Bribes and hiding at home: the Ukrainian men trying to avoid conscription (www.theguardian.com)
US tourists stay in Eiffel Tower overnight while drunk - prosecutors (www.bbc.com)
Two American tourists have been found sleeping inside the Eiffel Tower after getting stuck while drunk, according to prosecutors....
Recent West Africa developments #1 (web.archive.org)
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HSBC exec apologizes after calling the UK 'weak' for following US lead over China | CNN Business (www.cnn.com)
Price Control Panel Fails to Stem Myanmar’s Growing Food Crisis (www.irrawaddy.com)
Russia fires warning shots and boards cargo ship in Black Sea (amp.cnn.com)
Political leader in Ecuador is killed less than a week after presidential candidate’s assassination (apnews.com)
The unprecedented violence shaking Ecuador claimed the life of another political leader Monday, bringing the number of politics-related slayings within the last four weeks to three, including that of a presidential candidate.
The searing injustice of the Indian state’s broken promise to Muslims (scroll.in)
Despite the progressive Constitution giving it nearly all the thrust it needed to become a secular state, it could never become that.
Russian central bank jacks up interest rates to 12% at emergency meeting after ruble plunge (www.cnbc.com)
Russia’s central bank on Tuesday hiked interest rates by 350 basis points to 12% at an emergency meeting, as Moscow looks to halt a rapid depreciation of the country’s ruble currency....
India, Manipur genocide: Governor 'Deeply Concerned' by Violence But Ignored by Biren Govt (thewire.in)
In an interview with Karan Thapar, Brinda Karat recounts her meeting with two survivors of terrible sexual assaults as well as with the parents of two girls who were gang-raped and killed.
Independence Day 2023: A Celebration of Freedom, Patriotism, and Hope! - News18 (www.news18.com)
India is celebrating its 77th Independence Day on August 15, 2023. On this day in 1947, India became a free nation after more than two centuries of British colonial rule.
Space Race 2, India Vs Russia. Mission to the Moon: Who will win Russian and India's race to the lunar South Pole? (www.bbc.com)
Leave no trace: Finland removes litter bins from national parks (yle.fi)
Britain says it intercepted two Russian bomber aircraft north of Scotland (www.reuters.com)
Staged videos fuel religious hate and misogyny in India (www.bbc.com)
Typhoon Lan makes landfall in Japan, thousands told to seek safety (www.reuters.com)
China's suspension of youth jobless data draws public ire (www.reuters.com)
‘I’ll blow up the plane’: arrest after bomb threat on Malaysia Airlines flight from Sydney (www.scmp.com)
Hawaiian Electric stock plunges 40% after lawsuit alleges it failed to shut power off ahead of the Maui wildfires (edition.cnn.com)
World race to the seventh continent: the Moon (english.elpais.com)
At least 27 die in inferno at petrol station in Dagestan southern Russia (www.bbc.co.uk)
New Covid vaccines are on the way as 'Eris' variant rises (www.reuters.com)
Live updates: The latest news on Trump and the Fulton County, Georgia, election case (www.cnn.com)
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Minister: Germany plans $5.5 billion in annual military aid for Ukraine until 2027 (news.yahoo.com)
Vladimir Putin’s ruble is now worth less than a penny, infuriating his inner circle (fortune.com)
