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....
16 civilians reportedly killed in fighting in Darfur region (www.aljazeera.com)
At least 16 civilians have reportedly been killed in an exchange of rocket fire between Sudan’s army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in the war-torn Darfur region, which has seen some of the worst violence since fighting began in mid-April....
Russian special forces kill gunman who broke into private house near Moscow (www.scmp.com)
Russian security forces on Saturday killed a heavily armed gunman who broke into a private house in the suburbs of Moscow and fired at them, reportedly threatening to march on the Kremlin....
Greece fires: Thousands flee homes and hotels on Rhodes as fires spread (www.bbc.com)
Inside the psyche of Hindutva’s online supporters (scroll.in)
The troll is an extension of the Modi cult that very much exists in the real world.
Crimea bridge closed after fuel depot hit - Russia (www.bbc.com)
A drone attack on an ammunition depot in Crimea has led to civilian evacuations and disrupted transport, Russian authorities have said....
Polarised Spain eyes the hard-right ahead of election (www.bbc.com)
The most likely government to emerge - most analysts predict - will be a coalition including a hard-right nationalist party for the first time in Spain since the death of fascist dictator Francisco Franco in 1975....
Polarised Spain eyes the hard-right ahead of election (www.bbc.com)
The most likely government to emerge - most analysts predict - will be a coalition including a hard-right nationalist party for the first time in Spain since the death of fascist dictator Francisco Franco in 1975....
In a refugee camp in Kenya, food shortages left kids hungry even before Russia ended grain deal (apnews.com)
DADAAB, Kenya (AP) — Abdikadir Omar was trapped in an extremist-controlled town in Somalia for years until May, when he slipped out to make a 12-day journey with his wife and seven children to neighboring Kenya in search of food and safety....
Crimea bridge is legitimate military target, Zelenskiy says (www.reuters.com)
July 21 (Reuters) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Friday that the bridge linking the Crimea peninsula to Russia “brings war not peace” and was therefore a military target....
Greek Seas: Europe's Largest Migrant Cemetery (unicornriot.ninja)
An Egyptian boat set sail from the city of Tobruk, in Libya, on June 9, 2023. The overcrowded Adriana is carrying more than 600 refugees from Pakistan, Egypt, Syria and Libya. The vast majority of them are held in the cargo hold. Some will pay an extra $55 to — luckily — travel on deck....
Latest North Korean missile launches come amid warnings as US nuclear-armed submarine docks in South Korea port. (players.brightcove.net)
aljazeera.com/…/n-korea-fires-several-cruise-miss…...
Brazil: Lula tightens gun control amid surge in ownership (www.bbc.com)
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has signed an order to tighten gun controls in a bid to halt a surge in firearm ownership....
Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 514 (www.aljazeera.com)
Russian President Vladimir Putin said Kyiv’s counteroffensive was failing despite military and financial support from Western countries. “Neither the colossal resources that have been pumped into the Kyiv regime nor the supplies of Western weapons, tanks, artillery, armoured vehicles and missiles are helping,” he said....
BBC News - Climate records tumble, leaving Earth in uncharted territory - scientists (www.bbc.co.uk)
A series of climate records on temperature, ocean heat, and Antarctic sea ice have alarmed some scientists who say their speed and timing is unprecedented.
China sends dozens of warplanes towards Taiwan (www.dw.com)
China sent dozens of warplanes towards Taiwan, said the island’s defense ministry on Saturday....
Matty Healy: Malaysia festival cancelled after The 1975 singer attacks anti-LGBT law (www.bbc.com)
A festival in Malaysia has been cancelled after British singer Matty Healy attacked the country’s anti-LGBT laws....
Content Warning: Images of dead birds. Avian flu may have killed millions of birds globally as outbreak ravages South America (www.theguardian.com)
Millions of wild birds may have died from bird flu globally in the latest outbreak, researchers have said, as the viral disease ravages South America, with 200,000 deaths recorded in Peru alone....
Protesters try to storm Baghdad's Green Zone over Quran and flag burning in Denmark (www.npr.org)
BAGHDAD — Hundreds of protesters attempted to storm Baghdad’s heavily fortified Green Zone, which houses foreign embassies and the seat of Iraq’s government, early Saturday following reports an ultranationalist group burned a copy of the Quran in front of the Iraqi Embassy in Copenhagen....
As Tensions Rise, Zelensky and Erdogan Discuss Collapsed Grain Deal (www.nytimes.com)
President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine has spoken with his Turkish counterpart, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, about the collapse of a deal that allowed Ukrainian ships carrying grain to bypass a Russian blockade, as Moscow pummels Ukraine’s port infrastructure and vows that commercial ships in the Black Sea could be perceived as...