U.N. votes to end US embargo on Cuba; US and Israel oppose (www.reuters.com)
Israel tells UN to evacuate the northern Gaza Strip within 24 hours (www.axios.com)
Niger soldiers announce coup on national TV (www.bbc.co.uk)
Red Lake plans to open Minnesota's first recreational marijuana dispensary Aug. 1 - MPR News (www.mprnews.org)
Tribal Secretary Sam Strong said in an interview with MPR News that it’s an opportunity to regulate business at a time when fentanyl is being found more often in cannabis products....
EU passes nature restoration law in knife-edge vote (www.theguardian.com)
Edit: A bit more detail, if you’re interested: ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/…/IP_22_3746
Council of Europe votes to recognize Holodomor as genocide (www.dw.com)
‘I’m ready to die for Russia but not for criminals and thieves:' Russian military officers on why they deserted after Russia invaded Ukraine (meduza.io)
Prigozhin wig pictures appear to be genuine, analysis shows (www.theguardian.com)
First-ever images prove 'lost echidna' not extinct (www.bbc.com)
Ukrainian Counteroffensive Pierces Main Russian Defensive Line in Southeast (www.wsj.com)
cross-posted from: lemm.ee/post/6175094...
China is threatening Uyghurs in Türkiye to spy on diaspora, human rights activists say (safeguarddefenders.com)
The People’s Republic of China is increasingly pressuring Uyghurs living in Türkiye to spy on the local Uyghur diaspora, according to Safeguard Defenders. Chinese police leverage intelligence gathered from these networks to coerce Uyghurs into spying for them, keeping quiet about China’s human rights abuses or producing...
Russian warship fires warning shots on cargo ship in Black Sea (www.reuters.com)
Police discontent disrupts courts in Marseille (www.reuters.com)
PARIS, July 26 (Reuters) - The French government sought on Wednesday to allay rising discontent within the police force over the incarceration of an officer that prompted a ‘go slow’ by colleagues and disrupted the courts in the country’s second biggest city....
Italy wildfires encircle Palermo as temperatures hit 47C (www.theguardian.com)
Commentary: We face a world potentially running out of antibiotics (www.channelnewsasia.com)
Threats against rape victim, 10, lay bare Bolivia’s culture of sexual violence (www.theguardian.com)
US says North Korea delivered 1,000 containers of equipment and munitions to Russia for Ukraine war (apnews.com)
Darkening Tibet: Satellite Imagery Reveals Increased Detentions by Chinese Authorities (bnn.network)
A recent study conducted by the Rand Europe research institute utilizes satellite imagery and night-time lighting data to suggest an increase in activity within high-security detention facilities in Tibet. The increased activity could potentially indicate an escalation in the severity of imprisonments imposed by Chinese...
Uber broke laws, duped police and secretly lobbied governments, leak reveals (www.theguardian.com)
Biden wants to ban ripoff "financial advisors" (pluralistic.net)
UK interior minister plans to restrict use of tents by homeless (www.reuters.com)
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.
YouTube is Autogenerating Videos for Songs Advocating the Expulsion of Muslims from India - bellingcat (www.bellingcat.com)
Netanyahu says Israel will ‘crush and destroy’ Hamas; every Hamas member is a ‘dead man’ (apnews.com)
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Wednesday that Israel would “crush and destroy” Hamas in response to its attack....
1.2m Palestinians face devastating humanitarian crisis because of US aid block (www.middleeastmonitor.com)
