Taliban meets Huawei to discuss mass surveillance plan in Afghanistan (www.verdict.co.uk)
Haikun: Taiwan unveils new submarine to fend off China (www.bbc.com)
Taiwan has unveiled its first domestically-made submarine as it bolsters its defences against a possible Chinese attack....
Black Lives Matter Protests Led To 11.5% Increase In Murders, Thousands Of Additional Deaths, Study Shows (dailycaller.com)
Air Canada kicks off passengers who refused vomit-smeared seats (www.bbc.com)
Upward of 20,000 Ukrainian amputees face trauma on a scale unseen since WWI (apnews.com)
After Vice’s Downfall, Top Journalists Start Their Own Tech Publication (archive.ph)
Russia's Putin and Turkey's Erdogan set to meet amid efforts to repair Ukraine grain deal (apnews.com)
Russian President Vladimir Putin will host Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan for talks next week, the Kremlin announced Friday, just over six weeks after Moscow broke off a deal brokered by Ankara and the U.N. that allowed Ukrainian grain to reach world markets safely despite the 18-month war....
Prehistoric bird once thought extinct returns to New Zealand wild (www.theguardian.com)
China sends aircraft, vessels toward Taiwan days after US arms sale approval (www.indiatvnews.com)
As many as 20 aircraft from China either crossed the median line of the Taiwan Strait or breached the island country’s air defense identification zone.
Putin breaks silence on Wagner boss Prigozhin’s death (www.reuters.com)
11 nations of West Africa commit to a military deployment to restore the ousted president of Niger (apnews.com)
Eleven West African nations have agreed to commit troops to a military deployment aimed at restoring Niger’s democratically elected president following last month’s coup, an official for the regional bloc said Friday after a defense ministers meeting.
Russian army commander dismissed for Ukraine war failures dies in Moscow (www.msn.com)
Perfectly Preserved Dinosaur Embryo Found Inside Fossilized Egg (www.iflscience.com)
It's midwinter, but it's over 100 degrees in South America (www.washingtonpost.com)
It’s the middle of winter in South America, but that hasn’t kept the heat away in Chile, Argentina and surrounding locations. Multiple spells of oddly hot weather have roasted the region in recent weeks. The latest spell early this week has become the most intense, pushing the mercury above 100 degrees Fahrenheit, while...
France to start Niger evacuations, ‘special’ Italian flight too (www.scmp.com)
France will begin evacuating its nationals from Niger on Tuesday, the foreign ministry said, after a coup there last week toppled the country’s pro-Western leader....
Muslim nations call for boycott of Swedish products (www.dw.com)
The diplomatic fallout over the burning of the Quran outside a mosque in Sweden is threatening to escalate into a trade war after calls from Muslims in the Middle East and North Africa came to boycott Swedish products....
Italy's Meloni says Biden never raised issue of Belt and Road membership (www.reuters.com)
ROME, July 23 (Reuters) - Italy’s Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, who will visit the White House on Thursday, said that U.S. President Joe Biden had never challenged her on the issue of Rome being part of the Chinese Belt and Road Initiative (BRI)....
Unilever will let Russia employees be conscripted (www.bbc.co.uk)
Crimea bridge closed after fuel depot hit - Russia (www.bbc.com)
A drone attack on an ammunition depot in Crimea has led to civilian evacuations and disrupted transport, Russian authorities have said....
Ecuador confirms oil spill of 1,200 barrels on northwest coast (www.aljazeera.com)
Authorities in the South American nation of Ecuador have confirmed that an oil spill released about 1,200 barrels into the Pacific, contaminating kilometres of oceanfront....
'Shameful' BBC story on Israel's killing of disabled man revised (www.newarab.com)
A BBC report published on Tuesday on the killing of a disabled Palestinian man by Israel has drawn intense backlash, following what activists described as a “misleading headline” and “dehumanisation of Palestinians” amid the war in Gaza....
Sidebar Update: Civility
The News Community updated their civility rule, and based on recent reports here and in Politics, it seemed like a worthy addition to our rule-set....
Poland considers downing Russian missiles over Ukraine (www.bbc.com)
Putin bestows Russia’s highest civilian honour on India’s PM Modi (www.aljazeera.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/17822783