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- Her Baby Needs Heart Surgery. But She Is Demanding ‘Unvaccinated’ Blood.New Zealand’s health service is seeking to take temporary custody of a critically ill infant so it can perform a lifesaving operation.
- Skyrocketing Prices in Turkey Hurt Families and Tarnish ErdoganAnnual inflation is at its highest level in decades, devaluing salaries and devouring savings less than a year before President Recep Tayyip Erdogan runs for re-election.
- A Strike, AvertedCongress stepped in to prevent supply chain havoc, but rail workers’ biggest grievance remains unaddressed.
- Russia’s Economy Is Threatened by War and SanctionsWhile Russia’s economy has not collapsed, an exodus of Western companies is eroding hard-won progress, and experts say the worst may be yet to come.
- Iran Has Abolished Morality Police, Official Suggests, After Months of ProtestsThe move, which the government did not confirm, might be a concession to the protest movement that erupted after the death of a young woman in the custody of the morality police.
- Werner Franke, Who Exposed East German Doping Program, Dies at 82In the 1990s, he and his wife unearthed documentary evidence of the illicit, state-sponsored drug program that propelled the country to Olympic glory.
- Photos: Mauna Loa’s Eruption Offers Rare Glimpse Into the EarthThe world’s largest active volcano erupted for the first time in 38 years, raising excitement among scientists who are eager to unlock its many mysteries.
- Your Monday Briefing: The Social Cost of ‘Zero Covid’Plus, Iran abolishes the morality police and Russia vows to defy an oil price cap.
- Arab Fans are Confronting Israeli Media at Qatar’s World CupWhen Qatar granted access to Israeli soccer fans and media despite an absence of diplomatic ties, some saw it as another sign of warming ties with the Arab world. Instead, some of the Israelis got a chilly reception.
- Kremlin’s Defiance Adds Questions Over Whether Oil Price Cap Will WorkThe Pre
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- Ukraine war: Oil prices rise as cap on Russian crude loomsThe G7 and its allies have agreed to limit the price of Russian oil to $60 a barrel.
- Haiti: Inside the capital city taken hostage by brutal gangsOrla Guerin reports from Port-au-Prince, where Haitians live in fear of killings, kidnappings and rape.
- Iran to disband morality police amid ongoing protests, says attorney generalThe move would mark a concession to protesters but it has not been confirmed by other authorities.
- EU must act over distortions from US climate plan - von der LeyenUrsula von der Leyen says the EU must act amid concerns within the bloc over US climate legislation.
- EasyJet flight safely diverts to Prague after bomb threatA plane from Krakow to Bristol landed safely and no dangerous object was found, officials say.
- Chinese astronauts return to Earth after six-month missionThe astronauts carried out a successful mission to build the Tiangong space station, China says.
- Nigeria's Kaduna train attack: How I survived hijacking and captivityNigeria's reopening of a high-speed rail link brings back traumatic memories for hostage survivors.
- Meta, Amazon, Twitter layoffs: 'Tech layoffs won't destroy American dreams of Indians’Surbhi Gupta, who was laid off in the US, on the uncertainties she and other visa holders are dealing with.
- China protests: Why is it struggling to vaccinate the elderly?China has not vaccinated enough old people, making it difficult to abandon its zero-Covid policy.
- Brussels attacks: Trial begins over 2016 attacks that killed 32As 10 men finally go to trial over the 2016 Brussels attacks, the BBC speaks to victims' families.