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The Trump administration sued California鈥檚 Department of Education. It alleged a Title IX violation Wednesday for allowing transgender student-athletes to participate in female sports. California had rejected a resolution agreement calling for measures including rescinding recognition of transgender athletes鈥� achievements. The legal escalation jeopardizes the state鈥檚 education funding and marks the latest tension between the White House and the Democrat-led state. 鈥� Staff

President Trump singled Brazil out with 50% tariffs. He tied the tariffs to the trial of former right-wing president Jair Bolsonaro, charged with trying to overturn his 2022 election loss, calling the case a 鈥渨itch hunt.鈥� The tariffs starting Aug. 1 would be a dramatic increase from the 10% rate announced in April. 鈥� The Associated Press
Our coverage: We looked this week at Brazil鈥檚 hopes for Global South cooperation in the face of tariffs.

France and the UK are trying again to stop migrant crossings. Each year thousands of migrants cross the channel from France to England in small boats, with numbers rising significantly in 2025. Migration is a key issue for a three-day summit concluding today in London, alongside economic growth and defense. 鈥� AP

Russia was found guilty of violating international law. The European Court of Human Rights found that Moscow was responsible for widespread violations, from the shooting down of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 in 2014 to the kidnapping of Ukrainian children after Moscow鈥檚 2022 invasion. It鈥檚 the first time an international court has found widespread Russian human rights abuses in Ukraine. 鈥� AP

New Mexico sought help after flooding. Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham signed an emergency declaration late Tuesday seeking federal aid to help Ruidoso, in the southern part of the state, recover from flash floods that killed a father and two children. Earlier this week, the mayor of Ruidoso asked state lawmakers for help preparing for flood risks, saying wildfires last year had left his community vulnerable to flash flooding. 鈥� Staff

Kenya鈥檚 president broke his silence on protests. Clashes have left 50 people dead in two weeks, with hundreds injured and arrested. President William Ruto urged police to shoot in the leg those who stole and burned property during the demonstrations. Critics have called his remarks reckless, warning they could escalate violence. 鈥� AP

Indian workers launched a nationwide strike. Disrupting coal mining, banking, and public transport, hundreds of thousands of workers are protesting Prime Minister Narendra Modi鈥檚 privatization efforts and demanding higher wages and the scrapping of new labor laws. The government defends the reforms as necessary for economic growth. 鈥� AP

Paris opened the Seine for swimming after a century-long ban. Following an ambitious (and costly) clean-up, the river is finally passing its water quality tests and open to the public 鈥� delighting families and hard-core urban swimmers alike. In cities across Europe, residents are working to reclaim polluted waterways for swim and play. 鈥� Staff

Since its founding in 1979, the Federal Emergency Management Agency has spent on average $12 billion helping communities respond to natural disasters. The Texas flood tragedy, coming just weeks after President Donald Trump pledged to dissolve the agency, is now sharpening debate over Washington鈥檚 role in helping citizens in distress. The administration has argued that states should bear the primary responsibility for disaster response and recovery. Others argue that a piecemeal response will result in new vulnerabilities.

Mohammad Abu Mitleq no longer dares step foot on his farmland in Gaza 鈥� the greenhouses he built by hand, the rows of 120 apricot trees, 300 peach trees, and 70 olive trees he tended on soil his family has farmed for generations.

鈥淚f I try to reach it, I鈥檒l be sniped, bombed, or both,鈥� he says.聽

Throughout the war in Gaza, Israeli buffer zones have steadily expanded through a series of evacuation orders. While the orders are often framed as security precautions, for many Palestinians they appear to be part of a slow-motion land grab.

鈥淚t鈥檚 not just my field they鈥檝e taken," Mr. Abu Mitleq says. "It鈥檚 our future.鈥�

With climate change thawing the Arctic and great powers looking to gain influence in the region, Canada is turning its attention to northern security 鈥� but not by just dropping tanks in the tundra. Rather, it is pouring money into both military and northern communities to bolster regional safety and awareness.

Volunteer Canadian army reservists, who have long had a mandate to serve as 鈥渆yes and ears鈥� of the North, are among those standing to directly benefit.聽But they are among those advocating for a big-tent vision of what Arctic security means. And the Yukon, one of three Canadian Arctic territories, is modeling how.

Stephen Wells was trained in the Air Force to work on F-16 fighter jets, including critical radar, navigation, and weapons systems.聽Yet when he later tried to apply that expertise toward an education at Pittsburgh鈥檚 Community College of Allegheny County, he was given just three credits 鈥� in physical education.

Mr. Wells moved forward anyway, going on to get his bachelor鈥檚 and doctoral degrees. Now he鈥檚 CCAC鈥檚 provost and involved in a citywide project to help other people 鈥撀爀specially the increasing number who started but never completed a degree 鈥撀爐ransform their military and work experience into academic credit.聽

As big as house cats, with sticky tongues as long as their bodies, pangolins are not only the only mammal in the world with scales - they are also one of the most hunted. An estimated 1 million of the insect eaters have been poached in the past decade in southern Africa. Criminal networks prize them for their meat and the supposed medicinal value of their armor plates. One rescue center in Zambia works to rehabilitate poached pangolins and return them to the wild. To protect its work, the center keeps its location and the identities of its staff confidential. Our photo essay takes you inside.

We are sorry.

With three simple words, Liberia鈥檚 President Joseph Boakai is taking his West African country a major step forward in a journey toward national healing.

The July 5 declaration 鈥� which Mr. Boakai addressed to 鈥渆very victim, ... to every family broken, to every dream shattered鈥� 鈥� marks the first official state apology for two civil wars that ravaged the country between 1989 and 2003.

During that time, a quarter-million Liberians were killed, many more were wounded and displaced, and thousands of children were forced into combat.

In the lead-up to the official apology, Mr. Boakai engaged in conciliation initiatives including memorial services for two former presidents, William Tolbert and Samuel Doe. The former was killed in a coup led by the latter in 1980. In January, Mr. Boakai also attended a service for Prince Johnson, a warlord who had Mr. Doe executed in 1990. All three men were violent and undemocratic leaders, but Mr. Boakai sought to allay feelings of ostracism and convince their ethnic kin and former regional supporters to be part of national civic life.

鈥淟et us reject bitterness. Let us reject division,鈥� Mr. Boakai said at Mr. Doe鈥檚 service, reported Liberia鈥檚 Daily Observer. 鈥淭his is a time to reconcile with our history, to heal from our wounds, and to remember with respect and purpose.鈥�

鈥淲e have waited long for this,鈥� a local traditional leader told the paper. 鈥淭o see the government come here, to walk our land, means we too are part of Liberia鈥檚 healing.鈥�

As the New York-based International Center for Transitional Justice notes, public expressions of atonement like Mr. Boakai鈥檚 are 鈥渕ore than words.鈥� They promote 鈥渃onstructive dialogue and unite the public behind ... common goals.鈥� But achieving reconciliation and unity sometimes requires traditional justice, including prosecutions, as postconflict countries such as Rwanda and Chile have demonstrated.

In fact, Liberia鈥檚 Truth and Reconciliation Commission recommended both a public apology and the setting up of a War and Economic Crimes Court in a 2009 report. While officials did not act on these recommendations for nearly 15 years, the approach is changing under Mr. Boakai. He has appointed an adviser to oversee the setting up of tribunals to handle cases.

鈥淧olitical stability ...聽 demands that you hold people accountable. And that鈥檚 what [Liberia is] trying to do with the war and economic crimes courts,鈥� United States Ambassador Mark Toner remarked late last year.聽

The effort to pursue a transparent reckoning can honor Liberians鈥� loss and dignity while also furthering justice and forgiveness.