Ukraine military intelligence claims role in deadly Wagner ambush in Mali (www.theguardian.com)
EU diplomats, skeptical on Maduro’s election victory, to meet Tuesday (www.politico.eu)
European diplomats will on Tuesday discuss President Nicolás Maduro’s self-proclaimed victory in Venezuela’s presidential election as leaders around the world decline to recognize his reelection....
Erdogan open to hosting Assad, Putin as Syria-Turkey channels widen (www.al-monitor.com)
Mum jailed for forcing daughter into fatal marriage in Australia (www.bbc.com)
A mother has become the first person to be jailed under Australia’s forced marriage laws, for ordering her daughter to wed a man who would later murder the 21-year-old....
Bangladesh protests: Videos show police violence during protest (www.bbc.com)
UK Southport stabbing latest: Two children dead and nine injured in knife attack at dance class (www.bbc.com)
Poland tells Hungary to 'join a union with Putin' in diplomatic row (www.euronews.com)
While most European countries firmly back Ukraine, Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orbán is seen as having comparatively close ties to Russia, prompting a war of words with Poland....
Hungary’s nationalist leader warns of EU's demise and backs Trump in anti-Western speech (apnews.com)
Hungary’s nationalist Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said on Saturday that the European Union was sliding toward oblivion in a rambling anti-Western speech in which he warned of a new, Asia-oriented “world order” while throwing his support for Donald Trump’s U.S. presidential bid....
UK is ‘broke and broken,’ new government says as it prepares to tackle shortfall in public finances (apnews.com)
LONDON (AP) — Britain’s new left-leaning government said Sunday that the nation is “broke and broken,” blaming the situation on its predecessors ahead of a major speech on the state of the public finances that is widely expected to lay the groundwork for higher taxes....
‘Dangerous’ and ‘retrograde’: Māori leaders sound alarm over policy shifts in New Zealand (www.theguardian.com)
Leading Māori figures from across New Zealand have sounded the alarm over the government’s changes to policies that affect Māori, after analysis by the Guardian highlighted the far-reaching scope of the proposals....
Protests erupt in Venezuela as Maduro claims election victory (www.france24.com)
Protests erupted in Venezuela’s capital Monday as the regime deflected charges it had rigged an election win for President Nicolas Maduro that the opposition has disputed and many in the international community have questioned....
Shoplifting surges 30% in England and Wales, official data shows (www.reuters.com)
The right to disconnect is coming to Australia. What does this mean for you? (theconversation.com)
Ukraine keeps pounding Russia's Kursk region with drones, Russian officials say (www.reuters.com)
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Maduro locked in standoff with opponents as each side claims victory in presidential elections (apnews.com)
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuela’s opposition and President Nicolas Maduro’s government were locked in a high-stakes standoff after each side claimed victory in Sunday’s presidential vote, which millions in the long-suffering nation saw as their best shot to end 25 years of single-party rule....
Polio epidemic declared in Gaza in latest sign of worsening health crisis (www.aljazeera.com)
Venezuela votes in election that could end 25 years of socialist rule (www.theguardian.com)
Venezuelans go to the polls on Sunday against a backdrop of hope and fear in a presidential election that could end 25 years of socialist rule – if a free and fair vote is allowed....
Gaza: Israeli Strike on School Kills 30 Palestinians, Injures Over 100 (www.democracynow.org)
TikTok’s Chinese owner built search tool for users’ views on abortion, gun control, DOJ claims (wapo.st)
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Health Ministry Declares Gaza a 'Polio Epidemic Zone'. (www.commondreams.org)
At least 140 people hurt as Russian train smashes into truck (www.cnbc.com)
At least 140 people were injured in southern Russia on Monday when a train carrying 800 passengers smashed into a truck on a level crossing, causing eight carriages to derail, Russian Railways said....
Hezbollah rocket kills 10 children, injures at least 24 in Majdal Shams (www.ynetnews.com)
A Hezbollah rocket struck a soccer field in Majdal Shams, a Druze town in the Golan Heights, killing at least 10 children, and injuring 24, the IDF reported on Saturday.
Putin warns US against deploying long-range missiles in Germany (www.theguardian.com)
Vladimir Putin has warned the US that if Washington deploys long-range missiles in Germany from 2026, Russia will station similar missiles within striking distance of the west....
France: Telecom fiber optic networks sabotaged (www.dw.com)
The acts of sabotage affected several telecommunications operators in six areas of France, police said. Paris is not affected....
Malaysia applies to join BRICS | NHK WORLD-JAPAN News (www3.nhk.or.jp)
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