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• Ukraine war: Can we expect peace talks to begin?

  Joe Biden says he is willing to sit down with Vladimir Putin, but when might peace talks take place?

• Indonesia set to punish sex before marriage with jail time

  The country's parliament is set to pass a new criminal law which would also outlaw pre-marital cohabitation.

• 'Rats will hate this job posting' - New York City seeks rat tsar

  New York City is recruiting a director of rodent mitigation - or rat tsar - for its war on the pest.

• Ukraine war: Animal eye packages sent to eight embassies across Europe

  Ukraine's foreign ministry says a "campaign of terror" is taking place against its embassies.

• Cyril Ramaphosa: A quick guide to South Africa's 'Farmgate' scandal

  President Cyril Ramaphosa's career hangs in the balance over allegations he covered up a theft at his farm.