Ukraine deserved better from Nato | Letters (www.theguardian.com)
The Vilnius summit could have achieved much more, if only the political willpower had allowed it
Content Warning: Image of dead animal Mexico steps up rain-making project amid intense heatwave and drought (www.theguardian.com)
Amid a historic heatwave and months of drought, Mexico’s government has launched the latest phase of a cloud seeding project it hopes will increase rainfall....
Zelensky points to lack of munitions, training for delayed Ukraine counteroffensive (thehill.com)
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in an interview that aired Sunday attributed the delayed start of his nation’s counteroffensive against Russia to insufficient munitions and training earlier this year....
Inside Odesa cathedral after Russian missile strike (www.bbc.com)
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India, Russia, Japan and the US have launched the next phase of lunar exploration (thehill.com)
Recently, India launched the Chandrayaan-3 lunar probe. If all goes well, it will land on the moon’s south pole in late August. The mission comes after the failure of Chandrayaan-2 to land on the lunar surface....
Blinken says Ukraine has taken back 50% of territory that Russia seized (www.reuters.com)
WASHINGTON, July 23 (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said that while Ukraine has reconquered half the territory that Russia initially seized in its invasion, Kyiv faced a “a very hard fight” to win back more....
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....
Pacific Seabed Mining Delayed as International Agency Finalizes Rules (www.nytimes.com)
Efforts to extract the metals used in car batteries have been pushed off amid pressure from environmentalists and nations that oppose them....
Italy’s PM Meloni seeks cooperation to curb flows of migrants to Europe (www.scmp.com)
Italy hosted Mediterranean leaders in Rome on Sunday at a conference aimed at extending an EU-backed deal with Tunisia to curb the arrival of migrants on European shores....
‘Can still feel the blows...Imphal murdered my family’: Manipur violence survivor recalls escape (www.youtube.com)
Twenty-year-old Jamngaihkim Gangte’s life has altered over the past four weeks. A college student in Imphal, her mother, a government servant, and her brothe...
India, Manipur genocide : 18-year-old gang-raped in Manipur, India after women vigilantes hand her over to armed men (www.thehindu.com)
FIR says Meira Paibis women’s group handed her over to four armed men; after a brutal assault, gangrape, murder threats, she arrived at Bishnupur police station but did not trust Meitei police to take her home
Photos: Panama’s Darien Gap good for tourists, hell for migrants (www.aljazeera.com)
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Ukraine updates: Russian missile attack targets Odesa (www.dw.com)
Moscow launched 19 missiles via land, air and sea on the Black Sea port of Odesa, Ukraine said 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....
The 1975 cancels Indonesia and Taiwan shows after Malaysia LGBT row (www.bbc.com)
British pop-rock band The 1975 has cancelled upcoming concerts in Indonesia and Taiwan after its gig in Malaysia was controversially cut short....
Italy PM Meloni seeks to build alliance to tackle illegal migration (www.reuters.com)
ROME, July 23 (Reuters) - Illegal flows of migrants are damaging all countries across the Mediterranean, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said on Sunday, as she sought to forge a broad alliance of nations to fight human trafficking....
Italy hosts conference to address illegal migration (www.dw.com)
Italy on Sunday is hosting an international conference involving Mediterranean and Middle East states to address some of the causes of “irregular migration flows.”...
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....
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....
Manipur, India genocide: BJP Kuki MLA Paolienlal Haokip on crime against women in Manipur, governments' action (www.youtube.com)
India Hands Over Missile Corvette INS Kirpan to Vietnam - News18 (www.news18.com)
Hundreds of millions in UK aid returns to Treasury in VAT on asylum hotel bills (www.theguardian.com)
Hundreds of millions of pounds in British aid spending is returning to the Treasury each year in tax, thanks to the spiralling cost of housing asylum seekers in UK hotels....
China has registered the highest number of hot days over six months since records began, according to authorities, as the country confronts another record-breaking summer of blistering heat. (edition.cnn.com)
In the first half of this year, China saw an average of 4.1 high temperature days where the maximum daily temperature exceeded 35 degrees Celsius (95 degrees Fahrenheit), the highest since 1961, the National Climate Center said in a statement 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....
Poland says hub to fix tanks damaged in Ukraine opens (www.reuters.com)
WARSAW, July 22 (Reuters) - Poland said on Saturday that a maintenance hub for tanks damaged in Ukraine during the conflict with Russia had begun operating in its southern city of Gliwice....
