1. The US has proposed a rival draft U.N. Security Council resolution calling for a temporary ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war and opposing a major ground offensive by its ally Israel in Rafah, according to the text seen by Reuters.
2. El Salvador's election authority announced that President Nayib Bukele's ruling New Ideas party would control a super majority in the next legislature with 54 out of 60 seats, following a hand count of votes.
3. Greek farmers were expected to drive into Athens with tractors to protest outside parliament over the impact of rising energy costs, competition from abroad and recent flooding.
4. Donald Trump, who drew criticism as US president for his praise of Russian leader Vladimir Putin made his first public comment on the death of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny in a social media post that cast no blame but alluded to his own legal woes.
5. The first human patient implanted with a brain-chip from Neuralink appears to have fully recovered and is able to control a computer mouse using their thoughts , the startup's founder Elon Musk said. Elsewhere, Musk's SpaceX was boosted in Indonesia by a Chinese rocket failure.
6. India will invite private firms to invest about $26 billion in its nuclear energy sector to increase the amount of electricity from sources that don't produce carbon dioxide emissions, two government sources told Reuters.
Source: Reuters
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