Swedish foreign minister misses Kyiv summit after forgetting passport (www.thelocal.se)
A deal to expedite grain exports has been reached between Ukraine, Poland and Lithuania (apnews.com)
Cheaper, more effective malaria vaccine wins WHO approval (www.theguardian.com)
R21/Matrix-M vaccine, developed by the University of Oxford, is the first malaria vaccine to reach 75% efficacy target...
Pakistan police bust organ trafficking ring that took kidneys from hundreds (www.bbc.com)
Shooting at a major Bangkok shopping mall kills at least 2, and a suspect is in police custody (apnews.com)
Myanmar junta wants census, biometric identification systems ahead of delayed election (www.abc.net.au)
Armenian exodus from Nagorno-Karabakh ebbs as Azerbaijan moves to reaffirm control (apnews.com)
The last bus carrying ethnic Armenians from Nagorno-Karabakh left the region Monday, completing a grueling weeklong exodus of over 100,000 people — more than 80% of its residents — after Azerbaijan reclaimed the area in a lightning military operation....
Junta Crony | Myanmar Crony Arms Dealer Gunned Down in Yangon: Guerrilla Group (www.irrawaddy.com)
India tells Canada to withdraw 41 diplomats, report says (www.ctvnews.ca)
cross-posted from: lemmy.ca/post/6516854...
14 year old kills at least 3 in mass shooting in downtown Bangkok (www.theguardian.com)
EU warns Elon Musk after Twitter found to have highest rate of disinformation (www.theguardian.com)
The EU has issued a warning to Elon Musk to comply with sweeping new laws on fake news and Russian propaganda, after X – formerly known as Twitter – was found to have the highest ratio of disinformation posts of all large social media platforms....
6.2-magnitude earthquake hits Nepal (www.khaleejtimes.com)
Hong Kong stocks have worst day in three months on worries about rates and real estate (www.cnn.com)
Stocks in Hong Kong suffered their worst day in three months on Tuesday on growing concern about China’s weak housing market and persistently high US interest rates....
Thai police arrest 14-year-old suspected gunman after shooting at Bangkok's Siam Paragon mall (www.channelnewsasia.com)
Kharkiv to build Ukraine’s first underground school to protect children (www.theguardian.com)
Children in frontline city are currently taught in the underground metro system amid threats from Russia’s missile attacks...
US and Philippines launch military drills with partners as China tensions mount (edition.cnn.com)
Suicide bomber detonates explosive device in Turkish capital (www.aljazeera.com)
Turkey’s interior minister says a suicide bomber detonated an explosive device in front of the ministry building in the Turkish capital, wounding two police officers....
Dozens dead in clashes between Syrian government and Kurdish-led forces (www.middleeasteye.net)
Pakistan launches anti-polio vaccine drive targeting 44M children amid tight security (apnews.com)
Pakistan launched its second nationwide anti-polio campaign of the year, aiming to inoculate 44 million children under 5 years old, as the country nears eradicating the disease....
Europe Union's top diplomat dismisses concern about bloc's long-term support for Ukraine (apnews.com)
Bangladesh’s worst ever dengue outbreak has now killed more than 1,000 people (edition.cnn.com)
Netanyahu Shows Map of 'New Middle East'—Without Palestine—to UN General Assembly (www.commondreams.org)
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu angered Palestinians and their defenders Friday after presenting a map of “The New Middle East” without Palestine during his speech to the United Nations General Assembly in New York....
BYD overtakes Ford, securing 4th spot in global car sales (www.arenaev.com)
More than 100 dolphins dead in Amazon as water hits 102 degrees Fahrenheit (www.cnn.com)
More than a hundred dolphins have been found dead in the Brazilian Amazon amid an historic drought and record-high water temperatures that in places have exceeded 102 degrees Fahrenheit [38.8 °C]....
New UN migration chief says private sector 'desperate' to take migrants despite negative narrative (apnews.com)
The new head of the U.N.'s migration agency said Monday that the private sector is “desperate” for their countries to take in migrants to mop up labor shortages, especially in the West — endeavoring to steer a narrative away from reticence and suspicion about migrants in many parts of the world....
