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The world could breach a new average temperature record in 2023 or 2024, Russia expands its war recruitment drive with a video ad calling for 'real' men, and at least 78 people are killed in a stampede in Yemen.

Plus, scientists identify a mind-body nexus in the human brain.

By Kate Turton

Today's Top News

A shepherd watches a fire burning a wheat field during the second heatwave of the year, in the province of Zamora, Spain, July 18, 2022. REUTERS/Isabel Infantes

The world could breach a new average temperature record in 2023 or 2024, fueled by climate change and the anticipated return of the El Nino weather phenomenon, climate scientists say. Climate models suggest that after three years of the La Nina weather pattern in the Pacific Ocean, the world will experience a return to El Nino later this year.
At least 78 people were killed in a stampede in the Yemeni capital Sanaa as residents gathered at a school to receive cash donations distributed by merchants during Ramadan, witnesses and the Houthi administration said. The stampede highlights Yemen's dire humanitarian crisis.
China has criticized Western media reports on India's population overtaking China's, with state broadcaster CCTV saying it deliberately ignores China's development. Data released by the United Nations showed India is set to have almost 3 million more people than its neighbor this year.
An 84-year-old white man charged in the shooting and wounding of a Black teenager who mistakenly walked up to the man's house in Kansas City pleaded not guilty to felony charges during his first court appearance in the case.
Michael Schumacher's family are planning legal action against a German weekly magazine over an 'interview' with the seven times Formula One champion that was generated by artificial intelligence.

War in Ukraine

The Russian military has launched a video campaign to lure more professional soldiers to fight in Ukraine which challenges those interested to show they are "a real man". British military intelligence and Russian media reports suggest Moscow is seeking to recruit up to 400,000 professional soldiers - on a volunteer basis - to bolster its forces in Ukraine.
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg paid his first visit to Kyiv since Russia's full-scale invasion, in a show of support for Ukraine as it prepares to launch a counteroffensive. Follow the latest updates from Russia's war on Ukraine.

Business & Markets

A BMW booth is pictured at the Shanghai auto show, in Shanghai, China, April 19, 2023. REUTERS/Aly Song

Chinese internet users berated German automaker BMW, accusing it of discrimination at the Shanghai auto show amid claims workers at its Mini booth favored foreign over domestic visitors during an ice cream giveaway promotion. Mini apologized for the incident in question.
Pakistan has placed its first order for discounted Russian crude oil under a new deal struck between Islamabad and Moscow, the country's petroleum minister said. Pakistan's purchase gives Russia a new outlet for its crude, adding to Moscow's growing sales to India and China.
Deutsche Bank plans to reduce its executive board to nine members from 10 and to cut some jobs in infrastructure and in its private banking business to save costs, a source close to the bank told Reuters.
Meta carried out another round of job cuts, this time hitting engineers and adjacent tech teams, as Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg further moved to streamline the business. In March Meta became the first Big Tech company to announce a second round of mass layoffs.
Consumer goods companies like P&G, Unilever, and Nestle should start easing price increases as supply chain costs decline, investors told Reuters, worried that further hikes could hit market share and margin growth.

More women describe enduring forced abortions in Nigerian Army program

Rabi Ali, who told Reuters she underwent an abortion in military custody without her consent, poses for a portrait in an undisclosed location, April 8, 2023. REUTERS/Stringer

As a Nigerian human rights commission holds hearings on reports of a mass, army-run forced abortion program in the country's war-torn northeast, two more women have told Reuters that they underwent abortions in military custody without their consent.

This Reuters Special Report includes interviews with two women who say they endured forced abortions.

And Finally...

Three colored spots on each half of the brain illuminate special locations in the movement areas of the brain that connect to areas involved in thinking, planning and control of basic bodily functions such as heart rate. Evan Gordon/Washington University/Handout via REUTERS

The relationship between the human mind and body has been a subject that has challenged great thinkers for millennia, including the philosophers Aristotle and Descartes. The answer, however, appears to reside in the very structure of the brain.

Researchers said they have discovered that parts of the brain region called the motor cortex that govern body movement are connected with a network involved in thinking, planning, mental arousal, pain, and control of internal organs, as well as functions such as blood pressure and heart rate.

Read more here: Scientists identify mind-body nexus in human brain

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