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Also, the Vatican said gender changes amount to an affront.

Analysts said the withdrawal of Israeli troops from southern Gaza could give fresh momentum to cease-fire negotiations.

The document restated the Roman Catholic Church’s rejection of abortion, gender fluidity and transition surgery.

As war beat a path through southern and eastern Ukraine, most of the population fled. But other residents have hunkered down, unable — or unwilling — to leave.

In the wake of President Biden’s recent warning to Israel to stop the killing of civilians in Gaza, Yair Lapid said the two countries “need to maintain this friendship.”

The statement is likely to be embraced by conservatives and stir consternation among L.G.B.T.Q. advocates who fear it will be used as a cudgel against transgender people.

Treasury Secretary Janet L. Yellen was warmly received in China, but it was evident that the level of trust between the two sides does not run deep.

A global survey found harmful levels even in water samples taken far any obvious source of contamination.

Some of the victims were en route to a fair and others were fleeing for fear of being affected by a cholera outbreak, a local official said.