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1. Youth protesters celebrate after India's education minister resigns following exam leak scandal

   

   India's education minister resigned on Saturday, handing a major victory to youth protesters who had demanded he quit to take responsibility for examination paper leaks and erupted in celebration on news of his departure.

2. He spent years playing and coaching hockey alongside Russians. Then Putin invaded Ukraine

   

   Hockey-player-turned-Ukrainian-soldier Oleksandr Matviychuk is recovering after nearly being killed while on a military mission last year. Plastic surgeons have spent the past year reconstructing his face, one painful surgery at a time.

3. Israel detains more than 70 suspects after deadly violence in West Bank

   

   Israel's military says it detained more than 70 suspects across the occupied West Bank overnight and on Saturday, a day after troops deployed across the territory following violence that left two Israeli soldiers and four Palestinian villagers dead.

4. Wildberries is the Amazon of Russia. Ukraine is trying to destroy it

   

   For nearly a week now, Ukraine has repeatedly attacked huge warehouses belonging to Wildberries, the massive online retailer often referred to as the Amazon of Russia. The drone attacks have destroyed billions of dollars worth of goods.

5. Tour de France final stage shortened to redeploy officers as 250,000 flee wildfires in France, Spain

   

   Firefighters and authorities in both European countries were caught off guard by the virulence of the fires, which have been fuelled by high temperatures and possibly the long-term effects of climate change.