US climate envoy Kerry visits China to restart climate talks (www.dw.com)
US climate envoy John Kerry arrived in China on Sunday to restart stalled talks between the world’s two biggest carbon emitters....
Turkey and the Gulf states: A complicated relationship (www.dw.com)
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is preparing to spend three days touring the Arab Gulf states: Saudi Arabia on Monday, Qatar on Tuesday and the United Arab Emirates on Wednesday....
China's Xiaomi bets bigger on India retail stores amid Samsung rivalry (www.reuters.com)
NEW DELHI, July 16 (Reuters) - China’s Xiaomi (1810.HK) will focus on boosting its India sales from retail outlets after years of big bets on e-commerce, its India president said, as the company seeks to revive smartphone sales after falling behind South Korea’s Samsung (005930.KS)....
Last ship leaves Ukraine port ahead of Black Sea grain-deal deadline (www.reuters.com)
The last ship to travel under a U.N.-brokered deal that allows the safe Black Sea export of Ukrainian grain left the port of Odesa early on Sunday ahead of a deadline to extend the agreement, according to a Reuters witness and MarineTraffic.com....
Iraqi PM Sudani, Syria's Assad hold talks on security, water in Damascus (www.reuters.com)
BAGHDAD, July 16 (Reuters) - Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia Al-Sudani held talks with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in Damascus on Sunday in the first such visit by an Iraqi premier since the outbreak of the Syrian war in 2011....
Namibian Workers Protest ‘Slave Labor’ At Shop Rite (popularresistance.org)
Shoprite Holdings, the largest supermarket retail chain in Africa, is under fire from workers organizing against grueling work conditions. The current surge in organizing follows the suicide of Shoprite worker Fabiola Zondjembo, a Walvis Bay woman who ended her life by drowning after enduring constant abuse at her job. For...
Thin ice: Are rare earth minerals fuelling an arms race in the Arctic? (www.euronews.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/1521525...
At least 66 dead as extreme monsoon rains in India causes flooding (www.euronews.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/1521517...
Hooded Prosecutor Agents Raid the Electoral Court in Guatemala (www.telesurenglish.net)
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/1521667...
Prescription for Disaster: Europe faces medicine shortages crisis (www.euronews.com)
How Hardeep Singh Nijjar's murder in Canada fuelled tensions with India (www.bbc.com)
Investigation launched into alleged same-sex wedding proposal in Penang (www.nst.com.my)
MAINPP chairman, Datuk Ir Ahmad Zakiyuddin Abdul Rahman, stated that if such an event occurred, they would take legal action as the country prohibits lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) activities.
Thailand's reformist leader fails to become PM (www.bbc.com)
Founder of crypto lender Celsius Network pleads not guilty to fraud charges (www.reuters.com)
Israel advances peak number of West Bank illegal settlement plans in 2023 - watchdog (www.middleeastmonitor.com)
UAE releases 15 Iran prisoners (www.middleeastmonitor.com)
Inside Georgia’s Surrogacy Boom (video) (www.youtube.com)
How Chinese students’ aspiration for equality is reflected in the fictional Shanhe University (globalvoices.org)
Bangladesh: Spiraling Violence Against Rohingya Refugees (www.hrw.org)
France: Independent body needed to investigate policing after Nahel killing (www.amnesty.org.uk)
Smotrich wants one million West Bank settlers. That's not so far-fetched (www.972mag.com)
Iranian president welcomed in Zimbabwe with anti-West songs (www.irishexaminer.com)
Chinese hackers breached US Commerce chief's emails; Blinken warns Chinese counterpart (www.reuters.com)
Tunisia coastguard pulls 13 bodies, 25 surviving migrants from sea off Sfax (www.france24.com)
Concerns over Guatemalan democracy after leading party suspended (www.aljazeera.com)
