Russia dismisses Ukraine peace plan: ‘Let’s decide it on the battlefield’ (www.scmp.com)
Blasting Bullhorns and Water Cannons, Chinese Ships Wall Off the Sea (www.nytimes.com)
The article provided a good overview of the situation and firsthand accounts, plus marked up maps. The maps make it clear just how ridiculous their claims are. It’s like a modern “manifest destiny” philosophy.
Kosovo police surround 30 gunmen in monastery after officer shot (www.bbc.com)
Masked gunmen attack Kosovo police and kill 1 officer in an escalation of tensions with Serbia (apnews.com)
Nagorno-Karabakh's 120,000 Armenians will leave for Armenia, leadership says (www.reuters.com)
42.3% of graduates under 25 unemployed, finds latest State of Working India report (indianexpress.com)
Also, there has been an upward trend in intergenerational mobility, but the trend has been weaker for workers belonging to Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes categories as compared to workers belonging to general castes....
India suspends ‘all categories’ of visas for Canada citizens amid diplomatic row (www.independent.co.uk)
Indian foreign ministry claims ‘security threats’ after Trudeau’s explosive allegation of state-sponsored killing mean it cannot provide visa services safely...
China coast guard deploys ‘floating barrier’ to cut off disputed South China Sea shoal (www.theguardian.com)
Philippines says it ‘strongly condemns’ move at Scarborough Shoal which prevents its fishing boats from gaining access...
Ukraine targets a key Crimean city a day after striking Russia's Black Sea Fleet headquarters (apnews.com)
Ukraine on Saturday morning launched another missile attack on Sevastopol on the occupied Crimean Peninsula, a Russian-installed official said, a day after an attack on the headquarters of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet that left a serviceman missing and the main building smoldering....
Ukraine claims Sevastopol strike hit navy commanders (www.bbc.com)
Ukraine says Friday’s missile strike on the headquarters of Russia’s Black Sea fleet in Crimea was timed to coincide with a meeting of naval officials....
UttarPradesh: Couple Die By Suicide After Wife Gangraped By 2 Men In Front Of Husband ,Accused Arrested (www.freepressjournal.in)
Karabakh's 120,000 Armenians will leave for Armenia, adviser to leader says (www.reuters.com)
The 120,000 ethnic Armenians of Nagorno-Karabakh will leave for Armenia as they do not want to live as part of Azerbaijan and fear ethnic cleansing, the leadership of the breakaway region told Reuters on Sunday....
China sentences Uyghur scholar to life in jail (www.bbc.com)
A prominent Uyghur academic has been reportedly jailed for life by China for “endangering state security”....
Earth’s average 2023 temperature is now likely to reach 1.5 °C of warming (www.nature.com)
Russian foreign minister attacks West as 'empire of lies' (www.cnn.com)
Prime Minister Trudeau backs bill to ban export of live horses for Japanese horse-meat delicacy (www.theglobeandmail.com)
'Lost’ Brazilian tree rediscovered after almost 200 years (www.euronews.com)
Man executed in Vietnam despite appeals from Europe and Canada (www.euronews.com)
Africa's white rhino population rebounds for 1st time in a decade, new figures show (abcnews.go.com)
Blinken Says India Should Join Canadian Probe, US Takes ‘Transnational Repression’ Seriously (thewire.in)
42.3% of graduates under 25 unemployed, finds latest State of Working India report (indianexpress.com)
Thousands march in France to protest against police violence (www.france24.com)
Even China's 1.4 billion population can't fill all its vacant homes, former official says (www.reuters.com)
Even China’s population of 1.4 billion would not be enough to fill all the empty apartments littered across the country, a former official said on Saturday, in a rare public critique of the country’s crisis-hit property market....
Peru gas workers uncover nearly 1,000-year-old children’s burial site (www.washingtonpost.com)
Thousands gather across France to denounce police brutality and racism (uk.news.yahoo.com)
