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The deliveries of advanced equipment are expected to assist Kyiv with a potential spring offensive.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel announced that he would delay judicial changes that have set off civil unrest. The move was aimed at giving Israel’s leader time to de-escalate the political crisis, though protests continued.

Two government leaders delayed the time change so Muslims would not have to break their daytime fast an hour later during Ramadan. But after a firestorm ensued, they backtracked.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition was debating whether to delay judicial changes that have set off civil unrest. Work stoppages spread, with a strike blocking flights from leaving a major airport.

Rahul Gandhi, who leads the main opposition party, received a two-year sentence for a comment in 2019 criticizing Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

China’s leader, Xi Jinping, repeated Beijing’s established position on the war in Ukraine, suggesting there had been little progress on peace efforts during his state visit to Moscow.

China’s leader, Xi Jinping, said he had invited President Putin to Beijing, underlining his support on the second day of his state visit to Moscow.

China and Japan were making competing displays of support amid Russia’s war in Ukraine. Beijing has cast Xi’s state visit to Moscow as a “trip for peace,” despite little public mention of Russia’s invasion.

Three days after the International Criminal Court accused President Vladimir Putin of Russia of war crimes in Ukraine, President Xi Jinping of China arrived in Moscow for a state visit.

The removal of lead from car batteries, many from the United States, at recycling plants in northern Mexico has led to high levels of lead contamination, a new report found.