Sydney News Board

Normally confidential contracts show that U.S. zoos are accepting increasingly strict terms governing panda cams and public statements.

A top Hamas official said the death of the group’s leader, Yahya Sinwar, would not soften its demand for a full Israeli withdrawal, as President Biden pushed to restart talks.

Natalia Morari once reported on corrupt business in Moldova. Now she has upset many by having a son with a tycoon accused of corruption, and running against the pro-West president in elections.

Analysts call the killing of several Hamas leaders, including Yahya Sinwar, a deep blow to the Palestinian militant group, but expect it to keep fighting.

President Biden congratulated Israel after the death of Yahya Sinwar and said he was sending the secretary of state to discuss plans for securing Gaza.

The United States and its allies must work tirelessly, President Biden said, to “ensure that Ukraine prevails and Putin fails.”

The town of Mazan, where Gisèle Pelicot was drugged and raped by her husband and strangers, has been shaken by the revelations. “It feels a bit like it’s in our family,” one resident said.

Men who attended the Kyiv concert of a popular rock band had their papers checked on the way out. Some were detained. Tickets to subsequent shows suddenly became available.

The killing of Hamas’s leader may allow Israel to claim victory and agree to a cease-fire, and new Hamas leadership could be more open to compromise. But neither side is likely to fold completely.

The president’s hastily rescheduled trip to Berlin will last less than a day. The German government has trimmed back its celebrations accordingly.