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Draft Israeli law to limit academic speech labelled ‘McCarthyite’ (www.theguardian.com)

Myanmar Armed Groups Extend Ceasefire at China’s Urging (thediplomat.com)

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Our most popular sports—football, basketball, and baseball—don’t revolve around important international competitions, as do soccer and other sports like cricket and rugby (www.city-journal.org)

Our most popular sports—football, basketball, and baseball—don’t revolve around important international competitions, as do soccer and other sports like cricket and rugby...

Ukrainian civilians wounded in Russian attacks as Russia claims gains in the east (abcnews.go.com)

Why the far right is surging all over the world: The “reactionary spirit” and the roots of the US authoritarian moment (www.vox.com)

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North Korea flies more balloons across border with South (www.dw.com)

South Korea is boosting its propaganda loudspeaker broadcasts at the border after North Korea floated more trash balloons southwards....

China talks of mending fractured relations but says it won’t tolerate Canadian criticism of its human-rights record (www.theglobeandmail.com)

China’s chief diplomat told Foreign Minister Mélanie Joly Friday that Beijing wants to “inject momentum into the restoration of normal relations,” but said the Asian power will brook no criticism of human-rights abuses or its menacing threats to the island democracy of Taiwan....

CrowdStrike IT outage affected 8.5 million Windows devices, Microsoft says (www.bbc.com)

Microsoft says it estimates that 8.5m computers around the world were disabled by the global IT outage....

Under Lula, Brazil is walking on the financial wild side (www.economist.com)

In the year to mid-June Brazil’s currency, the real, fell against the dollar by 17%, the worst performance of any major currency over this period. The São Paulo stockmarket lost 8% of its value even as other emerging markets rallied.

Taiwan holds drills simulating defense against China attacks (www.dw.com)

Taiwan is holding five days of military drills simulating a response to a Chinese invasion. The exercises come amid growing tensions across the Taiwan Strait....

[Opinion] Israeli Soldiers Flaunt War Crimes on Social Media. Why Aren’t They Held Accountable? (truthout.org)

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British woman and husband found dead after failed Atlantic crossing (www.theguardian.com)

Mass killer Louis van Schoor tells BBC of police collusion (www.bbc.com)

A convicted South African murderer who shot dead dozens of black men during apartheid has told the BBC the police sanctioned his violence. Louis van Schoor says others should share the blame for the killings he carried out as a security guard. But in talking to BBC Africa Eye over the past four years, he has also let slip...

World leaders react to Biden’s decision to exit presidential race (www.theguardian.com)

Israeli attacked in Greece, assailants flee after seeing his cross (www.ynetnews.com)

Three assailants target Fahad Qubati after he gave Jewish tourists a ride and only fled after he proved he was an Arab-Christian

Afghanistan - wish you were here? The Taliban do (www.bbc.com)

‘Dismantled ... For Spare Parts.’ Russians Attack With Their Best Tanks And Worst War Bikes—And Run Into Heavily-Armed Ukrainian Paratroopers. (www.forbes.com)

We unleashed Facebook and Instagram’s algorithms on blank accounts. They served up sexism and misogyny (www.theguardian.com)

How do the algorithms of Facebook and Instagram affect what you see in your news feed? To find out, Guardian Australia unleashed them on a completely blank smartphone linked to a new, unused email address....

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