Pro-Russian ex-PM Fico wins Slovak election, needs allies for government (www.reuters.com)
Evergrande's chairman has been detained. The company will struggle to survive (www.cnn.com)
After defaulting on its debt two years ago, Chinese real estate developer Evergrande was meant to be restructured and allowed to get back on its feet. But that plan now looks to be in peril, after police detained its chairman as well as staff at a financing subsidiary....
Russia, China, Iran state media see boost on X after removal of ‘state-affiliated’ labels (thehill.com)
The accounts of several Russian, Chinese and Iranian state media outlets saw a 70 percent increase in engagement on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, after it removed labels identifying them as “state-affiliated,” according to a new report released Tuesday....
A fire at a wedding hall in northern Iraq has killed around 100 people and injured 150 (apnews.com)
China urges countries to boycott Hong Kong media freedom event - document (www.reuters.com)
China is pressing countries to boycott a British-organised event at the United Nations in Geneva on media freedom in Hong Kong with the son of a jailed media tycoon, a letter showed and four diplomats confirmed on Tuesday....
Russia dismisses Ukraine peace plan: ‘Let’s decide it on the battlefield’ (www.scmp.com)
Ukrainian forces have broken through in Verbove, top general says | CNN (www.cnn.com)
Marine Le Pen faces trial for alleged embezzlement of EU funds over ‘fake jobs’ (www.telegraph.co.uk)
India suspends visa services in Canada as diplomatic fight grows (www.cbc.ca)
Bhutan announces a “milestone achievement” with a 39.5% increase in snow leopard numbers (www.worldwildlife.org)
Azerbaijan launches new attack against Armenians in disputed territory (www.nbcnews.com)
Scots scientists create 'game-changing' palm oil alternative (news.stv.tv)
Australian state suspends human rights law to lock up more children (www.aljazeera.com)
Five Americans freed in prisoner swap with Iran, official says (www.nbcnews.com)
Dutch Defense Ministry employee arrested for selling airplane parts to Russia (nltimes.nl)
Russia wants to block WhatsApp (www.pravda.com.ua)
China sanctions two US defence companies over Taiwan arms sales (www.channelnewsasia.com)
China said on Friday (Sep 15) that it was sanctioning two United States defence companies, Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman, over their roles in supplying arms to Taiwan....
India, Saudi Arabia look to marry power grids with undersea cable. (timesofindia.indiatimes.com)
Hong Kong’s multimillion dollar cliffside mansions on brink of collapse after record rains (www.theguardian.com)
A man in Sweden found guilty of storing his partner’s dead body in a freezer to cash in her pension (apnews.com)
A Swedish court on Monday sentenced a 57-year-old Norwegian man for fraud and falsifying records for putting his dead partner in a freezer and cashing in her pension. He was given a 3.5-year prison term....
Ukraine and Sweden to jointly produce 1,000 CV-90 fighting vehicles (www.pravda.com.ua)
No Direct Condemnation Of Russia In New Delhi Declaration Even As G20 Calls For 'Peace' In Ukraine (www.freepressjournal.in)
In a New Delhi Leaders’ Declaration issued on Saturday, the G20 nations conveyed that the “use, or threat of use, of nuclear weapons is inadmissible”, with the statement being notably brief regarding Russia’s actions in Ukraine and devoid of direct condemnation of Moscow....
New phone sparks worry China has found a way around U.S. tech limits (www.washingtonpost.com)
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Wagner to be declared a terrorist organisation by UK (www.bbc.com)
N Korea stages ‘tactical nuclear attack drill’ in warning to enemies (www.aljazeera.com)
North Korea has announced that it conducted a simulated “tactical nuclear attack” drill with two long-range missiles equipped with mock atomic warheads....
