False 'crisis actor' claims spread about Israel-Hamas war : NPR (www.npr.org)
Portugal just ran on 100 percent renewables for six days in a row (grist.org)
For nearly a week, the country of 10 million met customer needs with wind, hydro and solar — a test run for operating the grid without fossil fuels....
Britain detects first human case of flu strain similar to pig virus (www.reuters.com)
South Korea: Man gets 14-month jail term for praising North in poem (www.bbc.com)
Paris mayor quits X, calling social media site a ‘gigantic global sewer’ (www.theguardian.com)
Anne Hidalgo, whose opponents have used the platform to criticise her, citied disinformation and antisemitism as reasons for leaving...
An alliance of Myanmar ethnic groups claim capture of another big trade crossing at Chinese border (apnews.com)
North Korea restores border guard posts amid rising tensions over its satellite launch, Seoul says (apnews.com)
North Korea is restoring front-line guard posts that it had dismantled during a previous period of inter-Korean rapprochement, South Korea’s military said Monday, after animosities spiked between the rivals over the North’s recent spy satellite launch....
Tobacco firm calls for tougher rules on vapes (www.bbc.com)
Mycolasma Pneumonia Spreads Among Korean Children (english.chosun.com)
European and Arab ministers meet in Barcelona to discuss the future of Gaza and Palestine (english.elpais.com)
Saudi Prince Faisal bin Farhan will present the positions of Islamic countries in the absence of Israel, which has declined to attend the summit
Three Mexican journalists freed following kidnapping (www.reuters.com)
State of emergency: Once-in-a-century drought in Amazon (www.weatherandradar.com)
Kenya abortion: Women go to backstreet clinics amid legal ambiguity (www.bbc.co.uk)
Zhongzhi Enterprise Group: China investigates major shadow bank for 'crimes' (www.bbc.com)
Zhongzhi Enterprise Group (ZEG) has an asset management arm that at its peak reportedly handled more than a trillion yuan ($139bn; £110bn)....
UK spends more financing inequality in favour of rich than rest of Europe, report finds (www.theguardian.com)
Storm in occupied Crimea leaves half a million people without power (www.pravda.com.ua)
Rishi Sunak agreed migrant deal, Suella Braverman's allies say (www.bbc.com)
South Korea: Man gets 14-month jail term for praising North in poem (www.bbc.com)
Iran sues newspaper for publishing morality guard documents (www.dw.com)
Drone Attack at Myanmar-China Border Gate Causes Over $14m in Losses (www.irrawaddy.com)
Kenya to begin privatisation drive, offers stakes in 11 companies (www.reuters.com)
India aims to triple coal output from underground mines (www.argusmedia.com)
China leads Asia market declines as property stocks plunge; Japan service inflation heats up (www.cnbc.com)
Asia-Pacific stocks fell on Monday as the Chinese market dropped due to a decline in property firms, while Japan’s service inflation surged to a 45-month high....
US pushes for extension of Gaza pause, but the possibility of war raging again looms large (www.cnn.com)
The fragile pause in Israel’s onslaught against Hamas in Gaza, which has enabled the release so far of 58 hostages, has been surprisingly enduring given that neither side is in direct contact and each is bent on obliterating the other....
US destroyer has ballistic missiles fired toward it, after responding to attack on commercial tanker (www.cnn.com)
Two ballistic missiles were fired from Houthi rebel-controlled Yemen toward a US warship in the Gulf of Aden, after the US Navy responded to a distress call from a commercial tanker that had been seized by armed individuals, the US military said Sunday....
