Typhoon Lan makes landfall in Japan, thousands told to seek safety (www.reuters.com)
China's suspension of youth jobless data draws public ire (www.reuters.com)
‘I’ll blow up the plane’: arrest after bomb threat on Malaysia Airlines flight from Sydney (www.scmp.com)
At least 27 die in inferno at petrol station in Dagestan southern Russia (www.bbc.co.uk)
Miss Universe Organisation cuts Indonesia ties over sex abuse claims (www.bbc.com)
Cambodia: Thousands of war-era explosives found buried at high school (www.bbc.com)
Colombia prosecutors confirm arrest of father of 2 of the 4 children lost 40 days in Amazon jungle (apnews.com)
Dam bursts open as deadly flooding washes away homes in Norway (www.accuweather.com)
Transport Canada orders Boeing 737 jet operators to limit use of anti-icing system amid safety concerns (www.cbc.ca)
‘Huge’ coral bleaching unfolding across the Americas prompts fears of global tragedy (www.theguardian.com)
UN completes removal of oil from decaying tanker off Yemen (www.reuters.com)
South Africa's ex-President Jacob Zuma won't return to prison due to overcrowding (www.bbc.com)
Seized Russian weapons strengthen Ukraine's fight (www.dw.com)
“Russia is competing with Western countries to supply weapons to Ukraine,” joked Colonel Oleksandr Saruba, of the center within the Ukrainian armed forces that investigates the weapons captured during Russia’s full-scale war against Ukraine since February 2022....
Moscow targets a Russian who backs the Ukraine war, but criticised Putin (www.aljazeera.com)
Kyiv, Ukraine – Igor Strelkov, a former Russian intelligence officer whose speeches were filled with historic references, rose to fame as one of the poster boys of the “Russian Spring”....
Niger: Former Nigerian emir of Kano meets the putschists (www.africanews.com)
One of West Africa’s most prominent traditional and religious leaders flew to Niger’s capital, Niamey, Wednesday to meet with the country’s coup leaders....
Indonesia's capital named world's most polluted city (www.reuters.com)
Secret Pakistan Cable Documents U.S. Pressure to Remove Imran Khan (theintercept.com)
Portugal battles wildfires amid third heatwave of the year. (www.bbc.com)
Firefighters in Portugal are battling to contain wildfires engulfing thousands of hectares amid soaring temperatures.
Ailing and baby hummingbirds get care at one woman's apartment-turned-clinic in Mexico City (apnews.com)
South Korea: 1,000 buses evacuate scouts from disaster-hit World Jamboree (www.bbc.com)
Typhoons add to China’s food security headache, as export bans push up prices (www.scmp.com)
Torrential rain brought by two successive typhoons has added to concerns over China’s food security, which is already under pressure as export bans from the likes of India have pushed up global prices, pushing officials and researchers to warn of a “severe impact” on agricultural production. Typhoon Doksuri made landfall...
Ukraine creates database of art linked to sanctions-hit Russians (www.theguardian.com)
From Leonardo da Vinci’s Salvator Mundi to Andy Warhol’s Four Marilyns, it amounts to an art collection that could grace any gallery in the world....
Taliban Prepare Suicide Bombers in Water Dispute With Iran (time.com)
What To Know About South Africa’s ‘Kill The Boer’ Chant (www.forbes.com)
Apparently not all are welcome in the so called “Rainbow Nation”
Asians are less ‘humane’ – Ukrainian security chief (www.elrisala.com)
“I’m fine with Asians, but Russians are Asians. They have a completely different culture, vision. Our key difference from them is humanity.”
