Modi speaks out after video of sexual assault on women in Manipur emerges (www.theguardian.com)
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Devastating effects of Ukraine’s travel ban on its men (www.masslive.com)
AMHERST — Far-reaching implications of a travel ban on men imposed by the Ukrainian government shortly after the invasion last year, according to a new report from The Human Security Lab at the University of Massachusetts Amherst....
Beethoven skull fragments return to Vienna (www.bbc.com)
A US businessman has donated fragments of what is believed to be Ludwig van Beethoven’s skull to a Vienna university for study....
Nigeria takes steps to tackle 'rampant' disinformation (www.dw.com)
So-called ‘fake news’ and disinformation are rampant in the West African nation of Nigeria....
How Chile's progressive new plan to mine lithium faces Indigenous hurdles (ghostarchive.org)
ATACAMA DESERT, Chile, July 20 - Chile’s millennial president, Gabriel Boric, promised to mine differently. He would turn the world’s largest copper producer and second largest lithium miner into a country that focused on environmental and social responsibility....
Israeli forces kill Palestinian, injure 4 in occupied West Bank (www.aljazeera.com)
Palestinian health ministry and Red Crescent said that one person was killed and four wounded by Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank city of Nablus....
Inside the eviction of Palestinians losing their Jerusalem home (www.aljazeera.com)
The Sub Labans lost their home of several decades after being forced out by Israel at the start of the month. Willem Marx recounts the story of the eviction, and the push to force Palestinians out....
One dead, 41 injured in suspected gas explosion in South Africa (www.aljazeera.com)
A suspected underground gas explosion ripped open roads and flipped vehicles in the heart of South Africa’s biggest city, killing one man and injuring at least 41 people, authorities and emergency services said on Thursday....
Indian court, Modi show 'deep concern' at Manipur violence (www.dw.com)
The Supreme Court of India and Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Thursday, condemned the gruesome assault on two women in the northeastern state of Manipur, amid ongoing violence between two ethnic groups....
Landslide triggered by heavy rains kills 5 and traps many others in western India (koreatimes.co.kr)
A landslide triggered by torrential rains in India’s western Maharashtra state killed five people, with many others feared trapped under piles of debris, local media reported Thursday....
Ukrainian push stalls, Russia’s command baulks, food crisis looms (www.aljazeera.com)
An impasse has appeared to descend on the Russia-Ukraine war which is now in its 73rd week....
Senior doctors in England stage rare walk out over pay, placing ‘routine care virtually at a standstill’ (www.scmp.com)
Two-day strike by consultants comes amid record waiting times due to a pandemic backlog and multiple strikes over the past year as workers battle a cost of living crisis, Transport workers are due to strike at the same time as the consultants with staff at 14 train operators walking out on Thursday, Saturday and on July 29....
Cyprus Marks 49 Years Since The Coup D’état (greekcitytimes.com)
Deal focus: What do the Renault-Geely and Tata deals tell us about a post-Brexit UK? (www.investmentmonitor.ai)
An Australian Regiment Is Yet To Answer for Abuses Committed in Afghanistan (newlinesmag.com)
Witness says commando killed prisoner to make room in helicopter. Commanders ordered junior officers to execute prisoners to register first “kill”. Soldier who leaked evidence of extrajudicial killing charged, possible life sentence. "We pin medals on serial killers.”
‘Carlsberg and Danone got what they deserved for not leaving Russia’: Which foreign companies will Putin seize next? (www.investmentmonitor.ai)
Indian opposition unites in attempt to oust Narendra Modi (www.theguardian.com)
Included in the coalition are India’s largest national opposition, the Congress party, as well as powerful regional parties such as Trinamool Congress, which governs the state of West Bengal under the popular chief minister, Mamata Banerjee, and the Aam Aadmi party, which governs Delhi and Punjab....
Kenya Azimio demonstrations: Schools shut as police battle protesters (www.bbc.com)
Kenya has closed schools in the country’s two main cities as a three-day opposition protest kicks off with demonstrators confronting police....
Extreme heat sparks wildfires, health warnings around the world (www.france24.com)
Extreme heat was forecast across the globe on Wednesday, as wildfires raged and health warnings were in place in parts of Asia, Europe and North America....
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Russia, Assad, UN? How to get aid to millions in Syria now (www.dw.com)
The United Nations does not treat us well, compains Abd al-Salam al-Youssef, a Syrian father of five who lives in the Batenta camp for displaced people in northwestern Syria....
G20 meeting in India split on debt relief and Ukraine (www.dw.com)
A two-day meeting of finance ministers and central bankers from the Group of 20 leading economies ended Tuesday without a final communique due to differences over the war in Ukraine....
Colombian mudslide: Children swept away as river burst its banks (www.bbc.com)
At least 14 people, among them several children, have been killed after a river burst its banks in Colombia, officials say....
Sudan’s mass grave is the latest development in a brutal conflict (www.vox.com)
Nicaragua fails to back censure of Russia at end of EU-Latin America summit (www.theguardian.com)
EU leaders have failed to persuade all of their Latin America and Caribbean counterparts to strongly condemn Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, despite watering down a joint statement closing a two-day summit in Brussels....
