Venezuela Recalls 23rd Anniversary of Chavez's Relegitimization (www.telesurenglish.net)
On Sunday, the Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro commemorated the 23rd anniversary of the general elections in which Commander Hugo Chavez was re-legitimized as president....
Locals vow to keep fighting to save a forest in southwest Turkey after the chainsaws finish work (apnews.com)
The protest at Akbelen is the latest stand-off in Turkey between environmentalists and developers uprooting green areas for mines, quarries and other projects....
beijing (canada.unofficialbird.com)
Typhoon Doksuri hit #China, one of the strongest in recent years...
Pakistan blast: ISIS behind suicide attack that killed 44, says police (indianexpress.com)
Religion of peace is back at it again, This time with a score of 44 kills and 150 injured.
India, Manipur genocide : From Manipur; A Peace Activist’s Account Of State Criminality & Culpability (article-14.com)
In this blow-by-blow account, peace activist Harsh Mander describes his journey to Manipur, where he met Meitei and Kuki families broken by three months of ethnic violence, life inside the camps where hundreds live in despair, unsure if they will ever return to their scorched villages, and the “extreme culpability” of a...
India, Manipur genocide : Manipur camps; ‘500 people in hall, no bathroom,’ INDIA MPs target CM Biren govt (www.livemint.com)
Leaders express grief over conditions in Manipur relief camps; question need for camps if state is peaceful. Congress warns of security problems.
US commerce chief Gina Raimondo plans China trip (www.scmp.com)
US commerce secretary Gina Raimondo is planning to visit China in late August, according to people familiar with the matter, part of the Biden administration’s effort to reduce tensions between the world’s two largest economies....
Russia's Prigozhin says Wagner is not recruiting now, may do so in future (www.reuters.com)
Russian mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin said in a voice message published on Monday that his Wagner group was not currently recruiting fighters but was likely to do so in future....
Ukrainian volunteers develop inexpensive missiles to 'overwhelm' Russian air defences (www.france24.com)
The “trembita”, a traditional Ukrainian mountain horn, is also the name of a cruise missile developed by volunteers in Ukraine, who say it will be hundreds of times cheaper than Western equivalents....
Afghanistan: Taliban burn musical instruments (www.dw.com)
Taliban’s religious police reportedly burned a number of musical instruments in the western province of Herat, according to a Sunday report by the state-run news agency Bakhtar....
Denmark to seek legal means to prevent Quran burnings (www.aljazeera.com)
The Danish government will try to find legal means that will enable authorities to prevent the burning of copies of the Quran in front of other countries’ embassies in Denmark, Foreign Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen has said....
Ukraine to start talks with US on security guarantees – senior official (www.scmp.com)
The Western Alliance’s Vilnius summit offered support to Ukraine in countering Russia’s 17-month-old invasion and individual countries pledged new weapons, but no date for Ukrainian membership was set as long as the war continues....
Zelenskiy Warns 'War' Coming To Russia After Drone Attack Closes Moscow's Vnukovo Airport (www.rferl.org)
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has warned that it was “inevitable” that “war” would come to Russia after authorities there were forced to temporarily close a busy Moscow airport following an overnight drone attack on the capital.
Ukrainian Tank Losses Diminish As Polish Technicians Save More And More Damaged Leopard 2s (www.forbes.com)
If Kyiv’s allies can fix up every Western tank that analysts have counted as damaged, Leopard 2 losses might total … three.
At Least 35 Dead in Blast at Political Rally in Pakistan (web.archive.org)
India’s tiger population rises, Madhya Pradesh has most big cats (www.thehindu.com)
The estimated number of 3,582 is an average figure for a population that likely ranges between 3,167 and 3,925. Tiger numbers are estimated based on the number of unique tigers captured on camera, plus an estimate of animals that may have not been photographed.
India, Manipur genocide : They Killed My Husband, Mother-in-Law, Smashed My Head,' Says 29-Year-Old Kuki Survivor (thewire.in)
Nancy Chingthiannang’s husband and mother in law were murdered while she was left for dead on the road.
Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 522 (www.aljazeera.com)
Here is the situation on Sunday, July 30, 2023....
French minister says decoupling from China unrealistic (www.dw.com)
French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire on Saturday cast doubt on the possibility that Western countries could ever break with China economically in a bid to avoid over-dependence on a single trading partner and mitigate national security risks....
Tiger populations grow in India and Bhutan (www.bbc.com)
The news comes as the world continues to grapple with the loss of species linked to climate change.
Six killed at Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon (www.bbc.com)
Clashes at the Ein el-Hilweh camp broke out between Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas’ Fatah movement and rival Islamist groups....
AI-based Digital Pathology Market is projected to grow at an annualized rate of 8.3% by 2035 (reddthat.com)
Driven by continuous innovation within pathology subdomains to improve care delivery paradigms across clinical practices, and active R&D efforts undertaken by industry stakeholders, the AI-based digital pathology market is likely to witness significant growth in the coming years Roots Analysis has announced the addition of...
A drought alert for receding Lake Titicaca has Indigenous communities worried for their future (apnews.com)
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