Factory in Western Ukraine Caught Making Uniforms for Russian National Ski Team (www.kyivpost.com)
Transgender people can be baptized Catholic, serve as godparents, Vatican says (www.reuters.com)
Gaza’s health system is on the brink of total collapse (www.972mag.com)
Republican presidential candidate proposes border wall with Canada (www.cbc.ca)
UN chief condemns attack on ambulance convoy in Gaza: ‘This must stop’ (thehill.com)
The United Nations (U.N.) condemned a recent attack by Israel on a convoy of ambulances leaving a Gaza hospital. “I am horrified by the reported attack in Gaza on an ambulance convoy outside Al Shi…
North Korea closes multiple embassies around the world (www.reuters.com)
Israeli captive endured ‘hell’ in attack, but treated ‘well’ in Gaza (www.aljazeera.com)
“When I was on the bike, my head was on one side and the rest of my body on the other side,” she said. “The young men hit me on the way. They didn’t break my ribs but it was painful and I had difficulty breathing.”...
Iranian teenager Armita Geravand is 'brain dead': state media (www.reuters.com)
A teenage Iranian girl, who fell into a coma earlier this month following an alleged encounter with officers over violating the country’s hijab law, is said to be “brain dead”, Iranian state media reported on Sunday.
Taliban says plans to formally join China's Belt and Road Initiative (www.reuters.com)
Israel Gaza: Community frozen as Hamas atrocities continue to emerge (www.bbc.co.uk)
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Settlers take advantage of Gaza war to launch West Bank pogroms (www.972mag.com)
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IDF says civilian deaths 'inevitable' - as six killed in strike on Gaza school (news.sky.com)
North Korea provided Russia with weapons, White House says (archive.ph)
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