Revolutionizing diabetes treatment: Israeli firm makes progress on micro pancreas (www.jpost.com)
North Korea fires suspected long-range ballistic missile, South says (www.cnn.com)
Thailand's prime minister, who seized power in a 2014 coup, quits politics after losing election (apnews.com)
BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand’s Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha, who served almost nine years in office after seizing power in a 2014 military coup, said Tuesday that he is leaving politics.
Australian war hero appeals court decision that blamed him for unlawful killings in Afghanistan (abcnews.go.com)
Heavy rains set off flash floods in New York state | Reuters video (www.youtube.com)
Sir Elton John to perform final farewell show in Sweden (www.theguardian.com)
Racist or revolutionary: The complex legacy of Alexei Navalny (www.euronews.com)
Brazil: Amazon deforestation drops 34% in first six months under Lula (www.theguardian.com)
Hungary pledges support for Turkiye's decision on Sweden's NATO bid (www.middleeastmonitor.com)
'Catastrophic' human rights situation in Belarus - UN report (www.euronews.com)
China says it will start limiting 2 key raw metals needed for chips (www.upi.com)
Saudi summons Swedish envoy to protest Quran burning (www.middleeastmonitor.com)
Hiker killed after 200ft fall in popular waterfall (news.sky.com)
Orkney could leave UK for Norway as it explores ‘alternative governance’ (www.theguardian.com)
#Orkxit?
'Putin's mistakes' giving US 'once-in-a-generation' chance to recruit Russian spies, says CIA director (news.sky.com)
Biden says threat of Putin using tactical nuclear weapons is 'real' (finance.yahoo.com)
President Joe Biden said on Monday the threat of Russian President Vladimir Putin using tactical nuclear weapons is "real", days after denouncing Russia's deployment of such weapons in Belarus. On Saturday, Biden called Putin's announcement that Russia had deployed its first tactical nuclear weapons to Belarus "absolutely...
Hamas rocket fell on Gazan school after failing to reach Israeli territory (www.i24news.tv)
To halt Brazil’s decline, Lula needs to cut runaway public spending (www.economist.com)
“Investors have started to worry” Why is that? From what i’ve seen (i live in Brazil) the economy is going from bad to worse, the spending is always growing and there’s no intent to reduce that…
Russian rockets clog Europe’s South American spaceport (www.politico.eu)
Even in the most distant reaches of EU territory, Moscow is still posing problems....
Afghanistan - wish you were here? The Taliban do (www.bbc.com)
Georgia presses on with 'Russia-style' laws (apnews.com)
With prices soaring, 86.8% of Nicaraguans cannot afford to buy essentials (english.elpais.com)
In a country dominated by authoritarianism and poor economic prospects, the population can only cover half a basket of basic goods, according to a report by Hagamos Democracia...
Cuba admits to massive emigration wave: a million people left in two years amid crisis (www.miamiherald.com)
A stunning 10% of Cuba’s population — more than a million people — left the island between 2022 and 2023, the head of the country’s national statistics office said during a National Assembly session Friday, the largest migration wave in Cuban history....
Israeli airstrikes target Yemen’s Houthis day after deadly drone attack in Tel Aviv | CNN (edition.cnn.com)
“A short while ago, IDF fighter jets struck military targets of the Houthi terrorist regime in the area of the Al Hudaydah (Hodeidah) Port in Yemen in response to the hundreds of attacks carried out against the state of Israel in recent months,” the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) said in a statement....
German combat medic reportedly sentenced to death in Belarus (www.theguardian.com)
A German combat medic accused by Belarus of committing crimes including “terrorism” and “mercenary activity” has been sentenced to death by firing squad, according to a Belarusian rights group....
