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1. China's Xi arrives for 1st visit in Russia since Ukraine invasion

   

2. France's Macron faces no-confidence votes over contentious pension reform

   

   French President Emmanuel Macron's government faces two motions of no confidence in the National Assembly on Monday after it bypassed the lower house to push through a deeply unpopular overhaul of the pension system that will raise the retirement age.

3. Iraq 20 years after the invasion: How life is better and worse

   

   When the WMDs never materialized in Iraq, the hope was that by toppling Saddam and ending his brutal dictatorship, Iraq would at least emerge as a new democracy, where Iraqis would enjoy new freedoms and a significantly improved standard of living. Twenty years later, however, the results are decidedly mixed.

4. At work and play: Snapshot of daily life in Iraq

   

   By a number of indicators, Iraqis today are doing better than 20 years ago

5. Migrant numbers at jungle crossing point to a record-breaking year for irregular migration in North America

   

   A massive increase in the number of people crossing the notorious Darien Gap jungle in Panama has migration experts warning that this summer could set a record for irregular migration.