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A man laid flowers at a monument to the victims of political repression in Moscow. Natalia Kolesnikova/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images

Aleksei Navalny will be buried tomorrow after a public funeral in Moscow. His family and aides warned that the authorities could try to derail the service.
Senator Mitch McConnell, the longtime top Senate Republican, said he would step down as the party’s leader at the end of this year.
Country Garden, a Chinese property giant, is facing a creditor who wants it dismantled. It’s the latest sign that China’s housing crisis continues unabated.
Ghana’s Parliament passed a bill that further clamped down on L.G.B.T.Q. rights by imposing jail terms on people who identify as gay or form L.G.B.T.Q. groups.

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China revised a stringent state secrets law, broadening the scope of the type of information that would be considered a national security risk.
Serhiy Pashinsky, a former politician who became Ukraine’s largest private arms supplier, was charged with corruption.

A Belfast court ruled against a new British law granting people immunity for crimes committed during Northern Ireland’s sectarian conflict.
A failed execution in an Idaho prison has renewed scrutiny on the use of lethal injection in the U.S.
The Walt Disney Company announced a $8.5 billion joint venture with India’s biggest conglomerate, ending its long solo effort to gain a foothold in the market.

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Donald Trump stands to lose signature properties if he cannot find a bonding company to back him. Doug Mills/The New York Times

Donald Trump offered a court a $100 million bond to pause the roughly $450 million penalty he faces in his civil fraud case, a clear sign he lacks the resources to cover the full amount.
President Biden will issue an executive order to stop the sale of sensitive American personal data to China, Russia and four other countries.

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