Leo XIV, in his speech to the Spanish parliament, said that only by lifting their gaze can they “remember that every decision by public authorities affects real people.” In the country where the School of Salamanca first theorised the universal value of human dignity, from conception to the natural end of life, safeguarding this principle is urgently needed, the more so given the challenges posed today by new technologies, migration, and the return of war.

Authorities say content likely originated from a China-based platform and sought to inflame tensions against the city-state’s Indian community, a key pillar of Singapore’s multicultural society.

The death of a shopkeeper hit by a police bullet has sparked unrest in Rawalakot. At the root of the tensions is the decision by the Islamabad government to outlaw the Joint Awami Action Committee, a group calling for improved public services and local political reforms. Despite the crackdown, a protest march has been announced and is expected to begin tomorrow.

Graduations taking place in recent weeks in Russia have been marked not only by officials and members of Putin’s party, as has been the case for years, but also by “SVO veterans,” participants in the war in Ukraine. Authorities are increasingly recruiting young people from technical institutes to train them as drone operators.

Today’s healines: Israel and Iran resume war after the bombing of Beirut despite U.S. opposition. Xi Jinping has arrived in North Korea. In Armenia, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has declared victory in the elections. In Malaysia, a petition calls for the expulsion of the Rohingya. In Japan, schools are closed after a bear sighting. In Afghanistan, 21 women have been arrested by the morality police.

Indian bishop and theologian Felix Machado addressed the international consultation on ecumenism in Asia in Chang Mai. “[W]e are called to seize every opportunity to extend the hand of reconciliation, in order to heal the wounds,” he said.