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Moscow says 700,000 children from Ukraine conflict zones now in Russian territory ( www.eureporter.co )

Germany ready to put 4,000 soldiers permanently in Lithuania ( www.politico.eu )

Julian Sands search: Human remains found in area where the actor disappeared ( www.npr.org )

ID will happen next week.

Four ways the end of Roe v Wade has changed America ( www.bbc.com )

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Early stages of Ukrainian counteroffensive 'not meeting expectations,' Western officials tell CNN ( edition.cnn.com )

The Good News Effect ( www.washingtonpost.com )

I saw a comment this morning lamenting the imbalance of positive and negative news content that we are given....

China is increasingly barring citizens and foreigners from leaving the country, often for no official reason, report says ( safeguarddefenders.com )

The Communist Party has been widening the legal landscape for imposing exit bans and is increasing their use against human rights defenders and their families, for holding people hostage to force targets overseas to come back to China -a practice called ‘persuade to return’, a form of transnational repression-, controlling...

"Harmful ideological influences": pro-Beijing politicians urge Hong Kong to scrap the Gay Games 2023 ( globalvoices.org )

The Gay Games, an international LGBTQ+ sport and cultural event, are set to begin in November 2023 in Hong Kong and Mexico. However, pro-Beijing Hawish networks wanted the authorities to step in and scrap the event. Junius Ho, one of Hong Kong’s most vocal anti-LGBTQ+ politicians, launched an online petition on April 20...

Romanian Presidential Administration Refuses to Disclose Costs of Iohannis’ Africa Tour, Citing Classified Information ( www.romaniajournal.ro )

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Nepal calls on Russia not to deploy its Gurkhas in Ukraine war ( www.independent.co.uk )

(Romanian) Ex-PM Florin Cîțu heard at the DNA in the Vaccine Case: I Complied with the Legislation In Force ( www.romaniajournal.ro )

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"Lisbon should be Russian", says Kremlin propagandist ( www.theportugalnews.com )

APEC over, Taiwan reports renewed Chinese military activity ( www.reuters.com )

Hamas Official Ghazi Hamad: We Will Repeat The October 7 Attack, Time And Again, Until Israel Is Annihilated ( www.memri.org )

Hamad said that Palestinians are the victims of the occupation, therefore no one should blame them for the events of October 7 or anything else, adding: “Everything we do is justified.”

China's Xi offers to help Sri Lanka; buy more of its exports ( www.reuters.com )

Atomic Arms Fears Grow After US Test, Russia Spurns Treaty ( www.newsweek.com )

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AUR wants referendums on family and cash payments ( www.romaniajournal.ro ) Romanian

n.r.: AUR is the most popular far right party in Romania at the moment...

Buzzy social app Fizz sues rival Sidechat over unfair competition practices | TechCrunch ( techcrunch.com )

Libya floods: Why damage to Derna was so catastrophic ( www.bbc.co.uk )

Air-Raid Shelters installed in Plauru, where the Russian drones fell near the border with Ukraine ( www.romaniajournal.ro ) Romanian