🇺🇸 - Ex-NATO chief Stoltenberg mourns the loss of "a true statesman who dedicated his life to public service."

🇺🇸 - Jens Stoltenberg futher highlighted Carter's "efforts for human rights" and his ability "for resolving international conflicts."

🇬🇳🇨🇮🇬🇦 - Very few people know that the incumbent first ladies of the African nations of Guinea and Ivory Coast are white French women.

Also, wife of the recently ousted president of Gabon was a white French woman too.

🇺🇸 - The Carter Center will soon provide updates about ceremonies and activities to honor the life of President Carter.

🇺🇸 - Biden orders an official state funeral to be held in DC.

🇮🇹 - Italian PM Meloni pledges to free Italian journalist Sala from Iranian prison.

🇪🇺 - EU diplomat Raffaella Iodice passed away at 59 after a "sudden stroke." She notably led EU's voice about women's rights in Afghanistan and other humanitarian projects.

🇺🇸🇫🇷 - French President Macron remembers Carter as a "steadfast advocate for the rights of the most vulnerable." and sends condolences to his family and the US.

🇮🇱🇮🇷 - Israeli channel says "Detention conditions for Israelis imprisoned for spying for Iran identical to those for terrorists."

🇪🇬 - 3+ killed in gas explosion at the Police Academy headquarters in Cairo, Egypt.

🇺🇸 - California judge rules rapist must be addressed by preferred pronouns to ensure dignity.

A convicted criminal who served time at a California women’s prison has been charged with raping fellow inmates.

A judge has ruled that the criminal, 52-year-old Tremaine Carroll, must be referred to with she/her pronouns because Carroll identifies as a woman.