Black bear walks into a gas station bar, takes a pack of gummy bears and leaves (www.cbc.ca)
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Zelensky asks to visit Israel in show of solidarity (www.axios.com)
A hard-right party gathers strength in Poland, pushing a new, less friendly course on Ukraine (apnews.com)
Russia temporarily bans fuel exports to most countries in response to shortages (www.reuters.com)
U.N. chief calls for an end to $7 trillion in fossil fuel subsidies (www.cnbc.com)
ABC News: American XL Bully dogs to be banned in the UK following string of attacks (abcnews.go.com)
What Modi won’t show the G20: Muslims killed, harassed by the police and abused in school (www.theguardian.com)
The PM is keen to show India as the ‘mother of democracy’, but this is one of the most undemocratic periods in its history, says the journalist Rana Ayyub
Xi reprimanded by elders over direction of nation (asia.nikkei.com)
Pilot dies after plane crashes during gender reveal party in Mexico (edition.cnn.com)
Alan Francisco Rangel of the Sinaloa Red Cross told CNN that paramedics treated the pilot at the crash site in San Pedro, Navolato and then took him to a local hospital, where he died.
Democracy threatened by democratically elected leaders (www.deccanherald.com)
Narendra Modi is a democratically elected leader, but his image is that of a leader who decimated opposition and dissent — in Parliament or on university campuses.
He survived sexual abuse in the Boy Scouts of America. Now he wants justice (www.theguardian.com)
Ron Hunter was repeatedly assaulted and sex-trafficked as a child. At 63, he’s telling his story – to protect others and heal himself
UN experts say Islamic State group almost doubled the territory they control in Mali in under a year (apnews.com)
Islamic State extremists have almost doubled the territory they control in Mali in less than a year, and their al-Qaida-linked rivals are capitalizing on the deadlock and perceived weakness of armed groups that signed a 2015 peace agreement, United Nations experts said in a new report....
CBC: Sask. engineer slapped with an 18-month suspension after designing bridge that collapsed hours after opening (www.cbc.ca)
Russian central bank jacks up interest rates to 12% at emergency meeting after ruble plunge (www.cnbc.com)
Russia’s central bank on Tuesday hiked interest rates by 350 basis points to 12% at an emergency meeting, as Moscow looks to halt a rapid depreciation of the country’s ruble currency....
Russians stop providing insulin to civilians without Russian citizenship in occupied village in Kherson Oblast (www.pravda.com.ua)
Zoo Denies Viral Claims Its Bears Are ‘Humans in Disguise’ (www.thedailybeast.com)
A zoo in China has denied allegations that its bears are actually humans wearing elaborate costumes after images of the animals standing up on two legs went viral online. The Hangzhou Zoo in eastern China explained on its social media account on Monday that sun bears from Malaysia are smaller and look different to other ursine...
Top US economist quits EU job after Macron speaks out (www.politico.eu)
G7 countries sign declaration outlining long-term security guarantees for Ukraine (www.cnbc.com)
Physicist who found spherical meteor fragments claims they may come from an alien spaceship – here's what to make of it (theconversation.com)
Rwanda: President Kagame reelected with 99% — early results (www.dw.com)
Projected results from the election commission after polls closed in Rwanda put incumbent Paul Kagame on 99.15%. Turnout was said to be 98%. Only two opposition candidates with no real profile were allowed to run....
German city bans ‘silent fox’ gesture in schools over similarity to far-right sign (www.theguardian.com)
A city in northern Germany has become the first to issue an all-out ban on the use of a hand gesture used to encourage silence in the classroom because of its close resemblance to a far-right Turkish gesture....
Biden backs Starmer’s bid to renegotiate Brexit and bring UK closer to EU (www.independent.co.uk)
China and Belarus conduct joint military exercises right next to NATO and EU’s border (www.cnn.com)
China and Belarus announced they were holding joint military training exercises just miles from the border of Poland – a NATO and European Union member....
Andrew Tate can leave Romania while awaiting trial, court rules (www.theguardian.com)
The controversial social media influencer Andrew Tate will be allowed to leave Romania while awaiting trial on charges of human trafficking, a court has ruled....