Wagner Boss Says He’s En Route to Moscow and ‘Ready to Die’ With 25,000 Fighters (www.thedailybeast.com)
Moscow has announced an “anti-terrorist operation” as the mercenary group says it’s engaging in battles with the regular Russian military.
Russia launches "Xi Jinping Thought Research Laboratory" to study Xi Jinping ideology (www.politico.eu)
Amazon accused of tricking Prime customers (www.bbc.co.uk)
Japan raises age of consent for sex from 13 to 16, redefines rape in milestone law change (www.straitstimes.com)
Killer Whales Are Not Our Friends (archive.ph)
Stop rooting for the orcas ramming boats.
Smokers toss away 4 trillion plastic cigarette filters a year (qz.com)
iPhone maker Foxconn to switch to cars as US-China ties sour (www.bbc.com)
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Russia cuts off radiation sensor access at ZNPP to Ukraine (english.nv.ua)
Global fertility has collapsed, with profound economic consequences (archive.ph)
US confirms China has had a spy base in Cuba since at least 2019 (abcnews.go.com)
Cognac, tortoises and a pink-striped helicopter: inside the mystery of Alice Guo, the missing Philippines mayor (www.theguardian.com)
Alice Guo was a mayor like no other, say her supporters. At Christmas, she would hand out gifts of ham and spaghetti to local people. When school term started, she would give notebooks and bags to children. She wasn’t from a prominent political family, as is often the case in the Philippines, yet she rose to become the first...
Russia's critics abroad say the Kremlin is intensifying attacks (www.bbc.com)
Two plain-clothed police officers were waiting for Dmitry Gudkov as he arrived at London’s Luton Airport last summer. The Russian opposition politician, who lives in exile in an EU country, was flying to the UK to attend a friend’s birthday....
Lin Yu-ting of Taiwan clinches first Olympic medal amid outcry tied to gender misconceptions (apnews.com)
Boxer Lin Yu-ting of Taiwan clinched her first Olympic medal Sunday in front of a crowd that chanted her name at the Paris Games, one day after fellow boxer Imane Khelif of Algeria secured one as well following days of online abuse and intense scrutiny about their participation....
UK protests: More than 80 arrests made at far-right demonstrations (www.bbc.com)
Somalia beach attack kills 32 civilians, police say (www.reuters.com)
China hit by second bridge collapse in a month (www.dw.com)
Flooding and landslides struck a village and caused the collapse of a highway bridge in southwestern Sichuan province. At least two people were killed and around a dozen are missing....
How the EU elections pushed Germany’s far right to new extremes (www.semafor.com)
Philippines, Japan militaries hold first joint exercises in South China Sea (www.reuters.com)
At least 30 dead after Typhoon Gaemi cut off towns in China’s Hunan province (www.cnn.com)
Heavy rains and floods from Typhoon Gaemi caused at least 30 deaths and left 35 people missing across eight towns in the southern Chinese province of Hunan, state-run news agency Xinhua reported on Thursday, citing local authorities....
Nigerian police may seek army help after violent protests (www.reuters.com)
ABUJA, Aug 2 (Reuters) - Nigerian police are on red alert and may seek the help of the military after protests against the cost of living and governance issues turned violent in some cities, the inspector general of police said....
Nigerians protest ‘bad governance’, cost of living, runaway inflation (www.semafor.com)
Rain disasters have killed more than 200 across Asia in a week (www.nbcnews.com)
Javan rhino poaching saga reveals serious security lapse: An investigation has discovered that these organized groups accessed inside intelabout rhino movements from people with past government ties (news.mongabay.com)
Bangladesh arrests more than 10,000 in crackdown on protests (amp.theguardian.com)
‘We didn’t sign that treaty’: in Canada, the Anishinaabe fight for land they never gave up (www.theguardian.com)
While Indigenous nations fight the crown for compensation owed from an agreement signed in 1850, one nation fights a different battle...
