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The US and the United Nations urge Israel to protect civilians in Gaza, some Russian women are demanding the return from the front of their husbands, and Moody's cuts China's credit outlook.

Plus, in Argentina - the land of the gaucho - a home for unloved old horses.

By Kate Turton

Today's Top News

US says it is too soon to say whether Israel is doing enough to protect civilians. REUTERS/Amir Cohen

ISRAEL AND HAMAS AT WAR

Israeli forces pressed ahead with their air and ground bombardment of southern Gaza Strip, killing and wounding dozens of Palestinians, even as the United States and the United Nations repeatedly urged them to protect civilians.
US President Joe Biden is relying on a small group of veteran advisers to help navigate the Israel-Hamas conflict that has killed thousands, split Western allies and risks spiraling into a wider war. We take a look inside his Israel-Hamas war cabinet.

IN OTHER NEWS

Ukraine President Volodomyr Zelenskiy and top aides to President Biden will make their case to US senators about why a fresh infusion of military assistance is needed to help Ukraine repel Russian invaders.
A growing movement of Russian women is demanding the return from the front of their husbands, sons and brothers who were mobilized after a decree by President Vladimir Putin in September last year.
Waves of attacks by the Iran-backed Houthi group in Yemen may not be targeting US warships, even though the US Navy has responded by shooting down drone aircraft and missiles, the Pentagon said. Listen to Idrees Ali discuss the confrontations in the Red Sea on the Reuters World News podcast.
British Home Secretary James Cleverly arrived in Rwanda to sign a new treaty to send asylum seekers to the African nation after the UK's top court declared the deportation scheme unlawful. The Rwanda plan is at the center of the government's strategy to cut migration.
At least 60 countries, including the US, will be back a pledge to cut cooling-related emissions by 2050, US State Department officials said at the U.N. climate summit in Dubai.

Business & Markets

Chinese national flag flutters at the headquarters of a commercial bank. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon/File Photo

Ratings agency Moody's cut its outlook on China's government credit ratings to negative from stable, citing lower medium-term economic growth and risks from a major correction in the country's vast property sector.
AT&T has chosen Ericsson to build a telecom network using a new cost-cutting technology ORAN that will cover 70% of its wireless traffic in the United States by late 2026.
The European Central Bank can take further interest rate hikes off the table given a "remarkable" fall in inflation and policymakers should not guide for rates to remain steady through mid-2024, ECB board member Isabel Schnabel told Reuters.
Sanofi's CEO is under pressure to tell investors how much more he will spend on research and development and what the likely pay-offs will be, as he seeks to boost a pipeline of future drugs and restore shareholder trust.
An epic rally in US stocks has sent Wall Street's fear gauge to a post-pandemic low. Options strategists believe market gyrations may stay subdued for some time - potentially smoothing the way for further gains in equities.
US Supreme Court justices struggled over whether to approve OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma's bankruptcy settlement, voicing concerns about shielding the Sackler family from lawsuits over the deadly opioid epidemic. Dietrich Knauth speaks to the Reuters World News podcast about the decision.

Japan's frontier islanders decry lack of plan to aid Taiwanese fleeing attack

Japan Self-Defense Forces soldiers take part in an evacuation drill on Yonaguni island. REUTERS/Issei Kato

Sonkichi Sakihara recalls chancing upon some of the last refugees to arrive on Yonaguni: four men who had sailed more than 2,000 kilometers from Vietnam to reach Japan's westernmost inhabited island. It was 1977.

Residents say their isolated outpost would be ill-equipped to handle a similar refugee crisis today. Just 110 kilometers to the west is Taiwan, the self-ruled island of 24 million that China asserts is its territory and which Beijing is menacing with simulated missile strikes.

Residents of Japanese frontier island Yonaguni foresee a looming refugee crisis

And Finally

Lorena Melantoni pets a rescued horse at her sanctuary. REUTERS/Tomas Cuesta

Lorena Melantoni dedicates her weekends running a sanctuary for abused and abandoned horses, an issue in the South American nation known for its polo and stallion-riding gauchos.

"I am an option for these old horses, ones with disabilities, amputated horses, or one-eyed horses that nobody wants to take for adoption," Melantoni told Reuters.

In Argentina, land of the gaucho, a home for unloved old horses

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