Hong Kong is global trade hub for world’s most brutal regimes, report says (www.theguardian.com)
Pro-democracy campaign group finds exports of goods to Russia, vital to its war efforts, roughly doubled in a year...
Croatia: Several dead in nursing home attack — media reports (www.dw.com)
LGBTQ+ apps & online spaces are no longer safe for Ugandans (www.lgbtqnation.com)
Breaking News: Biden announces he's dropping out of 2024 presidential race, endorses Kamala Harris for president (youtu.be)
Russian missile attack on Mykolaiv injures at least 14, kills 3, including child (kyivindependent.com)
Russian forces attacked the southern Ukrainian city of Mykolaiv with a missile on July 19, killing at least three people, including a child, and injuring 14, Mayor Oleksandr Sienkevych said....
Uncertainty is the winner and incumbents the losers so far in a year of high-stakes global elections (apnews.com)
Woman faces trial after allegedly being prescribed NHS abortion pills by post (www.thepinknews.com)
Climate crisis is making days longer, study finds (www.theguardian.com)
The climate crisis is causing the length of each day to get longer, analysis shows, as the mass melting of polar ice reshapes the planet....
Irish PM condemns 'reprehensible' Dublin violence (www.bbc.com)
China cooking oil scandal exposes food safety problem (www.dw.com)
Media in China recently reported that fuel tankers are being used to transport cooking oil. The report has ignited public outrage over food safety, which has long been an issues as suppliers cut corners to save costs....
Mukuru dump: Kenya 'serial killer' arrested in Nairobi (www.bbc.com)
Kenyan police have arrested a man who they have described as a “serial killer” suspected to have been behind the gruesome murder of nine women whose mutilated bodies were found in a disused quarry used as a rubbish dump....
EU to boycott Hungary’s foreign affairs summit (www.politico.eu)
Increasingly exasperated by Viktor Orbán’s obstruction of EU foreign policy, Brussels is contemplating an unprecedented step to boycott Hungary’s foreign affairs summit next month....
'I stood to be an MP at the general election while homeless' (www.bbc.com)
A man who stood for election to Parliament despite becoming homeless during his campaigning says he wants to help other people who fall on hard times....
Kenyan police find more female body parts at Nairobi garbage dump (www.theguardian.com)
Kenyan police said that they had found more bags filled with dismembered female body parts on Saturday, the latest macabre discovery at a rubbish dump that has horrified and angered the country....
Authorities Close Down 30 Cannabis Clubs In Barcelona, Spain (www.cannabisindustrydata.com)
England fans injured in attacks before Euro 2024 semi-final (www.independent.co.uk)
Ukraine seizes cargo ship, detains captain for exporting 'looted' grain (www.reuters.com)
Ukraine seized a foreign cargo ship on the Danube River and detained the captain on suspicion of helping Moscow export Ukrainian grain from Russian-occupied Crimea, officials said on Thursday....
US and Germany foiled Russian plot to assassinate CEO of arms manufacturer sending weapons to Ukraine (www.cnn.com)
China constructs secret Tajikistan military base amid fears of Taliban (www.telegraph.co.uk)
More than 40 sentenced to life in UAE for 'terror' offences (www.bbc.com)
In a diplomatic quirk, Russia chairs a UN meeting decrying its strike on a Ukraine kids' hospital (apnews.com)
U.N. Security Council members confronted Russia on Tuesday over a missile strike the previous day that destroyed part of Ukraine’s largest children’s hospital, pouring out condemnations at an emergency meeting chaired by Moscow’s own ambassador....
New EU Parliament less supportive of green agenda, documents show (www.straitstimes.com)
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Leaders head to Nato summit amid Biden doubts and concern for Ukraine (www.theguardian.com)
World leaders flew into Washington DC on Tuesday for a two-day Nato summit where they are expected to agree enhanced military support for Ukraine against a backdrop of questions about Joe Biden’s mental sharpness....
Cambodia welcomes the Met’s repatriation of centuries-old statues looted during past turmoil (apnews.com)
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — The return to Cambodia this week of 14 sculptures that had been looted from the country during a period of war and unrest is like welcoming home the souls of ancestors, Cambodia’s culture minister said Thursday....
Hamas accuses Israel of trying to evade negotiations (www.middleeastmonitor.com)
A member of the Hamas political bureau has accused Israel of trying to evade negotiations for a ceasefire and prisoner exchange. Husam Badran added on Wednesday that the occupation regime is trying to distract attention from this obvious fact....
