Sinéad O’Connor, acclaimed Dublin singer, dies aged 56 (www.irishtimes.com)
Philippines plans to siphon off oil cargo from sunken tanker to avert ‘environmental catastrophe’ (apnews.com)
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — There is no indication that a big cargo of industrial fuel oil stored in a tanker that sank in stormy weather in Manila Bay has started to leak, the Philippine coast guard said Friday, and plans are being firmed up to try to siphon off the highly toxic shipment to prevent a major spill that could...
French rail lines disrupted by ‘coordinated sabotage’ ahead of Paris Olympics Opening Ceremony (www.cnn.com)
Chinese and Russian bombers patrolling off Alaska raise concerns about growing military cooperation (apnews.com)
Hamas rocket fell on Gazan school after failing to reach Israeli territory (www.i24news.tv)
To halt Brazil’s decline, Lula needs to cut runaway public spending (www.economist.com)
“Investors have started to worry” Why is that? From what i’ve seen (i live in Brazil) the economy is going from bad to worse, the spending is always growing and there’s no intent to reduce that…
Russian rockets clog Europe’s South American spaceport (www.politico.eu)
Even in the most distant reaches of EU territory, Moscow is still posing problems....
Afghanistan - wish you were here? The Taliban do (www.bbc.com)
Georgia presses on with 'Russia-style' laws (apnews.com)
With prices soaring, 86.8% of Nicaraguans cannot afford to buy essentials (english.elpais.com)
In a country dominated by authoritarianism and poor economic prospects, the population can only cover half a basket of basic goods, according to a report by Hagamos Democracia...
Cuba admits to massive emigration wave: a million people left in two years amid crisis (www.miamiherald.com)
A stunning 10% of Cuba’s population — more than a million people — left the island between 2022 and 2023, the head of the country’s national statistics office said during a National Assembly session Friday, the largest migration wave in Cuban history....
Israeli airstrikes target Yemen’s Houthis day after deadly drone attack in Tel Aviv | CNN (edition.cnn.com)
“A short while ago, IDF fighter jets struck military targets of the Houthi terrorist regime in the area of the Al Hudaydah (Hodeidah) Port in Yemen in response to the hundreds of attacks carried out against the state of Israel in recent months,” the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) said in a statement....
German combat medic reportedly sentenced to death in Belarus (www.theguardian.com)
A German combat medic accused by Belarus of committing crimes including “terrorism” and “mercenary activity” has been sentenced to death by firing squad, according to a Belarusian rights group....
Air attack leaves 1 dead, at least 10 injured in Tel Aviv (apnews.com)
injuring at least 10 people and leaving one dead...
Radical anti-feminism the most prevalent form of violent extremism in Australia, report finds (phys.org)
Tons of dead fish cover major river in Brazil after alleged dumping of industrial waste (apnews.com)
Several tons of fish have died along one of the main rivers in Brazil’s Sao Paulo state after an alleged illegal dumping of industrial waste from a sugar and ethanol plant, environmental authorities and prosecutors said on Wednesday....
Investment dispute ends in hotel cyanide tea party (www.bangkokpost.com)
Islamic State group claims deadly attack in Oman (www.bbc.com)
Six people, including a policeman, have been killed and 28 others injured in a rare shooting attack near a Shia Muslim mosque in Oman’s capital, Muscat, police say....
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)
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/17935075
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’...
