Thousands of students and teachers protested across Greece, demanding increased education funding for better facilities and smaller class sizes. The demonstrations coincided with similar youth-led protests in other European nations, reflecting wider frustrations over rising costs and economic challenges. Police reported about 10,000 participants in Athens.

US Special Envoy Steve Witkoff has arrived in St Petersburg for discussions with Russian leaders on the Ukraine conflict, following “positive” talks with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Norway. Witkoff is scheduled to meet President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday as diplomatic efforts to end the war intensify.

Bystanders in Fujian, China, successfully prevented a three-year-old girl from falling from a 12th-floor window, waiting for rescuers to arrive.

Jean Claude Hategekimana, a former fighter with the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR), has returned to Rwanda after years of conflict. At the Mutobo Demobilisation and Reintegration Centre, he and other returnees are receiving support to transition into civilian life amid challenges of reintegration and overcoming persistent fears instilled by their past.

Australian MP Helen Haines remains in critical condition after being hit by a car outside her office in Wangaratta, with a local barber hailed for intervening.

Oxfam’s analysis reveals that the richest 1 percent in Peru captured 42 percent of new wealth generated between 2019 and 2025, while only 1.4 percent went to the poorest half of the population. The findings highlighted persistent inequality and growing public concern over government responsiveness to the issue.