The European Court for Human Rights awards Azat Miftakhov 26,000 Euro for being tortured while imprisoned by Russia (caseazatmiftakhov.org)
Torture, rape, killings in Manipur: An Indian state's brutal conflict (www.bbc.com)
A Lampedusa, une « submersion migratoire » en trompe-l'oeil (www.euractiv.fr) French
Intelligence suggests agents of India behind killing of B.C. Sikh leader: Trudeau (globalnews.ca)
Libya floods: Why damage to Derna was so catastrophic (www.bbc.co.uk)
Spanish police arrest man for touching reporter's bottom while live on air (www.reuters.com)
Small island nations take high-emitting countries to court to protect the ocean (www.theguardian.com)
All Wilko shops to shut with 12,500 jobs likely to go (www.bbc.co.uk)
Brazil’s Lula backtracks on Putin arrest safety at Rio G20 (www.aljazeera.com)
Ukrainian Accounts of Torture Point to Systematic Russian Policy, Expert Says (www.nytimes.com)
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'These are my people': Seven years after fleeing war, refugee family reflects on life in Nova Scotia (www.cbc.ca)
The Hassan Haggar family moved to a small N.S. town in 2016
Police vehicle rams into climate protestors that block only road into Burning Man festival. (youtu.be)
Decades After Dictatorship, Chile Mounts Search for Hundreds Who Vanished (www.nytimes.com)
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At least 38 people have died in a fire in a building in South Africa's biggest city, authorities say (apnews.com)
Top shareholder of China's troubled Zhongrong Trust plans to delist; stock surges (www.reuters.com)
Spanish football federation leaders demand resignation of its president Luis Rubiales (www.theguardian.com)
"After the latest events and the unacceptable behaviours that have seriously damaged the image of Spanish football, we request that Mr Luis Rubiales immediately present his resignation as president of the Spanish football federation,” the Spanish football federation’s regional presidents say in a joint statement.
China's Centaline Property says mainland China unit has 'huge' unpaid developers' commissions (www.channelnewsasia.com)
The Hong Kong property agency’s mainland arm, Centaline Property Agency (Shenzhen), has not recovered some commission fees as property developers grapple with the debt crisis and liquidity crunch, Centaline said. The Shenzhen unit has paid fixed salaries up to July, Centaline said, adding that all of units were operating...
U.S. Knew Saudis Were Killing African Migrants (www.nytimes.com)
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Pacific islands warn US over Chinese threat and urge US president Biden to increase aid (www.theguardian.com)
Island nations who offer the US military proximity to China in exchange for aid emphasized they are especially vulnerable to Chinese cyber-attacks and economic exploitation as they struggle to recover from the pandemic.
US imposes visa curbs on Chinese officials over boarding schools for Tibetans (www.reuters.com)
Europe's heatwave turns deadly as 18 burned bodies found in Greek fires (www.reuters.com)
Iran unveils armed drone resembling America’s MQ-9 Reaper and says it could potentially reach Israel (apnews.com)
Saudi Border Guards Accused of Killing Hundreds of African Migrants (www.nytimes.com)
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China helping to arm Russia with helicopters, drones and metals (www.telegraph.co.uk)
One Chinese company sent 1,000 drones to Russia in the two months before the war, according to figures compiled by Molfar Global, an open source research organisation. The drones were sent to a Russian firm called Samson, which similarly describes itself as a wholesaler of games and toys and appears to be a shell company,...
Lottery sales in China soar, as youth seek to scratch an economic itch amid faltering fiscal forecasts (hongkongfp.com)
Lottery sales in China soared to almost 274 billion yuan in the first half of the year, an increase of more than 50 percent year-on-year, with analysts pointing to a growing economic malaise as a possible explanation.
