Court jails Vietnamese tycoon for 21 years for US$146 million fraud: State media (www.channelnewsasia.com)
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Bangladeshi PM Sheikh Hasina resigns as widening unrest sees protesters storm her official residence (apnews.com)
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Bangladesh’s prime minister resigned and fled the country Monday, after weeks of protests against a quota system for government jobs descended into violence and grew into a broader challenge to her 15-year rule. Thousands of demonstrators stormed her official residence and other buildings associated...
Thailand’s progressive Move Forward party might be dissolved, but its former chief remains hopeful (apnews.com)
BANGKOK (AP) — The charismatic Thai politician who led his young, progressive party to a stunning general election victory a year ago is urging supporters not to lose hope, even if the party is disbanded by a legal order....
Famine declared in Sudan’s Darfur (www.semafor.com)
Conservatives left UK wide open to far-right violence, says former adviser (www.theguardian.com)
The Conservative government left the UK wide open to the far-right violence erupting across parts of the country by ignoring red flags and stoking fires with a culture war agenda, a senior adviser on extremism to Tory prime ministers has said....
In Mexico City, women water harvesters help make up for drought and dicey public water system (apnews.com)
Gliding above her neighborhood in a cable car on a recent morning, Sonia Estefanía Palacios Díaz scanned a sea of blue and black water tanks, tubes and cables looking for rain harvesting systems....
Calls for foreigners to leave Lebanon as war fears grow (www.bbc.com)
Several countries have urged their nationals to leave Lebanon, as fears grow of a wider conflict in the Middle East....
Palestinian kills two people in stabbing attack in Israel (www.reuters.com)
AP review of Venezuela opposition-provided vote tallies casts doubt on government’s election results
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The world is getting more violent. A top refugee advocate thinks he knows why. (www.vox.com)
How Chinese loans trapped Pakistan's economy (www.dw.com)
As Pakistan works on enacting economic reforms under a new multibillion-dollar IMF bailout, Islamabad must first figure out what to do with its mountain of debt owed to China....
How Two Russian ‘Illegals’ Went Deep Undercover With Their Children (www.nytimes.com)
Britain’s Labour Government Says It Inherited a $28 Billion Budget Hole (www.nytimes.com)
Ms. Reeves accused the Conservative Party of making spending commitments on plans such as road repairs and building new hospitals “knowing the money wasn’t there.” Some of those plans would scrapped or reviewed. “Today she will fool absolutely no one with a shameful attempt to lay the ground for tax rises she didn’t...
Angela Carini abandons Olympic fight after 46 seconds against Imane Khelif (www.theguardian.com)
Ukraine accuses Russian forces of killing, dismembering prisoner-of-war (www.reuters.com)
Ukraine’s human rights commissioner urged the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the United Nations to investigate an image widely shared online on Saturday that he said likely showed a Ukrainian prisoner-of-war killed and dismembered by Russian forces....
Rebel groups in Colombia are killing trans women in a "social cleansing" campaign (www.lgbtqnation.com)
Russian Wagner mercenaries spotted amid Venezuela election protests (www.intellinews.com)
Even after a year in jail, Imran Khan still dominates Pakistan's politics (www.bbc.com)
The Saudi wife who fled to Melbourne - then disappeared (www.bbc.com)
When Lolita came to Australia in 2022, she was fleeing an older man she’d been forced to marry as a child in Saudi Arabia....
Israeli strike at Gaza hospital kills four as US and Israel hold ‘heated’ ceasefire talks (www.theguardian.com)
Riot police on standby across England and Wales for further far-right protests (www.theguardian.com)
UK protests: More than 80 arrests made at far-right demonstrations (www.bbc.com)
More than 70 dead in Bangladesh as protesters call for the prime minister's resignation (www.france24.com)
Hundreds of thousands of Bangladeshi protesters demanding Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina resign clashed with government supporters Sunday, with dozens killed in one of the deadliest days since demonstrations began....
47% of U.K. Millionaires Say They’re More Likely to Leave the Country After the Recent Election: Report (freedomproject.pages.dev)
A23a: Colossal iceberg stuck spinning in ocean trap (www.bbc.com)
Something remarkable has happened to A23a, the world’s biggest iceberg....
