July 14, 2022: U.S., Israel, Iran, Ohio man charged with rape of girl, Ukraine, Sri Lanka, COVID

July 14, 2022: U.S., Israel, Iran nuclear arms, Ohio man charged with raping 10-year-old, Ukraine grain Sri Lanka, COVID

1. U.S. President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid signed a joint pledge to deny Iran nuclear arms, a show of unity by allies long divided over diplomacy with Tehran.

2. An Ohio man has been charged with raping a 10-year-old girl who later traveled to neighboring Indiana for an abortion, a case that President Joe Biden highlighted in criticizing a U.S. Supreme Court decision eliminating a nationwide right to abortion.

3. Russian missiles struck the Ukrainian city of Vinnytsia far behind the frontlines in an attack which Ukrainian officials called a war crime and said had killed at least 20 people, including three children.

4. Outgoing Sri Lankan president Gotabaya Rajapaksa landed in Singapore after fleeing mass protests over his country's economic meltdown, as troops patrolled the commercial capital Colombo to enforce a curfew.

5. A new wave of coronavirus infections is rapidly spreading through Asia, prompting warnings for residents from New Zealand to Japan to take precautions to slow the outbreak and help prevent healthcare systems from being overwhelmed.

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