Thousands protest in Armenia over military strike on Nagorno-Karabakh (www.theguardian.com)
China Accuses US of Hacking Huawei Servers as Far Back as 2009 (beehaw.org)
China accused the US of infiltrating Huawei Technologies Co. servers beginning in 2009, part of a broad-based effort to steal data that culminated in tens of thousands of cyber-attacks against Chinese targets last year....
New Zealand intelligence report accuses China, Russia, Iran of ‘foreign interference’ (www.theguardian.com)
Bear escapes from crate in plane’s cargo hold at Dubai airport (www.theguardian.com)
Iraq’s prime minister has ordered an investigation into how a bear escaped from its crate in the cargo hold of an Iraqi aircraft as it was due to depart from Dubai airport, leaving passengers disgruntled over the delay and causing a stir on social media....
Turkish President Erdoğan agrees to back Sweden's NATO bid, Stoltenberg says (www.axios.com)
Hamas denies refusing fuel from Israel for Al-Shifa Hospital (www.reuters.com)
Cyber security analysts accuse China of attacking Cambodian government infrastructure as part of a "long-term espionage campaign" (feddit.de)
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Protesters block London’s Oxford Street in pro-Palestine demonstration (www.theguardian.com)
Israeli troops briefly enter Gaza as wider ground incursion looms (abcnews.go.com)
Israeli troops and tanks launched a brief ground raid into northern Gaza overnight into Thursday, the military said, striking several militant targets in order to “prepare the battlefield” ahead of a widely expected ground invasion
Julian Assange to be made honorary citizen of Rome (www.reuters.com)
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China, Philippines trade accusations over South China Sea clash (www.reuters.com)
Microsoft's $68.7B Activision acquisition clears final hurdle as UK approves restructured deal | TechCrunch (techcrunch.com)
Vatican presses world leaders at UN to work on rules for lethal autonomous weapons (apnews.com)
Brazil’s Lula backtracks on Putin arrest safety at Rio G20 (www.aljazeera.com)
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...
Canadians returning home from Maui tell stories of ‘war zone’ horror (www.theglobeandmail.com)
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Secret Pakistan Cable Documents U.S. Pressure to Remove Imran Khan (theintercept.com)
The Intercept has made extensive efforts to authenticate the document. Given the security climate in Pakistan, independent confirmation from sources in the Pakistani government was not possible. The Pakistan Embassy in Washington, D.C., did not respond to a request for comment....
Ukrainian official says drones hit naval ship in Russian port. It's the latest attack inside Russia (apnews.com)
Brazil police raids leave at least 43 people dead (www.bbc.co.uk)
Chinese foreign minister’s mysterious fall from grace: Qin Gang, China’s ousted top diplomat, has not been seen in public for over a month (novayagazeta.eu)
On 25 July, Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang was removed from his position and replaced by his predecessor, Wang Yi. No official reason is provided by Chinese authorities for the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress’s decision to replace Qin following his vague, “health-related” absence from his official...
Niger coup: Ruling party HQ attacked after President Bazoum ousted (www.bbc.co.uk)
Cyprus to clamp down as investigation reveals oligarchs moved assets after Ukraine invasion (www.theguardian.com)
The online hate and conspiracies driving a new wave of antisemitism | Ben Judah (www.independent.co.uk)
There has been widespread condemnation of the antisemitism that has followed Hamas’s deadly attack on Israel and the subsequent bombing of Gaza. But the slurs have little to do with Jewish people; instead, they expose Western society as weak, polarised and poisoned by non-stop social media shares and comments, argues Ben Judah
Australia offers climate refuge to Tuvalu citizens (www.bbc.com)
Myanmar junta facing biggest challenge yet after new offensive by armed groups, analysts say (www.theguardian.com)
