Road Safety & Civic Life: In Kyiv, the mother of a 12-year-old killed in a car crash says road deaths since 2022 are nearing the scale of civilian war casualties, pushing a petition to treat traffic mortality as a national security issue. Cultural Memory: Israeli journalist and Holocaust survivor Vera Elyashiv, famed for a probing 1962 documentary on postwar West Germany’s Nazi past, has died at 97. Security & Society: Russia’s FSB says it stopped a planned attack at a Pyatigorsk railway station, alleging a Central Asian suspect was guided by a curator in Syria. Art Under Fire: Reporting from Ukraine describes damage to Kharkiv Art Museum after a Russian strike, with staff trying to salvage works amid shattered corridors. Pop Culture & Identity: A Russian daredevil couple arrested after a rooftop “marriage proposal” on New York’s Empire State Building—linked to Netflix’s Skywalkers: A Love Story. Spiritual Travel: Inside Okunevo in Siberia, daily bhajans and Shiva-focused prayers draw visitors even in -40°C winters. Cyber & Privacy: A European lawmaker targeted by Pegasus spyware is reported to have been hacked despite investigating surveillance abuses. Language & Heritage: Tajik authorities tighten baby-name rules to match national cultural standards, including pressure to drop Russian-style suffixes.