‘Dead’ Russian Admiral Shoved in Front of the Cameras to Prove He Survived Missile Blast (news.yahoo.com)
France moves homeless people out of Paris as city prepares for next summer's Olympics (www.cnn.com)
US allows Israeli citizens to travel to US visa-free as Israel joins a select group of countries (apnews.com)
China Eastern Airlines to buy 100 C919 planes, aircraft's largest ever order (www.reuters.com)
China Eastern Airlines (600115.SS) said on Thursday it will buy another 100 C919 airplanes in a deal worth $10 billion at list prices, in what would be the largest ever order for the jet made by the Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China (COMAC)....
Korea's Birthrate Hits Another Record Low (www.stoppopulationdecline.org)
This billionaire thinks the Fed will bring rates to 7%—should you be worried? (creditnews.com)
As thaw accelerates, Swiss glaciers have lost 10% of their volume in the past 2 years, experts say (apnews.com)
GENEVA (AP) — A Swiss Academy of Sciences panel is reporting a dramatic acceleration of glacier melt in the Alpine country, which has lost 10% of its ice volume in just two years after high summer heat and low snow volumes in winter....
Nijjar killing : Eyes wide shut: How did New Delhi walk into this fiasco? (thefederal.com)
As the skirmish with Canada shows, under the carefully cultivated James Bond image is an Indian-style Inspector Clouseau bungling his way through world stage
Massive police operation in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, after hospital shooting (www.dutchnews.nl)
Immigrants to thank for Canada's record population growth this year (www.ctvnews.ca)
Putin's colonel killed in drone strike while mowing lawn at his Russian residence (globalpulsenews.com)
China urges countries to boycott Hong Kong media freedom event - document (www.reuters.com)
China is pressing countries to boycott a British-organised event at the United Nations in Geneva on media freedom in Hong Kong with the son of a jailed media tycoon, a letter showed and four diplomats confirmed on Tuesday....
What It Means to Be an Indian Muslim Today (thewire.in)
After Ramesh Bidhuri's slurs against Danish Ali went viral, some of us Muslims expressed a deep sense of astonishment and others, the total lack of it. Indian Muslims have fallen short of accurate vocabulary to describe the everyday humiliations we face.
Nagorno-Karabakh will cease to exist from 2024 after Azerbaijan victory (edition.cnn.com)
The self-declared republic of Nagorno-Karabakh will cease to exist from next year after its president signed a decree dissolving state institutions following its defeat by Azerbaijan....
Pakistan to evict 1.1m illegal Afghan refugees | The Express Tribune (tribune.com.pk)
Under India’s pressure, Facebook let propaganda and hate speech thrive (www.washingtonpost.com)
Facebook has retreated from its professed ideals in India under pressure from Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party.
A hard-right party gathers strength in Poland, pushing a new, less friendly course on Ukraine (apnews.com)
Ukrainian children as young as 4 months old are being forcibly taken to Russia. Officials don't know what is happening to them. (www.businessinsider.com)
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Russian troops raped women as old as 83 while their families were forced to listen (www.businessinsider.nl)
One of Putin's guards who denounced the war and fled Russia says he's being pursued even in South America (www.businessinsider.com)
Massive warehouse explosion rocks Uzbekistan capital (www.cnn.com)
‘Who Benefits?’ Inside the EU’s Fight over Scanning for Child Sex Content (balkaninsight.com)
JPMorgan agrees to pay $75 million in settlement over Epstein ties (www.axios.com)
US officials say Travis King, who crossed into North Korea, is in American custody (apnews.com)
Inside the vast digital campaign by Hindu nationalists to inflame India (www.washingtonpost.com)
India’s BJP, led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and affiliated Hindu nationalist groups have perfected using social media to spread of inflammatory, often false and bigoted material on an industrial scale, earning both envy and condemnation beyond India’s borders.