Russia shuts down human rights group Sakharov Center (www.aljazeera.com)
Evergrande: China property giant files for US bankruptcy protection (www.bbc.com)
Most cell sites back up in Maui (www.rcrwireless.com)
German prosecutor investigates possible poisoning of Russian journalist (www.theguardian.com)
In an article published with Russian-language outlet Meduza and US publication n+1 on Tuesday night, journalist Elena Kostyuchenko said she was tipped off by a source in Ukrainian military reconnaissance last March about Russian plans to assassinate her. Kostyuchenko, who was at the time reporting for the now-shuttered...
Russia’s federal investigators are actively recruiting children from eastern Ukraine to their cadet schools (meduza.io)
British Museum worker sacked over missing items (www.bbc.co.uk)
China stops releasing youth jobs data as economic figures disappoint (m.koreatimes.co.kr)
China on Tuesday said it would stop releasing data on its rising youth unemployment as a raft of disappointing figures stoked concerns over the state of the world’s second largest economy....
US tourists stay in Eiffel Tower overnight while drunk - prosecutors (www.bbc.com)
Two American tourists have been found sleeping inside the Eiffel Tower after getting stuck while drunk, according to prosecutors....
Blood Simple. Several Russian journalists and activists were poisoned in Europe (theins.ru)
Elena Kostyuchenko, Natalia Arno, and Irina Babloyan, have long worked to expose the Kremlin’s lies. While traveling through Europe in the last year, each was poisoned by unknown toxins. Their cases remain unsolved. Why?
"Wind and solar power pollute the Earth and make life miserable:" DeSantis's Florida Approves Climate-Denial Videos in Schools (www.scientificamerican.com)
Media company Vice blocked news stories that could offend Saudi Arabia, insiders say (www.theguardian.com)
The company recently signed a lucrative partnership deal with the MBC Group, a media company controlled by the Saudi government, to establish a joint venture in the Middle Eastern country.
Fire in south of France rages though campsite and 500 hectares of land (www.theguardian.com)
“A fire in the south of France burned through 500 hectares (1,240 acres) of land and destroyed a campsite, with 2,000 people evacuated before the blaze was brought under control on Tuesday....
Indictment returned in Georgia as grand jury wraps up Trump election probe (apnews.com)
A grand jury in Georgia that has been investigating former President Donald Trump over his efforts to undo the 2020 election results in that state has returned an indictment, though it was not immediately clear against whom.
Russia’s central bank to hold extraordinary meeting after rouble falls to 16-month low (www.theguardian.com)
Bank will discuss interest rate after high spending on war in Ukraine and drop in export revenues put further pressure on Russia’s economy.
At least 27 die in inferno at petrol station in Dagestan southern Russia (www.bbc.co.uk)
Perfectly Preserved Dinosaur Embryo Found Inside Fossilized Egg (www.iflscience.com)
In Turkey’s hardest-hit province, earthquake survivors adapt to a life without buildings (theworld.org)
Save Right Whale Coalition Sickened Over Government Response to Deaths of Whales in NY, NJ (www.shorenewsnetwork.com)
Rising with the Hill Talking with Michael Shellenberger, journalist and founder of Public Documentary film, Thrown To The Wind m.youtube.com/watch?v=iZYkWtARR5k...
"A ticking time bomb that can explode at any time", as EVs surge, so does nickel mining’s death toll (restofworld.org)
Chinese demand for nickel, an important ingredient in EV batteries, has triggered a mining boom in the remote regions of Indonesia. The country has signed over a dozen deals worth more than $15 billion with suppliers for EV giants like Tesla and Hyundai Motor, but deaths and injuries from industrial accidents have been racking...
Fears UK’s cashless society will leave more than just the vulnerable behind (www.theguardian.com)
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2 Nigerian men accused of running a global ‘sextortion’ ring linked to a teen’s suicide have been extradited to US, officials say (www.cnn.com)
According to prosecutors, Samuel Ogoshi used a hacked social media account to make contact with DeMay while pretending to be a young woman. After persuading DeMay to provide a sexually explicit photo of himself, Ogoshi allegedly threatened to publicly release the image unless DeMay paid the scammers....
Russian rouble sinks, Kremlin blames loose monetary policy (www.reuters.com)
The rouble has lost around a quarter of its value against the dollar since Putin sent troops into Ukraine in February 2022, as Western sanctions shrink Russia’s balance of trade and military spending soars....
7 prominent Hong Kong activists cleared of organising 2019 protest (hongkongfp.com)
While cleared of organising an August 2019 protest, the high-profile pro-democracy figures, including media tycoon Jimmy Lai and lawyers Margaret Ng and Martin Lee, had their convictions and sentences for participating in that rally upheld.
Slow counteroffensive darkens mood in Ukraine (wapo.st)
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Hungarian official: "Without Cluj there is no Hungarian nation" (www.romaniajournal.ro)
Without Cluj there is no Hungarian nation, and the development of the city is due to the unity of the Hungarians, Budapest official says