1. A North Korean official visiting Russia drowned while swimming in a pond outside Moscow.

2. Israel’s aerial and tank shelling of central Gaza intensifiedwhile fighting raged in Rafah.

3. Netanyahu will address the U.S. Congress next week and might meet President Biden.

4. Ukraine’s startups are developing AI systems to help fly a fleet of drones, using them for target identification, terrain navigation and programs enabling drones to operate in “swarms.”

5. Kyiv proposed its first wartime tax increases to secure new weapons and pay military salaries.

6. Bangladesh imposed a curfew and three people were killed as police cracked down on student-led protestsagainst government job quotas.