China’s property crisis deepens as developer Country Garden at risk of default (www.theguardian.com)
Scientists invent new resorbable biomaterials for implantable medical devices (phys.org)
China exports see biggest drop for three years (www.bbc.com)
Bear escapes from crate in plane’s cargo hold at Dubai airport (www.theguardian.com)
Pakistan train derailment kills more than a dozen (www.dw.com)
At least 15 people were killed and dozens others injured when a train derailed in Pakistan’s southern Sindh province, officials said....
Deadly communal violence flares in India a month before world leader summit (edition.cnn.com)
Global South Countries Need a New Legal Framework for Debt Relief (jacobin.com)
Global South countries currently seek debt relief at forums like the IMF and G20, where wealthy nations’ interests dominate the conversation. Low-income economies need a forum where they can collaborate to solve urgent problems rather than begging for relief....
Insight: Young Russian lawyers step up to defend anti-war protesters (www.reuters.com)
Russia has quashed dissent since invading Ukraine Lawyers for protesters risk wrath of authorities Young attorneys fill gap from those who have fled Tiring, risky work seldom brings acquittals Moscow sees Western conspiracy to destroy Russia July 4 (Reuters) - Sofia Gominova wanted to be a lawyer from age 11....
Orban doubles down at EU summit to defend meeting Putin. One leader calls it a very wrong message (apnews.com)
If a warm handshake with Russian President Vladimir Putin weren’t provocative enough, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban went into an EU summit Thursday saying he was right to meet the EU’s foremost enemy and that most of the other leaders were wrong....
Blinken says Israeli actions are not retailatory but defensive (www.cnn.com)
Iran's Ayatollah Khamenei Trolls Israel in Unprecedented Hebrew Tweet (www.newsweek.com)
Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has taken aim at Israel over social media in a first-ever Hebrew-language message posted on X, formerly Twitter, as the country continues to battle with a comprehensive attack launched by Hamas over the weekend....
Arab League chief heads to Moscow for talks after Hamas attack on Israel (www.reuters.com)
Arab League Chief Ahmed Aboul Gheit headed to Moscow on Sunday for talks with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on the situation in Gaza after Palestinian Islamist group Hamas launched the biggest attack on Israel in years....
Pro-China candidate Mohamed Muizzu wins Maldives presidency, upending relationship with India (www.theguardian.com)
Multiple fatalities after two shootings in Dutch city, police say (www.cnn.com)
AI-generated naked child images shock Spanish town of Almendralejo - BBC News (www.bbc.com)
Singapore may double parental leave (www.stoppopulationdecline.org)
Indian Military Studying ‘Options’ if China Invades Taiwan (www.thedefensepost.com)
The Indian military is studying potential responses in case near-peer adversary China launches a full-scale invasion of Taiwan....
Myanmar Junta sentences Photo journalist to 20 years in prison (myanmar-now.org)
BRICS summit: Leaders eye expansion, common currency (www.dw.com)
Xi calls for accelerating BRICS expansion...
Thousands at Scout camp move into hotels after S Korea heatwave (www.bbc.com)
The British group of 4,500, the largest in attendance, is moving from a camp site at Saemangeum to Seoul, the Scout Association confirmed....
Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 528 (www.aljazeera.com)
Here is the situation on Saturday, August 5, 2023....
Eurozone interest rates reach joint record high (www.bbc.com)
The European Central Bank (ECB) has raised interest rates in the eurozone once again, taking its key rate to a record high last seen in late 2000....
Pacific Seabed Mining Delayed as International Agency Finalizes Rules (www.nytimes.com)
Efforts to extract the metals used in car batteries have been pushed off amid pressure from environmentalists and nations that oppose them....
Chemicals for Mexican fentanyl not from China, embassy in Mexico says (www.reuters.com)
MEXICO CITY, July 18 (Reuters) - Precursor chemicals used by Mexican cartels to make the deadly opioid fentanyl do not come from China, its embassy in Mexico said on Tuesday, rejecting U.S. officials’ accusations....
More than 43 million people leave the poverty line in June (agenciabrasil.ebc.com.br)
The Ministry of Development and Social Assistance, Family and Fight against Hunger (MDS) informed, this Wednesday (12), that 43.5 million people, or 18.52 million families, left the poverty line in June, that is, they started to have monthly incomes higher than R$ 218 per capita....