Everest climbers will have to take their poop away with them, as Nepal tries to address growing waste problem (www.cnn.com)
Cocoa Is More Expensive Than Copper as It Tops $9,000 (www.bloomberg.com)
Mystery dairy cow disease confirmed as highly pathogenic avian influenza (www.feedstuffs.com)
Kyrgyzstan Calls On Citizens Not To Travel To Russia (www.rferl.org)
Bassirou Diomaye Faye to become President of Senegal, making him the youngest democratically elected African President (www.africanews.com)
Putin says radical Islamists carried out Moscow attack but maintains claim Ukraine was involved (www.theguardian.com)
Russian president says he is interested in ‘who ordered’ terror attack as US and France say Islamic State branch was responsible...
Bolsonaro Hid Out at Hungarian Embassy as Investigators Closed in: Report (www.thedailybeast.com)
Brazilian police launch investigation into Bolsonaro's 2-night sleepover at Hungarian embassy (abcnews.go.com)
SAO PAULO – Brazil’s Federal Police on Monday launched an investigation into former President Jair Bolsonaro’s two-night stay last month at the Hungarian embassy in Brasilia, amid widespread speculation from his opponents that he may have been attempting to evade arrest....
Indonesian military apologises after West Papuan man filmed being tortured in water-filled barrel (www.theguardian.com)
In rare admission, commander of Indonesian military in the province says horrific footage is a ‘violation of the law’, and confirms 13 personnel have been detained...
Jewish settlers set their sights on Gaza beachfront (www.bbc.com)
Mrs Weiss heads a radical settler organisation called Nachala, or homeland. For decades, she has been kickstarting Jewish settlements in the Israeli-occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem, on Palestinian land captured by Israel in the 1967 Middle East war. Some in the settler movement have cherished the dream - or pipedream - of...
Bolsonaro, Facing Investigations, Hid at Hungarian Embassy (www.nytimes.com)
Israel cancels diplomatic visit to U.S. after U.N. vote demanding cease-fire (www.washingtonpost.com)
Senegal’s incumbent-backed candidate concedes to opposition contender in presidential election (apnews.com)
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Senegal’s little-known, 44-year-old opposition leader Bassirou Diomaye Faye appeared set Monday to become the country’s next president, less than two weeks after being released from prison to run in the election....
Netanyahu provoking crisis with White House for domestic politics: U.S. officials (www.axios.com)
Israeli minister quits Netanyahu's unity government, saying he was sidelined (www.reuters.com)
Gaza’s risk of famine is accelerating faster than anything we’ve seen this century (www.vox.com)
Israel agrees to US-brokered Hamas hostage deal outline, hundreds of prisoners set for early release (www.ynetnews.com)
Jerusalem raises offer for return of 40 hostages but demands veto rights over identities of prisoners to be released from Israeli jails; willingness to accommodate daily return of thousands of Palestinians to northern Gaza; ‘We’re waiting for Hamas’ response,’ senior official says...
UN Security Council adopts resolution demanding immediate Gaza ceasefire (edition.cnn.com)
The UN Security Council has approved a draft resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire between Gaza and Israel after the United States abstained.
Satellite images show aftermath of Russian Black Sea Fleet strikes (www.newsweek.com)
Satellite images have been released showing the aftermath of a missile strike claimed by Ukraine’s military on a communications hub in the city of Sevastopol, in annexed Crimea, which is used by Russian President Vladimir Putin’s prized Black Sea Fleet....
Draft-dodging plagues Ukraine as Kyiv faces acute soldier shortage (www.politico.eu)
An early burst of patriotic fervor saw draft centers swamped with volunteers, but that has waned with Vladimir Putin’s war in its third year....
Ukrainian porn star raises funds for war amputees (www.politico.eu)
The adult celebrity is a “patriot of her country,” said one of the amputees who took part in a flirty photo shoot....
UN Security Council resolution calls for Gaza ceasefire (www.bbc.co.uk)
UN Security Council passes resolution calling for an “immediate ceasefire” in Gaza, as US shifts position by abstaining from vote
Germany’s Solar Panel Industry, Once a Leader, Is Getting Squeezed (www.nytimes.com)
Domestic manufacturers are caught between China’s low prices and U.S. protectionist policies, even as demand increases....
Hamas, Al Jazeera admit: Story of IDF rapes in Gaza hospital fabricated (www.jpost.com)
Senior doctors in South Korea submit resignations, deepening dispute over medical school plan (apnews.com)
Senior doctors at major hospitals in South Korea began submitting their resignations en masse Monday in support of medical interns and residents who have been on a strike for five weeks over the government’s push to sharply increase medical school admissions....
