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Jasper faces 'significant loss' of buildings, infrastructure as wildfire engulfs Alberta town (www.cbc.ca)

‘Unacceptable Levels’ of Hazardous Substances in Temu Products, UK investigation finds (sourcingjournal.com)

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Chinese takeover of European seaports: EU turned a blind eye on security risks for years, experts say (www.ftm.eu)

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Fined for yellow and blue shoes: How Russian laws smother dissent (www.bbc.com)

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Saudi Arabia: Executions rise despite pledge to human rights (www.dw.com)

The number of executions in Saudi Arabia has risen sharply in the first half of this year. As of July 15, the state executed 98 men and two women for charges related to murder, terrorism and drugs. This marks a 42% increase compared to the same period in 2023, according to a recent report...

Chinese government faces a credibility deficit on its ‘old’ policy agenda and will need to act with urgency if it wants to lift business and consumer sentiment, economists say (www.asiafinancial.com)

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Code of silence: International media outlets press their Hong Kong staff to keep away from a local journalist association advocating for press freedom, or risk losing their jobs (chinamediaproject.org)

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Pacific island country of Palau, one of the Taiwan allies in the region, slams China over "interference", recent cyberattacks (www.australiannews.net)

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"This is something late-19th century Britain would recognise": Post-COVID, China is back in Africa and doubling down on minerals (360mozambique.com)

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Global community needs to do more to end RSF atrocities in Sudan (www.aljazeera.com)

Kenya’s biggest protest in recent history played out on a walkie-talkie app (restofworld.org)

The Social Cost of Carbon Credits (hakaimagazine.com)

Multinational companies funded a US $4.4-million carbon offset project. Senegalese locals did much of the work—and saw almost none of the money.

Planes grounded as mass worldwide IT outage hits airlines, media and banks (www.bbc.com)

Philippines and Japan finalize bi-lateral security pact over China’s increasingly aggressive behaviour in South China Sea and Taiwan Strait (www.lowyinstitute.org)

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German court sentences dual German-Russian citizen to six years and nine months in prison for selling electronics to Russian companies for military use in violation of sanctions (www.reuters.com)

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DDoSecrets Mirrors Wikileaks Data After Assange Plea Deal (www.404media.co)

Unable to earn enough at home, Syrian opposition fighters are travelling via Turkey to Africa to work as mercenaries, often under Russian command (www.bbc.com)

Since December 2023, more than 1,000 Syrian fighters have travelled to Niger via Turkey, according to the UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR), which monitors the conflict in Syria through a network of sources on the ground. They tend to sign up for six months, but some have now extended the contract to a year....

Thailand's economy: factory closures due to cheap Chinese imports with job losses jumping by 80% within one year (www.reuters.com)

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How health burdens have shifted over 4 decades: Infections down in India, lifestyle disorders up in China, and rising mental health issues in the U.S. (aditya-dahiya.github.io)

The dataset from Our World in Data provides comprehensive information on Disability Adjusted Life Years (DALYs) for various health conditions. The data is sourced from the IHME’s Global Burden of Disease (GBD) study and spans from 1990 to 2021. It was last updated on May 20, 2024. Detailed data can be retrieved from the Global...

EU should add China's Xinjiang region and the aluminum sector to Forced Labor Database, rights groups says (www.hrw.org)

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"Their goal Is total ethnic cleansing of the Gaza people": Physician Mustafa Barghouti on Israel’s expulsion order for Gaza City (www.democracynow.org)

A panel of United Nations independent experts has accused Israel of engaging in a campaign of starvation and genocide in Gaza as the effects of the famine are being felt across Gaza. Palestinian physician and activist Mustafa Barghouti says “what we see today is a purposeful act of starvation” and that the real intention of...

Taiwan monitors Chinese military surge, calls China a threat to stability (www.rappler.com)

In its daily update on Chinese military activity over the past 24 hours, released on Thursday morning, Taiwan’s defense ministry said it had detected 66 Chinese military aircraft around the island....