Russia’s new punching bag: Kamala Harris (www.politico.eu)
Palestinian rivals Hamas and Fatah sign unity deal aimed at Gaza governance (www.aljazeera.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/18305491
Code of silence: International media outlets press their Hong Kong staff to keep away from a local journalist association advocating for press freedom, or risk losing their jobs (chinamediaproject.org)
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Bosses at Japan firm resign after 80 deaths potentially linked to red yeast rice tablets (www.channelnewsasia.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/18301885
Philippine president orders shutdown of Chinese-run online gambling in his country over alleged crimes including financial scams, human trafficking, torture, kidnappings, and murders (www.channelnewsasia.com)
cross-posted from: feddit.org/post/1043717...
Ukraine's top diplomat to visit China this week to talk peace, Kyiv says (www.reuters.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/18298915
Dark oxygen made by deep sea 'batteries' (www.bbc.com)
Scientists have discovered “dark oxygen” being produced in the deep ocean, apparently by lumps of metal on the seafloor....
Hungary stripped of EU meeting over Ukraine stance (www.bbc.com)
The European Union has stripped Hungary of the right to host the next meeting of foreign and defence ministers over its stance on the war in Ukraine....
Nigeria’s $220 million fine against Meta previews a clash over market power (www.semafor.com)
At least six killed in Croatia nursing home shooting (www.bbc.com)
UAE jails 57 Bangladeshis over protests against own government (www.bbc.com)
A court in the United Arab Emirates has handed 57 Bangladeshis long prison terms for holding protests in the Gulf state against their own country’s government....
US says it wants Palestinians to have a country of their own – but its actions say otherwise (theconversation.com)
Poliovirus detected in Gaza wastewater, posing "ticking time bomb" for public health (www.salon.com)
Hungary demands EU action against Ukraine as Russian oil spat escalates (www.politico.eu)
Budapest argues it’s facing an energy crunch after Kyiv imposed a partial ban on Moscow’s oil transiting the country....
Mexico City police chief shot dead in ‘drug cartel hit’ (www.telegraph.co.uk)
Milton Morales Figueroa reportedly killed by gunmen while enjoying a family day out...
German punks launch ‘invasion’ of holiday island favoured by elite | Germany | The Guardian (www.theguardian.com)
FACTS
Why only gay trans obese people support Ukraine?
Israeli settlers attack foreign activists and Palestinian farmers in West Bank (edition.cnn.com)
Russian court jails journalist for six-and-a-half years after secret trial (www.theguardian.com)
A Russian court has sentenced Alsu Kurmasheva, a Russian-American journalist for Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, to six-and-a-half years in prison after a rushed, secret trial....
Myanmar Armed Groups Extend Ceasefire at China’s Urging (thediplomat.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.ca/post/25500859...
Our most popular sports—football, basketball, and baseball—don’t revolve around important international competitions, as do soccer and other sports like cricket and rugby (www.city-journal.org)
Our most popular sports—football, basketball, and baseball—don’t revolve around important international competitions, as do soccer and other sports like cricket and rugby...
going to the shops back in a bit
I can’t imagine anyone gives a shit but apparently this is the thing around here now
Under Lula, Brazil is walking on the financial wild side (www.economist.com)
In the year to mid-June Brazil’s currency, the real, fell against the dollar by 17%, the worst performance of any major currency over this period. The São Paulo stockmarket lost 8% of its value even as other emerging markets rallied.
To halt Brazil’s decline, Lula needs to cut runaway public spending (www.economist.com)
“Investors have started to worry” Why is that? From what i’ve seen (i live in Brazil) the economy is going from bad to worse, the spending is always growing and there’s no intent to reduce that…
