Oprah Winfrey Makes Donations and Helps Residents amid 'Overwhelming' Hawaii Wildfires (ptv-news.com.pk)
The talk show host, Oprah Winfrey, handed out supplies, including shampoo and pillows, to residents at an evacuation center
US mulls backing Kenya-led multinational force in Haiti (www.reuters.com)
Is Ukraine's counteroffensive failing? Kyiv and its supporters worry about losing control of the narrative (www.nbcnews.com)
Some U.S. officials are frustrated at the pace of Ukraine’s counteroffensive, which has gained less than 100 square miles of territory.
Kai Cenat: Police plan to charge Twitch streamer after PS5 giveaway mayhem (www.bbc.com)
Police say they plan to charge US YouTuber Kai Cenat after a video games console giveaway event he organised sparked mayhem in New York....
West African juntas warn against intervention after military takeover in Niger | CNN (edition.cnn.com)
France and Spain give euro zone economy a boost before outlook darkens (www.reuters.com)
France and Spain grew at a sustained pace on the back of stronger exports and tourism while Germany, the euro zone’s biggest country, remained the worst-performing major economy in the bloc....
Gallium and germanium prices up as China export curbs loom (www.theregister.com)
Prices of two vital chipmaking materials are rising ahead of export restrictions imposed by the Chinese government coming into effect next week....
Italy hosts conference to address illegal migration (www.dw.com)
Italy on Sunday is hosting an international conference involving Mediterranean and Middle East states to address some of the causes of “irregular migration flows.”...
China makes a big bet on electric vehicles with Brazil investment (www.aljazeera.com)
Sao Paulo, Brazil – Stella Li stood in front of a packed stage, banging a brightly decorated drum to a samba-reggae rhythm....
Senior doctors in England stage rare walk out over pay, placing ‘routine care virtually at a standstill’ (www.scmp.com)
Two-day strike by consultants comes amid record waiting times due to a pandemic backlog and multiple strikes over the past year as workers battle a cost of living crisis, Transport workers are due to strike at the same time as the consultants with staff at 14 train operators walking out on Thursday, Saturday and on July 29....
Opinion | How a song threatens the Chinese Communist Party’s grip (wapo.st)
Kenya braces for 3 days of anti-gov’t protests: All the details (www.aljazeera.com)
‘There is always risk’: The Zimbabwean de-miner in South Sudan (www.aljazeera.com)
It's a journey to the center of the rare earths discovered in Sweden (www.npr.org)
KIRUNA, Sweden — There are a number of sensations you experience as you make the 30-minute descent by pickup truck into the main tunnel of the LKAB iron ore mine in Kiruna, Sweden’s northernmost city. Your skin becomes noticeably drier, your ears pop and it’s hard to shake a feeling of isolation as the truck twists and...
France to raise regulated household electricity prices by 10% from August (ghostarchive.org)
PARIS, July 18 (Reuters) - The French government has decided to raise regulated household electricity prices by 10% starting from August, a government official said on Tuesday, confirming a report from newspaper Les Echos....
12 killed in a suspected rebel attack in the northeast of Congo, a civil society organizations says (abcnews.go.com)
AT&T and Verizon’s ancient lead cables have US lawmakers demanding action (arstechnica.com)
cross-posted from: lemdro.id/post/104472...
Tunisia and EU finalise deal on migration (www.aljazeera.com)
The European Union and Tunisia have signed a memorandum of understanding for a “strategic and comprehensive partnership” aimed at combatting irregular migration and boosting economic ties between the bloc and the North African country, which lies on a major route for migrants and refugees travelling to Europe....