IDF transfers powers in occupied West Bank to pro-settler civil servants (www.theguardian.com)
US temporarily halts avocado and mango inspections in Mexico due to security concerns (www.salon.com)
Trial opens of ‘esoteric’ wing of alleged German coup plotters (www.theguardian.com)
GP, celebrity chef and astrologer among defendants in third trial linked to far-right Reichsbürger...
German interior minister warns of destabilization (www.dw.com)
German Interior Minister Nancy Faeser has warned of dangers to democracy in Germany amid rising domestic and external threats....
The Hostages Next Door: Inside a Notable Gaza Family’s Dark Secret (www.wsj.com)
To the outside world, they were a physician, a journalist. No one suspected their apartment had become a prison....
Indian national charged with plotting the murder for hire of a Sikh activist is extradited to the US (apnews.com)
n Indian national was extradited from the Czech Republic to the United States to face charges of murder for hire and conspiracy to commit murder for hire, Czech Justice Minister Pavel Blažek said on Monday.
Jaguars, Macaws and Tropical Dry Forest Have a Right To Exist, a Colombian Court Is Told (insideclimatenews.org)
The Chinese Base That Isn’t There (www.nytimes.com)
Treason and espionage cases are rising in Russia since the war in Ukraine began (apnews.com)
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‘Fear of facing students’: South Korea teachers grapple with high rates of abuse and suicide (www.channelnewsasia.com)
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Whole pod of 77 whales die in mass stranding in Orkney (www.bbc.com)
A pod of 77 pilot whales has died after washing ashore on a beach in Orkney in what could be the biggest mass stranding for decades....
Why are the US and IMF imposing draconian austerity measures on Kenya? (www.theguardian.com)
Japan adds ‘most severe’ category to its heatstroke index amid deadly summer (www.theguardian.com)
Hospitals are stretched to their limits during unseasonably early heatwave, as medical authorities liken public health risk to a ‘natural disaster’...
Olympics chiefs face fury over Putin allies in top jobs (www.politico.eu)
Kremlin cronies holding senior Olympic positions “is an official recognition of Russia’s triumph against international law,” Lithuanian PM told POLITICO....
The World War on Asylum (theintercept.com)
Reports and rumors about black ops by Greek authorities have floated around for years, but the idea of state-sanctioned thugs running around beating migrants, throwing them in the trunks of cars, and forcing them back onto boats was too much for Mulla to believe. “It’s a European Union country,” he told an interviewer from...
Meet Mercy and Anita – the African workers driving the AI revolution, for just over a dollar an hour (www.theguardian.com)
Mercy craned forward, took a deep breath and loaded another task on her computer. One after another, disturbing images and videos appeared on her screen. As a Meta content moderator working at an outsourced office in Nairobi, Mercy was expected to action one “ticket” every 55 seconds during her 10-hour shift. This particular...
Hurricane Beryl regains strength as it approaches Mexico (www.nbcnews.com)
Netanyahu tried to derail the hostage deal even before Hamas responded (www.haaretz.com)
The main points were reported by the media on Wednesday: Even before Hamas responded to the Netanyahu-Biden proposal, the Prime Minister’s Office already knew what it would contain. Hamas’ flexibility came as a surprise to the man who said he supported the plan (which had been unanimously approved by the war cabinet) but who...
At least 89 migrants dead after boat capsizes off Mauritania, state news agency says (www.theguardian.com)
China hands over lavish new presidential palace to Vanuatu, ahead of PM's visit to Beijing (www.abc.net.au)
China’s bribery campaign across Oceania continues.
Myanmar shop owners jailed for raising wages (www.bangkokpost.com)
Britain’s election could be historic. Here’s what to know. (www.nbcnews.com)
Settlement tracking group says Israel has made largest West Bank land seizure in 3 decades (apnews.com)
Israel has approved the largest seizure of land in the occupied West Bank in over three decades, a settlement tracking group said Wednesday, a move that could further worsen already soaring tensions linked to the ongoing war in Gaza....
Congo Still Fights to Control Its Own Resources 64 Years After Its Independence (truthout.org)
‘It’s going to be tight’: Macron’s centrists struggle to deter voters from backing far right (www.theguardian.com)
