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A sex education program causes controversy in Belgium. Schools are burning, the country is worried (apnews.com)

Big Pharma's Johnson & Johnson under investigation in South Africa over 'excessive' drug prices (apnews.com)

ABC News: American XL Bully dogs to be banned in the UK following string of attacks (abcnews.go.com)

Russia wants to block WhatsApp (www.pravda.com.ua)

American XL bully dogs to be banned after attacks, Rishi Sunak says (news.sky.com)

EU regulator slaps TikTok with $368m fine for violating privacy laws (www.aljazeera.com)

Al-Qaeda Affiliate GSIM Releases Statement Condemning Russian Wagner Group Massacres Of Civilians In Mali (www.memri.org)

Talks between Serbia and Kosovo break down again. The EU says their hopes of joining are at risk (apnews.com)

Kosovo and Serbia on Thursday failed yet again to make progress in talks aimed at improving their long-strained relations, and the European Union’s top diplomat warned that the lack of progress could hurt their hopes of joining the bloc....

In Poland, Testing Women for Abortion Drugs Is a Reality. It Could Happen Here. (www.nytimes.com)

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Thailand's Pita quits as leader of election-winning party after failed PM bid (www.reuters.com)

New files shed light on ExxonMobil’s efforts to undermine climate science (www.theguardian.com)

Executives privately sought to downplay link between fossil fuels and climate change despite public pronouncements, WSJ reports...

China sanctions two US defence companies over Taiwan arms sales (www.channelnewsasia.com)

China said on Friday (Sep 15) that it was sanctioning two United States defence companies, Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman, over their roles in supplying arms to Taiwan....

TikTok fined €345m for breaking EU data law on children’s accounts (www.theguardian.com)

TikTok has been fined €345m (£296m) for breaking EU data law in its handling of children’s accounts, including failing to shield underage users’ content from public view....

BBC News - Quest to bring priest charged with torture in Argentina to justice (www.bbc.co.uk)

Survivors of crimes committed by the 1970s military junta in Argentina are fighting to see a priest stand trial for his alleged role in kidnappings and torture against opponents of the regime.

Second Australian woman this year dies after being shot by police taser | CNN (www.cnn.com)

Flooding death toll soars to 11,300 in Libya's coastal city of Derna, aid group says (abcnews.go.com)

The death toll in Libya’s coastal city of Derna has soared to 11,300 as search efforts continue following a massive flood fed by the breaching of two dams in heavy rains, the Libyan Red Crescent said Thursday....

Zelenskyy is expected to visit Washington as Congress is debating $24 billion in aid for Ukraine (apnews.com)

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is expected at the White House and on Capitol Hill next week as he visits the U.S. during the United Nations General Assembly....

Missing Chinese defense chief signals turmoil in Xi's government (www.japantimes.co.jp)

The United States believes Chinese Defense Minister Li Shangfu has been placed under investigation and relieved of his command, reports said Friday, in what could be the latest sign of turmoil in Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s government, just over six months after he installed a collection of loyalist leaders in his Cabinet....

Iran's women a year after Mahsa Amini's death: 'I wear what I like now' (www.bbc.com)

A young woman walks down a street in Tehran, her hair uncovered, her jeans ripped, a bit of midriff exposed to the hot Iranian sun. An unmarried couple walk hand in hand. A woman holds her head high when asked by Iran’s once-feared morality police to put a hijab on, and tells them: “Screw you!”...

Brazil: Bolsonaro supporter gets 17 years for role in riot (www.dw.com)

They Shot at Her. They Forced Her From Her Home. She Won’t Stop Fighting for Girls. (www.nytimes.com)

Khalida Popal helped save Afghan female soccer players from the Taliban. Now she is demanding that world soccer officials let them play for their country again. Khalida Popal, the former captain of the Afghanistan women’s national soccer team, woke up on the floor of her apartment near Copenhagen, drenched in sweat and...

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