41 Myanmar junta members killed in Bago clash (www.mizzima.com)
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India, Manipur genocide : ‘Cops said it would be war if we go to find them’: In Imphal, families wait for 2 teens, ‘dead or alive’ (www.newslaundry.com)
Two 17-year-old students went missing near an area dominated by another community. They are feared dead but can’t trace their bodies, say cops.
Preserving the Past, Empowering the Future: Unveiling the Wayback Machine’s Vital Role in Investigative Work (blog.archive.org)
EU agriculture officials work on ways to move Ukrainian grain to the world (www.barchart.com)
Brussels bombers found guilty after long murder trial (www.bbc.co.uk)
India, Manipur genocide : The Many Inversions of Justice and Accountability in Manipur (thewire.in)
The authorities who chose not to act despite knowing about the horrors in Manipur too are guilty, but who will hold them to account?
China's Alibaba says will not join Ant Group share buyback (www.reuters.com)
BEIJING, July 23 (Reuters) - China’s Alibaba Group (9988.HK) said on Sunday it had decided not to participate in affiliate Ant Group’s proposed repurchase of shares, but would maintain its shareholding in the company....
Putin hosts Belarus’ Lukashenko, calls Ukraine’s counteroffensive a failure (www.scmp.com)
Russian President Vladimir Putin hosted close ally Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko for talks in St Petersburg on Sunday...
Flash floods in Afghanistan and Pakistan kill dozens of people (www.chicagotribune.com)
Heavy flooding from seasonal rains in Afghanistan killed at least 31 people and left dozens missing over the past three days, while in neighboring Pakistan 13 people died due to heavy rains and landslides....
Indian village landslide search called off, with death toll at 27 (www.reuters.com)
NEW DELHI, July 23 (Reuters) - Indian rescuers have called off a search for survivors of a landslide that hit a village in the western state of Maharashtra on Thursday, killing at least 27 people, an official said....
Top Chinese diplomat proposes talks with Japan, South Korea - Kyodo (www.reuters.com)
TOKYO, July 23 (Reuters) - Top Chinese diplomat Wang Yi proposed high-level talks between China, Japan and South Korea in a meeting with the Japanese foreign minister in Indonesia this month, Kyodo news agency reported on Sunday....
Eleven killed in suspected arson attack on bar in northern Mexico (www.reuters.com)
MEXICO CITY, July 22 (Reuters) - Eleven people were killed in a suspected arson attack on a bar in the northern Mexican border city of San Luis Colorado after an expelled patron set it ablaze with a Molotov cocktail, authorities in the state of Sonora said on Saturday....
Polarised Spain eyes the hard-right ahead of election (www.bbc.com)
The most likely government to emerge - most analysts predict - will be a coalition including a hard-right nationalist party for the first time in Spain since the death of fascist dictator Francisco Franco in 1975....
Greek Seas: Europe's Largest Migrant Cemetery (unicornriot.ninja)
An Egyptian boat set sail from the city of Tobruk, in Libya, on June 9, 2023. The overcrowded Adriana is carrying more than 600 refugees from Pakistan, Egypt, Syria and Libya. The vast majority of them are held in the cargo hold. Some will pay an extra $55 to — luckily — travel on deck....
Latest North Korean missile launches come amid warnings as US nuclear-armed submarine docks in South Korea port. (players.brightcove.net)
aljazeera.com/…/n-korea-fires-several-cruise-miss…...
Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 514 (www.aljazeera.com)
Russian President Vladimir Putin said Kyiv’s counteroffensive was failing despite military and financial support from Western countries. “Neither the colossal resources that have been pumped into the Kyiv regime nor the supplies of Western weapons, tanks, artillery, armoured vehicles and missiles are helping,” he said....
As Tensions Rise, Zelensky and Erdogan Discuss Collapsed Grain Deal (www.nytimes.com)
President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine has spoken with his Turkish counterpart, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, about the collapse of a deal that allowed Ukrainian ships carrying grain to bypass a Russian blockade, as Moscow pummels Ukraine’s port infrastructure and vows that commercial ships in the Black Sea could be perceived as...
Cambodia faces rigged election as Hun Sen extends total control (www.bbc.co.uk)
Angola's new oil refinery brings hopes and fears (www.dw.com)
Wearing a hard hat, safety glasses and high-visibility vest, project manager Martin Jooste gives a tour of the rain-sodden construction site that he oversees in the tiny Angolan exclave of Cabinda....
Concern mounts in East Africa over halted Black Sea grain deal (www.aljazeera.com)
Kampala, Uganda – Russia’s decision on Monday to pull out of an agreement which allowed the export of Ukrainian agricultural goods via a safe channel through the Black Sea amid the continuing war is already reverberating far from the front lines of fighting in Ukraine....
Rescuers find more bodies in landslide-hit village in western India, bringing the death toll to 21 (www.chicagotribune.com)
Rescuers found five more bodies Friday in India’s western Maharashtra state, raising the death toll from a landslide triggered by torrential rains to at least 21 with many others feared trapped under the debris, officials said....
G20 financial summit can't agree on Russia/Ukraine war or how to help vulnerable countries with debts (en.mercopress.com)
mediabiasfactcheck.com/mercopress/...
Lithuanian border towns grapple with threat of Russia-Ukraine war (www.aljazeera.com)
In the Lithuanian border town of Barvoniskes, a small group of elderly residents gather at a local church for the Sunday service....
Will economic recovery lift China’s yuan out of jungle after Fed effect fades? (www.scmp.com)
China still has the tools to stabilise market expectations for the yuan’s exchange rate, while external conditions will also marginally improve as the United States is expected to conclude its run of interest rate increases, the foreign exchange regulator said on Friday....
UK budget deficit falls in June but experts say tax cuts are unlikely (www.theguardian.com)
The UK’s spending deficit fell unexpectedly last month, helped by higher income tax revenues on the back of a flurry of wage rises earlier in the year and a jump in VAT receipts....
