Students are not given the skills to navigate sexual and intimate relationships early enough, Chanel Contos argues, and she believes this educational omission is partly to blame for the pervasiveness of sexual harassment and assault among teenagers. https://t.co/h8iB9SjAqw

The International Space Station was briefly tilted out of its normal position in orbit on Friday during a test firing of thrusters on one of Russia’s docked spacecraft. It was the second such incident since July. https://t.co/ayGdUFBEXk

A polarizing new language bill in Quebec brings back memories of culture wars in Montreal in the late 1970s and 1980s, writes correspondent @DanBilefsky in this week’s Canada Letter. https://t.co/YZHP7uEUgE

Gay soldiers have been indicted on sodomy charges. A transgender woman who was expelled after gender-reassignment surgery died by suicide in March. Yet as the South Korean military cracks down on sexual minorities, critics say, sexual assaults continue. https://t.co/CR9GAE578G

“As you can well imagine, when things start going off the rails like that, there’s enough noise on the radar that the clarity of what actually happened is a bit of a mystery,” a NASA flight director said. https://t.co/E9Tw5Bg5CT

Dmitri Muratov, the Nobel laureate, engages with the Kremlin, while Aleksei Navalny resists all compromise. The Kremlin capitalizes on the fault line. https://t.co/17SBJMgzct

China is launching a  crew of astronauts, including the first woman, to its new space station. Here's a review of the country's ambitions in orbit, on the moon and Mars, and beyond. https://t.co/7sBFR06FcK

Threats to the future of French in Quebec are no illusion,  a demographer at the Université de Montréal said. Statistics Canada projects that the percentage of Quebecers who speak French at home will drop in the coming years. https://t.co/JDqjIFUynq

The Russian space agency said the astronauts were never in danger, but unexpected changes of orientation can damage parts of the space station. https://t.co/8P3GXZH8LN

Students are not given the skills to navigate sexual and intimate relationships early enough, Chanel Contos argues, and she believes this educational omission is partly to blame for the pervasiveness of sexual harassment and assault among teenagers. https://t.co/UMCopuHjic

Italy sets a new bar for major Western democracies seeking to move beyond the pandemic by enacting a sweeping law that requires the nation’s entire work force to have government-issued health passes. https://t.co/NT2u6iJ0q0

A blast at a mosque in southern Afghanistan killed dozens of people and wounded dozens more during Friday Prayer, officials said, the second such attack on a Shiite place of worship on successive Fridays in the country. https://t.co/qRYJ4kNxZN

China is launching a  crew of astronauts, including the first woman, to its new space station. Here's a review of the country's ambitions in orbit, on the moon and Mars, and beyond. https://t.co/uscCl4XZYi

Una mujer en Canadá se despertó en la madrugada con el sonido de “una explosión” que dejó un agujero en el techo y una roca en su almohada. Era un meteorito, según se enteraría más tarde. https://t.co/YxzG3Q9e0P

A woman in Canada who was awakened in the middle of the night by a loud crash found a hole in her ceiling and a rock next to her pillow. It was a meteorite, she later learned. https://t.co/aWhvCfJ7qy

La decisión de reemplazar la estatua de Cristobal Colón en la Ciudad de México es un acontecimiento que involucró algunas de las disputas más intensas sobre cómo la raza, el colonialismo y el sexo le han dado forma a la política actual del país. https://t.co/tGc24Dysyp

The decision to replace a statue of Columbus in Mexico City plays into heated discussions of how race, colonialism and sex have shaped the country. https://t.co/62OANP5yez

Dmitri Muratov, the Nobel laureate, engages with the Kremlin, while Aleksei Navalny resists all compromise. The Kremlin capitalizes on the fault line. https://t.co/SCA70uSnwT

Gay soldiers have been indicted on sodomy charges. A transgender woman who was expelled after gender-reassignment surgery died by suicide in March. Yet as the South Korean military cracks down on sexual minorities, critics say, sexual assaults continue. https://t.co/ncRHA1SymS

Anti-vaccine activists plotted about major demonstrations and “war” against a mandatory health pass for Italian workers. But as of late Friday afternoon, the opponents to the Green Pass, as the health pass is known, had struggled to raise an army. https://t.co/MSw9HSU0WF