Iran warns that Hezbollah will likely hit non-military targets in Israeli territory in response to Israel's strike on Beirut (www.businessinsider.com)
Iran has warned that Hezbollah may hit “broader and deeper targets” in Israeli territory....
The Saudi wife who fled to Melbourne - then disappeared (www.bbc.com)
When Lolita came to Australia in 2022, she was fleeing an older man she’d been forced to marry as a child in Saudi Arabia....
Anti-government protests turn deadly in Bangladesh (www.bbc.com)
At least 23 people have been killed in Bangladesh as clashes erupted between police and anti-government protesters who are demanding that Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina step down....
Ukraine accuses Russian forces of killing, dismembering prisoner-of-war (www.reuters.com)
Ukraine’s human rights commissioner urged the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the United Nations to investigate an image widely shared online on Saturday that he said likely showed a Ukrainian prisoner-of-war killed and dismembered by Russian forces....
Cognac, tortoises and a pink-striped helicopter: inside the mystery of Alice Guo, the missing Philippines mayor (www.theguardian.com)
Alice Guo was a mayor like no other, say her supporters. At Christmas, she would hand out gifts of ham and spaghetti to local people. When school term started, she would give notebooks and bags to children. She wasn’t from a prominent political family, as is often the case in the Philippines, yet she rose to become the first...
Fifth of medicines in Africa may be sub-par or fake, research finds (www.theguardian.com)
A fifth of medicines in Africa could be substandard or fake, according to a major research project, raising the alarm over a problem that could be contributing to the deaths of countless patients....
Hamas’s leader is dead, Iran vows revenge: can anything stop all-out war in the Middle East? (www.theguardian.com)
If Iran’s newly elected president, Masoud Pezeshkian, was hoping for a honeymoon period after his inauguration last week, he must be sadly disappointed. Less than 12 hours after Pezeshkian was sworn in, an explosion, reportedly caused by a remotely controlled bomb, shook an Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) compound in...
A23a: Colossal iceberg stuck spinning in ocean trap (www.bbc.com)
Something remarkable has happened to A23a, the world’s biggest iceberg....
Russia's critics abroad say the Kremlin is intensifying attacks (www.bbc.com)
Two plain-clothed police officers were waiting for Dmitry Gudkov as he arrived at London’s Luton Airport last summer. The Russian opposition politician, who lives in exile in an EU country, was flying to the UK to attend a friend’s birthday....
Lin Yu-ting of Taiwan clinches first Olympic medal amid outcry tied to gender misconceptions (apnews.com)
Boxer Lin Yu-ting of Taiwan clinched her first Olympic medal Sunday in front of a crowd that chanted her name at the Paris Games, one day after fellow boxer Imane Khelif of Algeria secured one as well following days of online abuse and intense scrutiny about their participation....
US urges citizens to leave Lebanon on 'any available ticket' (www.bbc.com)
Death toll hits 37 after Al-Shabab attacks Mogadishu beach. (www.yahoo.com)
47% of U.K. Millionaires Say They’re More Likely to Leave the Country After the Recent Election: Report (freedomproject.pages.dev)
UK protests: More than 80 arrests made at far-right demonstrations (www.bbc.com)
Berlin: Thousands march in COVID-19 pandemic skeptic protest (www.dw.com)
Several thousand people on Saturday joined a street demonstration and rally in Berlin organized by Germany’s “Lateral Thinking” protest movement....
Opposition leader joins rally calling for Venezuela presidential election results to be overturned (apnews.com)
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Thousands of people rallied in the streets of Venezuela’s capital Saturday, waving the national flag and singing the national anthem in support of an opposition candidate they believe won the presidential election by a landslide....
The Maduro government still shows no signs of surrendering power in Venezuela (www.cbc.ca)
As the deadline expired yesterday for the Maduro government in Venezuela to show detailed poll-by-poll voting records, opposition candidate Edmundo González was recognized as president-elect of Venezuela by the governments of Argentina, the United States and Uruguay. (Peru already recognized him on Tuesday)....
Exchanged prisoner Yashin condemns his 'illegal expulsion' from Russia. (www.reuters.com)
Ilya Yashin, imprisoned in 2022 for criticizing Putin’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, said he had not given his consent to deportation and that others in more urgent need of medical care should have gone instead....
Severe drought has returned to the Amazon. And it's happening earlier than expected (apnews.com)
Holder of one-fifth of the world’s fresh water, the Amazon is beginning the dry season with many of its rivers already at critically low levels, prompting governments to anticipate contingency measures to address issues ranging from disrupted navigation to increasing forest fires....
As India ages, a secret shame emerges: Elders abandoned by their children (apnews.com)
They were found in gutters, on streets, in bushes. They were boarded on trains, deserted in hospitals, dumped at temples. They were sent away for being sick or outliving paychecks or simply growing too old....
Northern Ireland: Violence by racist agitators in Belfast is ‘utterly unacceptable’. (www.amnesty.org.uk)
The lawless mining gangs targeting the Amazon’s precious green energy minerals (www.theguardian.com)
As demand for the tin ore cassiterite soars, special forces units of Brazil’s Ibama environment agency must play a cat and mouse game with the thousands of illegal miners pouring into Yanomami reserves...
Ukraine claims Russian Rostov-on-Don submarine sunk in Crimea (www.bbc.com)
Ukraine’s military says it attacked and destroyed a Russian submarine while it was anchored at a port in the occupied Crimean peninsula....
Iran says Hamas leader was killed by short-range projectile (www.bbc.com)
Hamas political chief Ismail Haniyeh was killed with a “short-range projectile” fired from outside his guesthouse in Tehran, Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) says....
A critical system of Atlantic Ocean currents could collapse as early as the 2030s, new research suggests (edition.cnn.com)
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