Jihadists kill 132 civilians in Mali, government says

Jihadists killed 132 civilians in multiple attacks on villages in central Mali over the weekend, the government says, in the latest major incident in a worsening security situation.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/mali-attacks-1.6494945?cmp=rss

Russian journalist auctions off his Nobel Peace Prize for Ukraine's children

What's the price of peace? That question could be partially answered Monday night when Russian journalist Dmitry Muratov auctions off his Nobel Peace Prize medal.

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Israel to hold 5th election in 3 years as coalition government dissolves

Israel's weakened coalition government on Monday decided to dissolve parliament and call new elections. The vote could bring about the return of a nationalist religious government or another prolonged period of political gridlock.

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Europe may need to return to coal as Russia reduces gas flows

Europe's biggest buyers of Russian gas raced to find alternative fuel supplies on Monday and could burn more coal to cope with reduced gas flows from Russia that threaten an energy crisis in winter if stores are not refilled.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/europe-coal-1.6494598?cmp=rss

Millions of people marooned in India, Bangladesh floods

Authorities in India and Bangladesh struggled Monday to deliver food and drinking water to hundreds of thousands of people evacuated from their homes in days of flooding that have submerged wide swaths of the countries.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/india-bangladesh-1.6494477?cmp=rss

World's largest recorded freshwater fish caught in Cambodia

The world's largest recorded freshwater fish, a giant stingray, has been caught in the Mekong River in Cambodia, according to scientists from the Southeast Asian nation and the United States.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/largest-freshwater-fish-cambodia-1.6494604?cmp=rss

Japan's same-sex marriage ban is not unconstitutional, court rules

A Japanese court ruled on Monday that a ban on same-sex marriage was not unconstitutional, dealing a setback to LGBTQ rights activists in the only G7 nation that does not allow people of the same gender to marry.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/japan-court-lgbtq-ruling-1.6494425?cmp=rss

FINA votes to restrict transgender participation in elite women's competition

World swimming's governing body has effectively banned transgender women from competing in women's events, starting Monday.

source https://www.cbc.ca/sports/olympics/summer/aquatics/fina-swimming-transgender-elite-women-1.6494060?cmp=rss