU voters (www.dw.com)

Conspiracy theorists are trying to influence European election campaigns with disinformation and lies. Much of the fabrication comes from Moscow, but plenty is homegrown....

Visibly Distressed Putin Pals Shaken Up by Trump Verdict (www.thedailybeast.com)

Israel won’t end war for deal to free all hostages, PM’s aide said to tell families (www.timesofisrael.com)

Remember when the war was supposed to end when all the hostages were released?...

Russia warns Europe: if you take our assets, we have a response that will hurt (www.reuters.com)

An ally of President Vladimir Putin warned Europe on Tuesday that Russia has already drafted legislation to retaliate if nearly $300 billion of Russian assets were seized by the West and used to help Ukraine....

China is giving Russia significant support to expand weapons manufacturing as Ukraine war continues, US officials say (www.cnn.com)

China is helping Russia ramp up its defense industrial base at such a large scale that Moscow is now undertaking its most ambitious expansion in military manufacturing since the Soviet era as it continues its war against Ukraine, according to senior Biden administration officials....

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