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,...
How Beijing is using the sun to fight the sand (www.semafor.com)
Officials in Ordos are over the next several years going to install 100 gigawatts of solar panels — more than three times as much capacity as the United States is currently building nationwide — along a stretch of land 250 miles (400 kilometers) long and 3 miles (5 km) wide....
Myanmar military committing war crimes at ‘alarming’ rate, UN warns (www.aljazeera.com)
Crimes against humanity and war crimes by Myanmar’s military have escalated at an “alarming” rate, United Nations investigators have warned....
Russia-Ukraine war: surge in civilian deaths in Ukraine as July marking the highest number of civilian casualties reported since October 2022, UN says (ukraine.un.org)
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After the incursion, Ukraine's government opens a 24/7 hotline for the residents of Russia’s Kursk Oblast who need humanitarian aid or want to evacuate to Ukraine (www.pravda.com.ua)
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"China-Pakistan Economic Corridor:" mass protests against a China-backed airport project in Pakistan highlight the growing discontent among the local population, say analysts (www.dw.com)
A brand new China-backed international airport is getting ready to be inaugurated in Gwadar, a port city in Pakistan’s restive Balochistan province....
China’s railway diplomacy on high speed in Vietnam (vietnam-aujourdhui.info)
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Exiled activist denounces China’s tourism campaign for the Xinjiang region as cover-up for the repression of the Uyghur minority (www.indianarrative.com)
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US clears $20bn in arms sales for Israel as atrocities continue in Gaza (www.aljazeera.com)
Massive cyberattack rocks Central Bank of Iran, computer system paralyzed - report (www.jpost.com)
According to reports, all the computer systems of the banks in Iran were paralyzed following the cyber attack.
Scientists hail ‘smart’ insulin that responds to changing blood sugar levels in real time (www.theguardian.com)
The new glucose-responsive insulins (GRIs) only become active when there is a certain amount of sugar in the blood to prevent hyperglycaemia (high blood glucose). They become inactive again when levels drop below a certain point, avoiding hypoglycaemia (low blood glucose). In future, patients may only need insulin once a week,...
China’s trade with ASEAN faces more barriers amid fears of Chinese export overcapacity, imbalance (cargreen.es)
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Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant: Ukraine and Russia trade blame over fire - BBC News (www.bbc.com)
Both sides say there has been no detected radiation spike at the occupied Zaporizhzhia plant.
Ukrainian and Russian troops are gearing up for a showdown in western Russia (www.npr.org)
‘Another day of horror’: UN rights office condemns Israeli strikes at Gazan school (news.un.org)
At around 4:30am on Saturday, a mosque inside Al Tabaeen School was struck by the Israeli Forces “at least three times”, the UN rights office, OHCHR, in the Occupied Palestinian Territory said in a statement, adding that the attacks were “conducted with apparent disregard for the high rate of civilian fatalities”....
