France invests $1.5 billion for the 2024 Olympics in its effort to Clean up The Seine River in Paris for Aquatic Events and to Provide Residents with Areas to safely Swim in. (www.cortexreport.com)
First Ugandan charged with 'aggravated homosexuality' punishable by death (www.reuters.com)
Prehistoric bird once thought extinct returns to New Zealand wild (www.theguardian.com)
Climate activists target jets, yachts and golf in a string of global protests against luxury (apnews.com)
Liberia to concede territory to UAE firm in carbon offset deal (www.middleeasteye.net)
Leaked information alerts Liberian campaigners to secret deal that would give UAE firm blanket rights over 10 percent of Liberian territory. “The government was behaving as if there was no time,” Yiah told MEE....
Michel says EU must be ready to admit new members by 2030 (www.dw.com)
Over 10,000 Civilians Flee Myanmar Junta Shelling in Western Sagaing (www.irrawaddy.com)
China to increase investments in Myanmar with 3 Free-Trade Zones on Burma-China Border (www.irrawaddy.com)
Bisphenol A: Health experts drastically reduce safe intake limits of widespread plastic (english.elpais.com)
Pope Francis Praises Historical Russian Imperialism Amid War in Ukraine (www.wsj.com)
ROME—Pope Francis praised 18th-century Russian emperors whom President Vladimir Putin has invoked as models for his territorial annexations in Ukraine, in the pontiff’s latest controversial statement relevant to the war....
China’s summer of climate destruction (www.bbc.com)
Iran rounds up activists and relatives of killed protesters ahead of Mahsa Amini anniversary (edition.cnn.com)
The domestic slaves rescued from London’s richest streets (www.channel4.com)
Indonesian school shaves 14 girls’ hair over teacher’s hijab complaint (www.dawn.com)
American pharmaceutical company to discontinue supply of hepatitis C drug Zepatier to Russia (theins.press)
Heavy rainfall floods parts of Switzerland (www.swissinfo.ch)
China says will back Bangladesh against ‘external interference’ (www.thehindu.com)
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Ukraine says it liberates strategic southeastern settlement (www.reuters.com)
Photos: Acai berry craze boosts incomes in the Amazon, but at a cost (www.aljazeera.com)
Working in the sweltering heat of the Brazilian Amazon, Jose Diogo scales a tree and harvests a cluster of black berries: acai, the trendy “superfood” reshaping the world’s biggest rainforest, for better and worse....
Typhoon Saola lashes northern Philippines as it heads for Taiwan (www.aljazeera.com)
Typhoon Saola dumped heavy rain across the northern Philippines but didn’t make landfall on Sunday as it moved towards southern Taiwan and China’s southern coast....
Sudan’s RSF floats ‘peace plan’ as rival army chief eyes regional trip (www.aljazeera.com)
The head of the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) has proposed a plan for “lasting peace” in war-torn Sudan as his rival army chief is expected to embark on a regional trip....
Pope Francis calls US Catholic Church 'reactionary' (www.dw.com)
Pope Francis has lamented a “very strong reactionary attitude” in the US Catholic Church, saying that ideology had replaced faith in some parts of it and some members had failed to understand “there is an appropriate evolution in understanding matters of faith and morals.”...
France to ban female students from wearing abayas in state schools (www.bbc.com)
Pupils will be banned from wearing abayas, loose-fitting full-length robes worn by some Muslim women, in France’s state-run schools, the education minister has said....
French ambassador will stay in Niger despite junta ultimatum, says Macron (www.france24.com)
During a major foreign policy speech to ambassadors gathered in Paris, Macron confirmed that French envoy Sylvain Itte was listening in from Niger capital Niamey despite being given a 48-hour deadline to leave the country last Friday....
Outrage in India over video of teacher telling kids to slap Muslim student (www.aljazeera.com)
A school teacher in India has subjected a seven-year-old Muslim student to degrading treatment inside a classroom, asking his classmates to slap him and asking for him to be evicted due to his religion, a video now viral on social media has revealed....
