Ecuadorians reject oil drilling in the Amazon, ending operations in protected area (apnews.com)
China’s property crisis deepens as developer Country Garden at risk of default (www.theguardian.com)
South Korea fines mobile carriers US$25 million for exaggerating 5G network speed (www.channelnewsasia.com)
China's state banks seen selling dollars for yuan in London and New York hours (www.reuters.com)
China’s major state-owned banks were seen busy selling U.S. dollars to buy yuan in both onshore and offshore spot foreign exchange markets this week, people with direct knowledge of the matter said, in an attempt to slow the yuan’s depreciation.
Surprising facts about amphorae — antiquity's packaging (www.dw.com)
Amphorae were made primarily for trade. In ancient times, people used these vessels, which held five liters (1.3 gallons) to 80 liters (21 gallons) depending on their size, to transport oil, wine, honey, olives, pickled vegetables and garum — a fermented fish sauce that was as popular with the Romans as soy sauce is today in...
New photo from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope reveals the colors of Earendel, the farthest star ever detected (12ft.io)
‘Bulldozer politics’: Modi’s demolition drive fuels Muslims’ fears in Kashmir (www.theguardian.com)
North Korea's Kim orders boost to missile production (www.dw.com)
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has urged the country’s arms industry to increase production of missiles and artillery in order to have “overwhelming military power” and be ready for war, state media KCNA reported on Monday....
Taiwan VP a 'troublemaker' for US visit: Beijing (www.bbc.com)
China has called Taiwan’s vice president William Lai a “troublemaker” for his ongoing visit to the US....
UK industry deeply frustrated by Network Rail staff domestic air travel (www.railtech.com)
Brazilian authorities launch probe into ‘Amazon’s largest single deforester’ (news.mongabay.com)
Hawaii wildfires: Six deaths confirmed as blazes engulf Maui (www.bbc.com)
In 2020, Maui had a population of 168,307, the third-highest of the Hawaiian Islands
Man arrested after stabbing near British Museum in London (www.theguardian.com)
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Germany: Factory output plunges amid economic gloom (www.dw.com)
Germany’s industrial output fell for a second consecutive month in June, figures published on Monday show, with a drop of 1.5% far wider than the previous month’s slip of 0.1%....
Saudi Arabia extends cut of 1 million barrels of oil a day, potentially boosting prices at the pump (apnews.com)
Saudi Arabia will extend its voluntary oil production cut of 1 million barrels per day into September, the state-owned Saudi Press Agency (SPA) said on Thursday. This is the third month in a row that the kingdom has implemented the cut....
Estimated Number of Ukrainian Casualties in Counteroffensive (www.telesurenglish.net)
Ukraine has also suffered the destruction of a large number of its weapons....
Ukraine Attempted to Attack Russia's Black Sea Base (www.telesurenglish.net)
On Friday, the Russian Defense Ministry said that two Ukrainian drones attempted to attack the naval base in Novorossiysk, a major Black Sea port, but were destroyed by Russian ships....
Baltic states seek to decouple grid from Russia (www.dw.com)
Estonia, Lithuania and Latvia are seeking to disconnect from an energy grid network shared with Russia and Belarus by early 2025. Vilnius is pushing from an earlier exit from the grid, which Tallin opposes.
U.S. 'unequivocally' condemns terror attack that wounded 6 Israelis (www.i24news.tv)
Is Russia ‘sub-imperialist’? (links.org.au)
There has recently been a lot of debate on the topic of imperialism, particularly as applied to the current war in Ukraine. Members of several left and progressive tendencies suggest a number of ways in which present-day Russia might be categorised. Some describe Russia as an imperialist power; others refer to it as a...
Ukraine to start talks with US on security guarantees – senior official (www.scmp.com)
The Western Alliance’s Vilnius summit offered support to Ukraine in countering Russia’s 17-month-old invasion and individual countries pledged new weapons, but no date for Ukrainian membership was set as long as the war continues....
Melting ice reveals remains of climber lost on glacier 37 years ago (www.cnn.com)
The remains of a German mountain climber who went missing 37 years ago while hiking along a glacier near Switzerland’s iconic Matterhorn have been recovered, as melting glaciers lead to the re-emergence of bodies and objects thought to be long lost.
Niger coup: EU suspends security cooperation and budgetary aid (www.bbc.com)
The EU has suspended all security cooperation with Niger after the country’s army took power in a coup....
‘Situation dangerous’: Polish PM warns as Wagner fighters move closer to border (www.scmp.com)
A group of a hundred soldiers from the Russian Wagner Group have moved closer to the Belarusian city of Grodno near the Polish border, Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said on Saturday....
Germany: Ukrainian refugees living in mining 'ghost towns' (www.dw.com)
If you open Google Maps to look at the western German state of North Rhine-Westphalia, you’ll notice three large pale patches. They represent three colossal open-pit mines — Inden, Hambach and Garzweiler — where the energy company RWE is extracting brown coal (lignite) from the earth....
