‘Biden, Macron know what’s going on in India but won’t talk’ (www.aljazeera.com)
Xi reprimanded by elders over direction of nation (asia.nikkei.com)
Greece Battles Its Most Widespread Wildfires on Record (www.nytimes.com)
Putin opponent Alexei Navalny braces for new verdict as Kremlin clamps down (www.bbc.com)
Russian state prosecutors have called for a 20-year prison sentence for Navalny in an even more restrictive “special regime colony”. Such prisons are normally reserved for Russia’s most dangerous criminals.
In Peru, discovery of ancient ruins outpaces authorities' ability to care for them (www.npr.org)
LIMA, Peru — Although the top tourist destination in Peru is the ancient Inca citadel of Machu Picchu, high in the Andes Mountains, the capital Lima also holds a treasure trove of ancient ruins — so many, in fact, that authorities can’t take care of them all....
Strikes on south Gaza: BBC verifies attacks in areas of ‘safety’ (www.bbc.co.uk)
Tory MP Crispin Blunt arrested on suspicion of rape and possession of drugs (www.theguardian.com)
A senior Conservative MP, Crispin Blunt, has been arrested on suspicion of rape and possession of drugs....
Africa’s first carbon-removal plant (www.nbcnews.com)
The article puts it up as a question about whether this practice is worthwhile since the only logical solution to climate change is to de-carbonize. Personally I think that question isn’t very nuanced, certainly de-carbonizing 100’a of tons from the atmosphere from just this one plant is a small net positive. Can’t let it...
Warsaw, Kyiv make breakthrough on Ukrainian grain transit (www.euractiv.com)
Jenni Hermoso files criminal complaint against Luis Rubiales over kiss (www.theguardian.com)
Air Canada kicks off passengers who refused vomit-smeared seats (www.bbc.com)
A child was sexually abused every two hours in Pakistan this year, NGO says (www.aljazeera.com)
Norwegian climber says it would have been impossible to carry injured Pakistani porter down snowy K2 (apnews.com)
Israel's judicial overhaul sparks military crisis as number of refusing reservists grows | (www.cnn.com)
A new law in Israel has taken away the court’s power to veto government decisions based on them being “unreasonable.”...
Germany: Ukrainian refugees living in mining 'ghost towns' (www.dw.com)
If you open Google Maps to look at the western German state of North Rhine-Westphalia, you’ll notice three large pale patches. They represent three colossal open-pit mines — Inden, Hambach and Garzweiler — where the energy company RWE is extracting brown coal (lignite) from the earth....
'Catastrophic' human rights situation in Belarus - UN report (www.euronews.com)
Australia is the first country to let patients with depression or PTSD be prescribed psychedelics (apnews.com)
US ‘mom influencer’ guilty of falsely accusing Latino couple of trying to kidnap her children (www.theguardian.com)
Exclusive: US military bulk buys Japanese seafood to counter China ban (www.reuters.com)
Thousands gather in Paris to call for end of 'massacre' in Gaza (www.thelocal.fr)
Canada removes 41 diplomats from India after New Delhi threatens to revoke their immunity (apnews.com)
Ageing Asia: In Japan, it's never too old to start a boy band (asianews.network)
Five to be charged in UK with spying for Russia (www.bbc.co.uk)
French ban of abaya robes in schools draws applause and criticism (www.reuters.com)
The French government’s decision to ban children from wearing the abaya, the loose-fitting, full-length robes worn by some Muslim women, in state-run schools drew applause on Monday from the right, but also criticism.
Israeli parliament votes in Netanyahu’s controversial supreme court changes (www.theguardian.com)
Israel’s parliament has voted into law a controversial curb on some supreme court powers submitted by Benjamin Netanyahu’s government, the Knesset speaker has said....
