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‘Missing’ Russian General Surovikin Allegedly A Leading Member Of Wagner PMC (euroweeklynews.com)

China’s factories ‘limping along’ as activity contracts for third straight month (www.scmp.com)

Biden's Iran envoy placed on leave after security clearance suspended amid investigation into possible mishandling of classified material, sources say | CNN Politics (www.cnn.com)

Rob Malley, the US special envoy on Iran, has been placed on leave without pay, which occurred after his security clearance was suspended earlier this year amid an investigation into his handling of classified material, multiple sources told CNN....

US State Dept OKs two possible military sales to Taiwan (lemmy.world)

US State Dept OKs two possible military sales to Taiwan – Pentagon...

Ukrainian forces advance 1,300 metres on Berdiansk front - Ukrainian Deputy Defence Minister (www.pravda.com.ua)

Ukraine’s defence forces are making gains in southern and eastern Ukraine, advancing 1,300 metres on the Berdiansk front, 1,200 metres on the Klishchiivka front, and 1,500 metres on the Kurdiumivka front....

Virgin Galactic launches its first commercial space flight (ground.news)

At least 10 dead in Myanmar junta airstrikes on Sagaing village - Myanmar Now (myanmar-now.org)

‘Greedflation’: IMF puts blame for rise in prices on corporate greed (www.marketwatch.com)

Luxembourg legalises cultivation of 4 plants and consumption of cannabis at home (today.rtl.lu)

This is the first step taken by Luxembourg towards full legalisation in the coming year/s

Pompeii archaeologists discover 'pizza' painting (www.bbc.com)

Dumping the dollar: The [Myanmar] junta embraces the Chinese yuan (www.frontiermyanmar.net)

Israel Approves thousands of illegal Building Permits in Palestinian West Bank (www.juancole.com)

New images show Chinese spy balloons over Asia (www.bbc.com)

El Salvador's president is running for reelection, though critics say the constitution prohibits him (apnews.com)

IMF: Largest driver of EU inflation is corporate profits (www.imf.org)

Hezbollah says it downed Israeli drone in southern Lebanon (www.aljazeera.com)

Syrian survivors of enforced disappearance call on UN for justice (www.aljazeera.com)

Germany offers to station 4,000 troops in Lithuania to strengthen NATO's eastern flank (apnews.com)

Early vote count for Guatemala's presidential election indicates second round ahead (apnews.com)

Russian special services threatened families of Wagner chiefs until they retreated from Moscow (www.pravda.com.ua)

Sources of British special services have reported that the Russian secret services threatened to hurt the families of chiefs of the Wagner Private Military Company (PMC) before Yevgeny Prigozhin, the owner and leader of the Wagner PMC, stopped his offensive on Moscow.

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