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1. Protection for women who defy the Mafia is changing in Italy. Does it go far enough?

   

   For women speaking out against the Mafia, the protection offered can be both practically and emotionally challenging. A new Italian law extending protection from organized crime to children and the adults caring for them — often their mothers — is designed to address some of that gap.

2. Head of European Investment Bank eyes Canada opportunities as Carney pushes EU ties

   

   The president of the European Union's investment bank says "the time is ripe" to deepen its co-operation with Canada by exploring how to finance Canadian projects — comments that come as Prime Minister Mark Carney pushes for more EU ties.

3. ICE agent shot and wounded man in Austin, Texas, officials say

   

   A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer shot and wounded a man on Sunday afternoon in the Texas capital of Austin, local officials said.

4. 18 suspects in 2021 assassination of Haiti leader to be extradited to U.S. to face trial

   

   Eighteen suspects who were arrested in the July 2021 killing of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse were awaiting extradition to the U.S. on Sunday, marking the end of a drawn-out judicial process in Haiti for a killing that shocked the troubled Caribbean country.

5. Putin's ruling party on track to comfortably win wartime Russian election

   

   Russia's ruling United Russia party was on track to easily win a parliamentary election that President Vladimir Putin has cast as a test of support for the war in Ukraine, partial official results showed on Sunday, after Ukraine launched a massive ‌drone attack on the Russian capital.