7.2-magnitude earthquake strikes off Russian coast - tsunami warning issued (news.sky.com)
A 7.2-magnitude earthquake has struck off the east coast of Russia’s Kamchatka peninsula - with a tsunami warning issued....
Maduro loses regional support (www.semafor.com)
Ukraine sets up military office inside Russia (www.bbc.com)
WHO declares mpox outbreak a global health emergency (edition.cnn.com)
Israel publishes plan for new West Bank settlement as regional tensions simmer (www.reuters.com)
Israel has published plans for one of its proposed new settlements in the occupied West Bank, finance minister Bezalel Smotrich said on Wednesday, upping the ante a day before planned new Gaza peace talks seen as vital to preventing a regional war....
Pressure grows as "last chance" negotiations for Gaza deal resume (www.axios.com)
Senior U.S., Qatari, Egyptian and Israeli officials will meet on Thursday under intense pressure to reach a breakthrough on the Gaza hostage and ceasefire deal....
French customs officers thwart €1.3m sale of fake Leonardo da Vinci painting (www.theguardian.com)
Spanish police have arrested a man whose alleged plan to sell a fake Leonardo da Vinci painting in Italy for €1.3m was thwarted when the work caught the eye of French customs officers.
Teenager wearing a helmet and bulletproof vest randomly stabs 5 people at a cafe in Turkey (apnews.com)
A teenager wearing a helmet and bulletproof vest randomly stabbed five people at an open-air cafe in northwest Turkey before being detained by police, officials and media reports said Tuesday....
Anti-China content being inserted into Chinese students’ overseas university applications, warns spy agency - CNA (www.channelnewsasia.com)
Canada strips 2 pro-Israel charities of tax-free status, including 'flagship' JNF (www.timesofisrael.com)
July was 'deadliest month' for Ukrainian civilians since October 2022, UN says (kyivindependent.com)
Cannabis: Drug production booming in UK's empty high streets (www.bbc.com)
Organised crime groups have been targeting empty shops and pubs in town centres to grow cannabis on an industrial scale, say police bosses....
U.S., Qatar and Egypt invite Israel and Hamas for summit to finalize Gaza deal (www.axios.com)
US F-22 Stealth Warplanes Arrive In Middle East (www.barrons.com)
Communities Rally in U.K. Against Racism & Islamophobia Following Far-Right Riots (www.democracynow.org)
Thousands filled the streets across the United Kingdom this week in massive rallies against racism and Islamophobia, a show of unity to counter a recent surge in far-right violence....
Man known as pro-democracy activist convicted in U.S. of giving China intel on dissidents (www.nbcnews.com)
Prosecutors said that at the behest of China’s main intelligence agency, the Ministry of State Security, Shujun Wang lived a double life for over a decade....
Australia: Human remains found in croc after fatal attack (www.dw.com)
Police say body parts have been found inside a crocodile suspected of killing a tourist in the state of Queensland. It is the second fatal attack in about a month and the third so far this year.
3 Black women create an Olympic first in gymnastics (www.npr.org)
Torture, abuse and humiliation: Palestinians on Israeli prison ‘hell’ (www.theguardian.com)
Casualties after third Israeli strike on school in a week (www.bbc.com)
Fifth of medicines in Africa may be sub-par or fake, research finds (www.theguardian.com)
A fifth of medicines in Africa could be substandard or fake, according to a major research project, raising the alarm over a problem that could be contributing to the deaths of countless patients....
Iran says Hamas leader was killed by short-range projectile (www.bbc.com)
Hamas political chief Ismail Haniyeh was killed with a “short-range projectile” fired from outside his guesthouse in Tehran, Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) says....
Israel’s January 6 moment (www.vox.com)
US warns a famine in Sudan is on pace to be the deadliest in decades as the world looks elsewhere (apnews.com)
WASHINGTON (AP) — The newly confirmed famine at one of the sprawling camps for war-displaced people in Sudan’s Darfur region is growing uncontrolled as the country’s combatants block aid, and it threatens to grow bigger and deadlier than the world’s last major famine 13 years ago, U.S. officials warned on Friday....
Giant pangolin rediscovered in Senegal. (theconversation.com)
