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

   

2. Vaccine makers prep bird flu shot for humans 'just in case' as rich nations lock in supplies

   

   Some of the world's leading makers of flu vaccines say they could make hundreds of millions of bird flu shots for humans within months if a new strain of avian influenza ever jumps across the species divide.

3. 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.

4. 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.

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

   

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