Thailand drops joint patrols with Chinese police after public backlash (www.reuters.com)
Blinken meets Palestinian leader in West Bank, stepping up Mideast diplomacy as Gaza war escalates (apnews.com)
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken brought his frenetic Mideast diplomatic push on the Israel-Hamas war to the occupied West Bank on Sunday, meeting with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in his latest bid to ease civilian suffering in the Gaza Strip and begin to sketch out a post-conflict scenario for the territory....
Israel's military and Hezbollah exchange fire along the tense Lebanon-Israel border (apnews.com)
Israeli warplanes conducted airstrikes along the border with Lebanon Saturday as the militant Hezbollah group attacked several Israeli army posts, including one that was struck with two large rockets....
'Replace syllabus with WhatsApp forwards': Netizens say ,as government drops evolution and pro-democractic teachings from syllabus. (www.livemint.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/7629685...
Hundreds storm airport in Russia in antisemitic riot over arrival of plane from Israel (apnews.com)
US seeks delay of Israeli ground incursion for more time for hostage talks (www.cnn.com)
The Biden administration has pressed Israel to delay its imminent invasion of Gaza to allow for the release of more hostages held by Hamas and for aid to reach Gaza, according to two sources briefed on the discussions....
YouTube is Autogenerating Videos for Songs Advocating the Expulsion of Muslims from India (www.bellingcat.com)
YouTube is autogenerating videos for “Hindutva Pop” songs, a genre affiliated anti-Muslim, right-wing Hindu extremism.
Former Stasi officer charged with 1974 Berlin Wall murder (www.bbc.com)
Israel says 1,500 Hamas militants dead after battles near Gaza (www.news.com.au)
Israel said it had largely secured the Gaza border and was evacuating nearby towns where the bodies of 1,500 Hamas militants had been recovered by Tuesday after days of gruelling battles outside the Palestinian enclave....
China's Declining Birth Rates: Maternity Wards Are Closing (stoppopulationdecline.org)
NATO's secretary-general meets with Zelenskyy to discuss battlefield and ammunition needs in Ukraine (apnews.com)
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg met with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to discuss the status of the war and needs of troops on Thursday, the day after Russia accused Ukraine’s Western allies of helping plan and conduct last week’s missile strike on the Black Sea Fleet’s headquarters on the annexed Crimean...
Egypt angry as Ethiopia fills Nile dam reservoir amid water row (www.bbc.co.uk)
UK Parliamentary researcher ‘who spied for China’ arrested (www.theguardian.com)
Two men have been arrested under the Official Secrets Act amid allegations that a parliamentary researcher spied for China....
'Don't Ask Why': South Korea grapples with back-to-back 'Mudjima' stabbings (www.bbc.com)
A knife darting out in a packed subway car. An assailant, chasing shoppers, stabbing wildly in the street....
All news in Canada will be removed from Facebook, Instagram within weeks: Meta (www.ctvnews.ca)
Canadians no longer able to share or view news articles and other content by publishers and broadcasters, including international outlets. Online News Act requires tech giants to compensate Canadian news outlets for content shared on their platforms.
China has registered the highest number of hot days over six months since records began, according to authorities, as the country confronts another record-breaking summer of blistering heat. (edition.cnn.com)
In the first half of this year, China saw an average of 4.1 high temperature days where the maximum daily temperature exceeded 35 degrees Celsius (95 degrees Fahrenheit), the highest since 1961, the National Climate Center said in a statement Sunday....
US House passes spending bill to avert government shutdown (www.reuters.com)
More protests in Bangladesh as garment workers reject pay increase (www.reuters.com)
NATO announces formal suspension of Cold War-era security treaty after Russia's pullout (apnews.com)
Xi says China's women must start 'new trend of family' (www.reuters.com)
Hurricane Otis caused 27 confirmed deaths and left 4 missing, Mexican authorities report (apnews.com)
Brazil police conduct searches targeting intelligence agency's use of tracking software (apnews.com)
Putin blames failure of US policy for Mideast conflict, Russia says talking to both sides (www.reuters.com)
Russian foreign minister attacks West as 'empire of lies' (www.cnn.com)
Inside South Africa's Operation Dudula vigilantes: 'Why we hate foreigners' (www.bbc.com)
South African vigilante group Operation Dudula has become notorious for raiding businesses belonging to foreign nationals and forcing shops to close. BBC Africa Eye has gained rare access to members of the country's most-prominent anti-migrant street movement.
