Medical team and aid trucks enter Gaza via Rafah crossing (www.reuters.com)
EU Pitched Client-Side Scanning By Targeting Certain EU Residents With Misleading Ads (www.techdirt.com)
IDF releases recording of Gazan saying Hamas shooting at people trying to flee south (www.timesofisrael.com)
The man says that Hamas is placing roadblocks with cars, and “just sending people back home.”...
Venezuela's Machado wins presidential primary, near-final count shows (www.reuters.com)
Europe on edge as Gaza conflict raises tensions, prompts bomb threats (www3.nhk.or.jp)
The conflict between Israel and Hamas in the Middle East has heightened tensions across Europe, where authorities are on high alert for potential acts of terror and violent unrest....
Assange Freedom May Be Pivotal in Australia’s Support for US Cold War With China (truthout.org)
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Large crowd gathered at the anti-government demonstration in Budapest (dailynewshungary.com)
China's Xi warns against decoupling, lauds Belt and Road at forum (www.reuters.com)
Chinese President Xi Jinping warned against decoupling from China as he opened the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) forum in Beijing on Wednesday, criticizing Western efforts to reduce dependence on the Chinese economy....
Daniel Noboa wins Ecuador presidential election (www.theguardian.com)
Netanyahu offers Lapid, Gantz to join him in emergency unity government (www.timesofisrael.com)
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu proposes that opposition parties Yesh Atid and National Unity enter an emergency government following Hamas’s devastating surprise attack Saturday morning....
Pakistan announces big crackdown on migrants in the country illegally, including 1.7 million Afghans (apnews.com)
Pakistan’s government announced a major crackdown Tuesday on migrants in the country illegally, saying it would expel them starting next month and raising alarm among foreigners without documentation who include an estimated 1.7 million Afghans....
Saudi Arabia forecasts slower growth, budget deficit this year (www.reuters.com)
Saudi Arabia has lowered its growth forecast and expects to post a budget deficit this year rather than an earlier projected surplus, a preliminary budget statement showed on Saturday....
New phone sparks worry China has found a way around U.S. tech limits (www.washingtonpost.com)
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Myanmar’s Battle-Scarred Junta Replaces Five Security Ministers (www.irrawaddy.com)
India, Manipur genocide/ civil war: Meitei groups bar entry to 10 Kuki villages that were burnt down (www.thenewsminute.com)
Two months after several Kuki villages were burned down and nine Meitei people were killed in the Saikul subdivision of Manipur’s Kangpokpi district, the villages remain inaccessible for journalists. Amid a storm of claims and counterclaims by Meitei and Kuki groups, reporters are forced to rely on selective leaks from...
‘I shout from the rooftops I exist’: Brazilians identifying as Indigenous up by 90% in 12 years (www.theguardian.com)
The 37-year-old is part of a growing number of Brazilians reclaiming their Indigenous identity, as reflected in new census data published on Monday. According to the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE), the number of people identifying as Indigenous has increased by nearly 90% in just 12 years, from 896,917 to...
Olympics threaten to erase a symbol of Paris, say riverside booksellers (www.reuters.com)
PARIS, July 29 (Reuters) - Booksellers along the river Seine say the Olympics threaten to erase a symbol of Paris, after they were told by local authorities that they will have to remove their stalls for the Summer Games opening ceremony in 2024 for security reasons....
More than 900 migrants drown off Tunisia's coast in 2023 (www.dw.com)
More than 900 migrants have drowned off Tunisia’s coast so far this year, the country’s Interior minister, Kamel Feki, said on Wednesday....
Putin promises African leaders free grain despite 'hypocritical' Western sanctions (www.reuters.com)
MOSCOW, July 27 (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday told African leaders he would gift them tens of thousands of tons of grain within months despite Western sanctions, which he said made it harder for Moscow to export its grain and fertilisers....
Indian village landslide search called off, with death toll at 27 (www.reuters.com)
NEW DELHI, July 23 (Reuters) - Indian rescuers have called off a search for survivors of a landslide that hit a village in the western state of Maharashtra on Thursday, killing at least 27 people, an official said....
Modi speaks out after video of sexual assault on women in Manipur emerges (www.theguardian.com)
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Russia will pay heavy price for Avdiivka, says Ukraine (www.reuters.com)
Thousands in Honduras march in anti-government protest (www.reuters.com)
U.S., S Korea, Japan to launch consultative group on North's cyber threats (japantoday.com)
The United States, South Korea and Japan have agreed to launch a high-level consultative group on countering North Korean cyber activities that they say finance its unlawful weapons programs, South Korea’s presidential office said on Monday....