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Militants kill 4 soldiers at Pakistani army base: Army (www.straitstimes.com)

Series of murders in Mandalay suspected of links to military, vigilante group - Myanmar Now (myanmar-now.org)

Frenchman Victor Lafay wins Tour de France second stage (www.france24.com)

British PM Rishi Sunak 'sad' over cricket racism and sexism report (www.france24.com)

Americans for Peace Now Welcomes Congressional Letter Advocating for a UN Strategy for Combating Antisemitism (peacenow.org)

Is the ‘antisemitism crisis’ on US college campuses real? (www.972mag.com)

'Do you support attacks on Palestinians?' Jerusalem Post asks in Twitter poll (www.middleeastmonitor.com)

Calls for Jerusalem Post editor to resign after the newspaper ran a Twitter poll asking Israelis if they support terrorist attacks against Palestinians

A leaked report exposes government's cover-up of repressions against Uyghurs in China (globalvoices.org)

AI could democratise nutritional advice, but safety and accuracy must come first (theconversation.com)

Estonia passes law to allow same-sex marriage (www.aljazeera.com)

Penn State professor accused of committing sexual acts with an animal in PA state forest (www.centredaily.com)

Kherson flooding: Ukraine evacuation boat attacked by Russia, killing three (www.bbc.com)

Three people were killed after Russia attacked a boat carrying evacuees from a flooded area in Kherson, the regional governor said.

Romanian Ambassador To Kenya Recalled For Racist Comment (www.rferl.org)

Romania has recalled its ambassador to Kenya for making a racist comment that equated Africans to monkeys while convening a meeting at a UN building in Nairobi.

Brazilian Amazon deforestation falls 31% under Lula (phys.org)

Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon fell by 31 percent in the first five months of President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva’s administration versus the same period last year, officials said Wednesday.

The 2023 Bletchley Declaration: A Major Leap in AI Safety and Ethics — Ultra Unlimited (www.ultra-unlimited.com)

Barack Obama: Thoughts on Israel and Gaza (barackobama.medium.com)

Climate change blamed for ‘concerning’ rise of flesh-eating infections (www.telegraph.co.uk)

Police shoot dead suspected extremist accused of killing 2 Swedish soccer fans on a Brussels street (apnews.com)

BRUSSELS (AP) — Police in Belgium on Tuesday shot dead a suspected Tunisian extremist accused of killing two Swedish soccer fans in a brazen shooting on a Brussels street before disappearing into the night.

Ukraine’s sluggish counter-offensive is souring the public mood. The government is worried. (www.economist.com)

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India, Manipur genocide : Assam Rifles finds itself in trying circumstances while maintaining peace in Manipur (www.telegraphindia.com)

At the end, we are facing flak from every side, says a senior officer, who spoke on condition of anonymity

Will economic recovery lift China’s yuan out of jungle after Fed effect fades? (www.scmp.com)

China still has the tools to stabilise market expectations for the yuan’s exchange rate, while external conditions will also marginally improve as the United States is expected to conclude its run of interest rate increases, the foreign exchange regulator said on Friday....

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