Powerful quake in Morocco kills more than 1,000 people and damages historic buildings in Marrakech (apnews.com)
Morocco earthquake death toll rises above 2,000 (www.bbc.com)
Powerful 6.8-magnitude earthquake rattles Morocco, with five believed dead (www.aljazeera.com)
Mexico set for first female president in 2024 election (www.theguardian.com)
Mexico will almost certainly have its first female president in 2024, after the governing Morena party and the opposition coalition both chose women as their candidates....
Bogus Supplier of Jet-Engine Parts May Have Faked Employees Too (www.bloomberg.com)
Powerful earthquake kills 'at least' 296 in Morocco, govt says (www.reuters.com)
Armenia to exercise with US troops next week, Russia voices concern (www.reuters.com)
Armenia said on Wednesday it would host a joint military exercise with the United States next week, a development that Russia said was cause for concern....
Why the 2024 Olympic Games may drive out Paris’ beloved booksellers (www.lonelyplanet.com)
Dalit woman raped, filmed, forced to eat beef by two Muslim men in Uttar Pradesh, after being lured by friend (www.indiatoday.in)
Polish Senate says use of government spyware is illegal in the country (techcrunch.com)
Assad's Criminal Conglomerate: Syrian Economy Continues to Spiral Toward Collapse (www.spiegel.de)
It was almost as though nothing at all had happened. In May 2023, Arabic leaders welcomed long-ostracized Syrian dictator Bashar Assad back into the fold at the Arab League summit – complete with brotherly kisses, warm embraces and the proverbial red carpet, which skewed violet in this particular case...
Anti-Putin Russians Kill FSB Border Guard During Cross-Border Raid (www.kyivpost.com)
Hong Kong paralyzed by flash flooding after heaviest rainfall since 1884 (www.cnn.com)
Record-breaking rainfall paralyzed much of Hong Kong on Friday, with flash flooding submerging metro stations and trapping drivers on roads, as authorities suspended schools and urged the public to seek safe shelter....
Xi reprimanded by elders over direction of nation (asia.nikkei.com)
1.2m Palestinians face devastating humanitarian crisis because of US aid block (www.middleeastmonitor.com)
The US should not normalize Modi’s autocratic and illiberal India at the G20 (www.theguardian.com)
Despite his lip-service to democracy and human rights, Biden keeps embracing autocrats and would-be autocrats
‘Like a phantom’: Chile grapples with ghosts of the disappeared (www.aljazeera.com)
Santiago, Chile – Jeannette Avila takes out a white handkerchief atop Cerro Chena, a hill overlooking Chile’s capital, Santiago. Waving it up and down, she begins to dance to the music of Chile’s national dance....
Commander of Russian Air Defence Forces which protect Moscow arrested for bribery (www.yahoo.com)
Ukraine killed 49 elite Russian paratroopers in a single day — and Russia refused to retrieve the bodies (www.businessinsider.nl)
Russian missile attack hits market in Ukraine, 16 dead (www.nbcnews.com)
Canada opens inquiry into allegations of election meddling by China, Russia (www.aljazeera.com)
Florida man arrested after trying to cross Atlantic in hamster wheel vessel (www.bbc.co.uk)
Mexico set for first female president in 2024 election (www.theguardian.com)
Azerbaijan threatens to close down BBC Azerbaijan over Serj Tankian and Artak Beglaryan interview (en.armradio.am)
Macron: there can be no Russian flag at Paris 2024 (www.reuters.com)
