United Kingdom and Ukraine initiate talks on 100-year partnership (RBC Ukraine)***Damaged in war, a vibrant church in Ukraine - the Church of the Intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary - has become a symbol of the country’s faith and culture (AP)***Analysis: Putin’s gas empire has crumbled (The Telegraph)***Putin preparing to punish Russian Defense Minister Shoigu for not achieving Kremlin’s military goals, says Institute for the Study of War (RBC Ukraine)***King Charles [UK] takes on 300 new charity affiliations in major review of royal patronages (The Telegraph)***Figures show Britain is one of the world’s most welcoming countries to migrants (The Telegraph)***Bird flu: “Strong evidence” suggests virus has passed from mammals to humans for first time in sick US dairy worker last month (Sky News)***New COVID variant KP.2 defies vaccines with higher spread, study warns (News-Medical.net)***Tuberculosis outbreak declared public health emergency in Long Beach [California, US], but overall risk remains low, officials say (CNN)***Whooping cough suspected in Highland Local School District [Ohio, US] (Fox 8)***Leprosy passed between medieval squirrels and humans, study finds, indicating medieval European fur trade was partly responsible for spread of disease (The Guardian)***Eating avocado regularly can reduce diabetes risk in women, study shows: “Incredibly healthy” (Fox News)***Southern Brazil has been hit by the worst floods in more than 80 years; at least 39 people have died (AP)***Philippines: Drought dries up dam to reveal centuries-old town (BBC)***Kenyan tour guide rescues 14 tourists after devastating floods crash through the Maasai Mara National Reserve (Sky News)***Communities in Burundi, Kenya, and other countries in East Africa devastated as heavy rains and flooding force people to flee homes (AP)***Around 30 homes destroyed in Hawley [Texas, US] after a violent tornado struck the community (CNN)***Alarming data show how rising seas are surging across the US Gulf Coast (Daily Mail)***A rare tropical cyclone landfall is on the way in Tanzania (Yale Climate Connections)***Scientists scramble as rare rainfall events in the Arctic trigger issues: “We are trying to keep up with what is going on” (The Cool Down)***Bumblebee babies are dying in their nests because global temperatures are getting too warm, study finds (CBS)***Venomous snakes likely to migrate in mass amid global heating, says study (The Guardian)***Seemingly healthy amphibians are being wiped out due to deadly fungi transported around the world by humans, expert warns: “We must find a way to live in balance with species” (The Guardian)***Mysterious “fairy circles” – polka-dot-style formations of vegetation – are spreading across the world’s deserts, and scientists are intrigued (Indy 100)***MVJ College of Engineering [Bengaluru, Karnataka, India] students make banana-fiber tiles seven times stronger than ceramic (The New Indian Express)***University of Sydney [Australia] researchers making jet fuel from landfill gas, aiming to launch circular economy (Good News Network)***Sea lions’ spectacular return brings joy to San Francisco’s Pier 39 [California, US] (Euronews)***For more relevant news from around our planet, please visit SupremeMasterTV.com/NWN