U.S. airs concerns to China about 'dangerous and unlawful' South China Sea actions (japantoday.com)
The United States and China held “candid” talks on maritime issues on Friday, including on the contested South China Sea, and the U.S. side underscored its concerns about “dangerous and unlawful” Chinese actions there, the U.S. State Department said....
Germany's far-left star quits post-Communists to found populist party (www.reuters.com)
Former Albanian prime minister says he’s charged with corruption and money laundering in land deal (apnews.com)
Albania’s former prime minister Sali Berisha said Saturday that prosecutors charged him with corruption and money laundering in connection with a land deal involving a Tirana property.
US Pressing Israel to Delay Gaza Invasion to Win Hostage Release (www.bloomberg.com)
US and European governments have been putting pressure on Israel to delay its ground invasion of Gaza to buy time for secret talks underway via Qatar to win the release of hostages held by Hamas, according to people familiar with the efforts....
Gaza conflict: How children's lives are affected on every level (phys.org)
Doubs river disappearing in drought-hit France (www.todayonline.com)
Erdogan says Turkey will ramp up diplomacy in Israeli-Palestinian conflict (www.reuters.com)
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Sunday that Turkey was determined to ramp up diplomatic efforts to achieve calm in the fighting between Israeli and Palestinian forces, but added that a two-state solution was the only way to achieve regional peace....
Inflated rents, high interest rates and lack of supply create European housing crisis (www.france24.com)
Pro-Russian ex-PM Fico wins Slovak election, needs allies for government (www.reuters.com)
Indian authorities rush to contain a deadly Nipah virus outbreak in Kerala (www.cnn.com)
A state in southern India is taking measures to contain an outbreak of the Nipah virus after two people died from the rare and often deadly disease, shutting schools and testing hundreds to prevent its spread....
Morocco survivors seek aid as quake toll of 2,000 seen likely to rise (www.reuters.com)
Survivors of Morocco’s deadliest earthquake in more than six decades struggled to find food and water on Sunday as the search for the missing continued in hard-to-reach villages and the death toll of more than 2,000 seemed likely to rise further....
Ukraine strains to safely operate nuclear power plants while under Russian invasion (www.npr.org)
ABCNews: Iceland says commercial whaling can resume after temporary ban (abcnews.go.com)
Liberia to concede territory to UAE firm in carbon offset deal (www.middleeasteye.net)
Leaked information alerts Liberian campaigners to secret deal that would give UAE firm blanket rights over 10 percent of Liberian territory. “The government was behaving as if there was no time,” Yiah told MEE....
India's Modi calls for African Union to join G20 (www.dw.com)
India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi called for the African Union to join the Group of 20 leading economies (G20) on Sunday....
Company part-owned by Estonian PM's husband continues deliveries to Russia (news.err.ee)
Ironic how she was one of the big proponents of collective guilt yet she claims she didn’t know her family was doing buisness with Russia
Russian dam collapse due to heavy rains cuts off cargo rail link to far east (www.seafoodsource.com)
New photo from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope reveals the colors of Earendel, the farthest star ever detected (12ft.io)
Leave no trace: Finland removes litter bins from national parks (yle.fi)
Taiwan VP a 'troublemaker' for US visit: Beijing (www.bbc.com)
China has called Taiwan’s vice president William Lai a “troublemaker” for his ongoing visit to the US....
12-year-old boy apprehended for ‘raping’ baby girl in UP’s Aligarh (indianexpress.com)
One dead after ship carrying 3,000 cars catches fire off Dutch coast (www.cnn.com)
A fire broke out on a ship off the Dutch coast with around 3,000 cars on board on Wednesday, killing one person and injuring several others, the coastguard said....
Russian special forces kill gunman who broke into private house near Moscow (www.scmp.com)
Russian security forces on Saturday killed a heavily armed gunman who broke into a private house in the suburbs of Moscow and fired at them, reportedly threatening to march on the Kremlin....
