Gaza: Palestinian with Down syndrome ‘left to die’ by Israeli soldiers after combat dog attack [12 July 2024 | Middle East Eye] (www.middleeasteye.net)
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Climate crisis is making days longer, study finds (www.theguardian.com)
The climate crisis is causing the length of each day to get longer, analysis shows, as the mass melting of polar ice reshapes the planet....
George Town Festival organiser removes promotional videos amid inclusivity concerns, says sorry for Malay omission (www.malaymail.com)
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Irish PM condemns 'reprehensible' Dublin violence (www.bbc.com)
European Commission to partly boycott Hungary's presidency (www.dw.com)
Brussels has reacted to Viktor Orban’s “peace mission” to Moscow by snubbing Hungary’s six months as European Council president. It will only send civil servants, not Commissioners, to meetings chaired by Hungary....
New NATO Climate report points to Russian backed social media misinformation campaigns related to climate (www.axios.com)
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Israel Struck Twice in Its Attack on Al-Mawasi, Videos and Photos Show (www.nytimes.com)
Israeli officials said the initial strike, which targeted the Hamas commander Muhammad Deif, hit the compound with at least five precision-guided missiles. The blast near the rescue workers was nearly 100 yards away from the entrance to the compound, suggesting a separate strike....
From basement to battlefield: Ukrainian startups create low-cost robots to fight Russia (apnews.com)
Struggling with manpower shortages, overwhelming odds and uneven international assistance, Ukraine hopes to find a strategic edge against Russia in an abandoned warehouse or a factory basement....
Gambia upholds ban on female genital mutilation (www.dw.com)
Gambian lawmakers have blocked an attempt to re-legalize female genital cutting after months of debate. The practice remains common in the West African country, despite the upheld ban....
Singapore's baby bust: Record low births in 2023 deepen demographic crisis (www.population.news)
China cooking oil scandal exposes food safety problem (www.dw.com)
Media in China recently reported that fuel tankers are being used to transport cooking oil. The report has ignited public outrage over food safety, which has long been an issues as suppliers cut corners to save costs....
UN body that regulates the deep sea tackles proposed mining code amid growing concerns (apnews.com)
Tense deliberations over how and if to allow deep sea mining unfolded Monday in Jamaica as at least one company threatened to apply for permission before rules and regulations are in place....
Germany arrests suspected Hezbollah member (www.dw.com)
German city bans ‘silent fox’ gesture in schools over similarity to far-right sign (www.theguardian.com)
A city in northern Germany has become the first to issue an all-out ban on the use of a hand gesture used to encourage silence in the classroom because of its close resemblance to a far-right Turkish gesture....
The West finally allowed Ukraine to strike back at Russia — and it seems to be working (www.cnn.com)
Bankir and his men have been trying to fight off Russian attacks along the Ukrainian front lines for more than two years. But it’s only now that they are finally able to strike where it hurts: Inside Russia’s own territory....
Ukrainian Men Desperate to Escape War Are Drowning as They Flee (www.wsj.com)
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Italian police free 33 Indian farm labourers from 'slavery' (www.bbc.com)
Dozens of Indian farm labourers have been freed from slave-like working conditions in northern Italy, police have said....
Trump Announce JD Vance Senator from Ohio as his VP (www.yahoo.com)
Ukraine has right to strike military targets within Russian territory, Stoltenberg says (kyivindependent.com)
Ukraine has the right under international law to attack military targets located in Russian territory, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said during an interview on the United News telethon July 14....
China, Russia announce joint naval exercises (www.voanews.com)
China and Russia announced Friday that they are conducting joint naval exercises in the waters and airspace near Zhanjiang city in the south of China.
Mukuru dump: Kenya 'serial killer' arrested in Nairobi (www.bbc.com)
Kenyan police have arrested a man who they have described as a “serial killer” suspected to have been behind the gruesome murder of nine women whose mutilated bodies were found in a disused quarry used as a rubbish dump....
War has prevented 15m children being immunised against diseases, UN warns (www.theguardian.com)
Conflicts have hampered efforts to vaccinate children across the world, health leaders have warned, as new figures showed about 14.5 million children had not received a single immunisation dose....
Living in a tent with premature triplets: how fear and anxiety haunt Gaza’s new mothers (www.theguardian.com)
The constant trauma (of the war) took its toll on Yasmeen Khuwaiter, who found out about her pregnancy two weeks before the war, and gave birth to triplets in April, two months before her due date....
MNDAA Announces Four-Day Halt in Fighting in Myanmar’s N. Shan (www.irrawaddy.com)
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