Livestream shopping, a format that mixes consumerism and entertainment, has transformed the way people buy and sell in China. Star sellers can amass huge followings and eye-popping fortunes. But competition is fierce and the government is watching. https://t.co/WAEIGp47rM

In a rare show of unity, the United Nations Security Council adopted a resolution on Thursday condemning the Taliban’s discrimination against women and girls in Afghanistan and called for the country’s leadership to swiftly reverse its policies. https://t.co/NlVTML5Kfp

If Italy’s tourism ministry hoped to make waves with a new marketing campaign promoting the country’s many wonders, it certainly hit the mark, though not, perhaps, in the way the government had imagined. https://t.co/xGpPiIeeJ1

Over the past year, a flood of pro-Russian content has increasingly been surfacing on news outlets and social media platforms in Africa. https://t.co/ROydXDoqXD

Breaking News: Buses carrying about 300 Americans left the war-torn capital of Sudan, in the first organized U.S. effort to evacuate citizens from the country. https://t.co/lmjIbbaJke

The E.U. will keep allowing tariff-free grain imports from Ukraine to aid farmers there, while paying more than $100 million to help farmers in member countries hurt by a supply glut and lower prices. https://t.co/UNbbnLxGhP

The United States is wiring Ukraine with sensors that can detect‌‌ bursts of radiation from a nuclear weapon or a dirty bomb and can confirm the identity of the attacker. https://t.co/v6uOqy2wJd

President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia signed a law on Friday that could put those convicted of treason in prison for life, according to Russian state media, part of an widening clampdown on dissent during the war in Ukraine. https://t.co/i42NmWw4nO

All over Spain, the authorities have been grappling with unseasonably hot temperatures in recent days, having little choice but to put in place measures normally associated with the summer months. https://t.co/yhsc6tzIoE

A man who has fathered between 550 and 600 children over the past 16 years is not allowed to donate any more sperm to prospective parents, a court in the Netherlands ruled on Friday. https://t.co/uWEmklmRzR

A new campaign to bolster tourism to Italy has been roundly mocked for using stereotypes about the country among other mishaps. https://t.co/c9jJmmFfKU

Lt. Cmdr. D. E. McShane was holding his plane ticket home for retirement in 2019 when President ​Donald J. ​Trump announced that he would be flying to the inter-Korean border to meet Kim Jong-un. Suddenly, his retirement plans were scuppered. https://t.co/NSTUqDZpeT

Even with the Russian invasion of Ukraine, many German towns are intent on preserving monuments to Soviets “to learn from pain.”  https://t.co/loZoAeKIpQ

A rocket slammed into an apartment block in the Ukrainian city of Uman on Friday morning. It was the deadliest attack in a Russian aerial assault against towns and cities across Ukraine — the first major attack against civilians since March. https://t.co/rv4GLwreLQ https://t.co/V58tjRrGkN

Gunfire and loud explosions rocked at least two neighborhoods in the capital, Khartoum, as the battle between Sudan’s army, led by Gen. Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, led by Lt. Gen. Mohamed Hamdan, entered its 14th day. https://t.co/oIDtk5ooZT

In this week’s soccer newsletter: Tottenham’s future may not include Harry Kane, and that’s fine; a changing of the champions in Europe, and what do fans deserve when they buy a ticket?  https://t.co/wKR8bXURrF

The Energy Department’s work to install radiation sensors in Ukraine seems to constitute the hardest evidence to date that Washington is taking concrete steps to prepare for the worst possible outcomes of the invasion. https://t.co/JEnjYUbWOP

He faced off with North Korean troops, helped prepare for the Trump-Kim summit and witnessed some of the most ​hair-raising — and ​bizarre — moments ​on the world’s most heavily armed border. https://t.co/CEUM3mwxsA

Preparations for a long-anticipated Ukrainian counteroffensive are in their final stages, the country’s defense minister said on Friday, with new Western weapons having arrived in Ukraine and training being completed. https://t.co/9a2LiY1FAU

If Italy’s tourism ministry hoped to make waves with a new marketing campaign promoting the country’s many wonders, it certainly hit the mark, though not, perhaps, in the way the government had imagined. https://t.co/txnpgvUYb3