Rishi Sunak to sign UK-India trade deal without binding worker or environment pledges (www.politico.eu)
One in 18 babies born in Australia are conceived via IVF, latest data shows (www.theguardian.com)
The 102,157 cycles of IVF performed in 2021 was a 17% increase on 2020, with an average of two cycles for each woman.
Arson attacks at schools in Belgium are believed to be connected to a controversial sex ed program (apnews.com)
Two people detained in China for allegedly damaging Great Wall with excavator (www.cnn.com)
Two people have been detained in China after allegedly damaging a section of the Great Wall in the northern Shanxi province with an excavator, according to state broadcaster CCTV....
China's Evergrande files for bankruptcy | CNN (www.cnn.com)
China’s property crisis deepens as developer Country Garden at risk of default (www.theguardian.com)
Scientists invent new resorbable biomaterials for implantable medical devices (phys.org)
China exports see biggest drop for three years (www.bbc.com)
Bear escapes from crate in plane’s cargo hold at Dubai airport (www.theguardian.com)
Pakistan train derailment kills more than a dozen (www.dw.com)
At least 15 people were killed and dozens others injured when a train derailed in Pakistan’s southern Sindh province, officials said....
Deadly communal violence flares in India a month before world leader summit (edition.cnn.com)
Global South Countries Need a New Legal Framework for Debt Relief (jacobin.com)
Global South countries currently seek debt relief at forums like the IMF and G20, where wealthy nations’ interests dominate the conversation. Low-income economies need a forum where they can collaborate to solve urgent problems rather than begging for relief....
Orban doubles down at EU summit to defend meeting Putin. One leader calls it a very wrong message (apnews.com)
If a warm handshake with Russian President Vladimir Putin weren’t provocative enough, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban went into an EU summit Thursday saying he was right to meet the EU’s foremost enemy and that most of the other leaders were wrong....
Russia calls Gaza hospital attack war crime, says US ultimately responsible (www.aa.com.tr)
Blinken says Israeli actions are not retailatory but defensive (www.cnn.com)
Iran's Ayatollah Khamenei Trolls Israel in Unprecedented Hebrew Tweet (www.newsweek.com)
Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has taken aim at Israel over social media in a first-ever Hebrew-language message posted on X, formerly Twitter, as the country continues to battle with a comprehensive attack launched by Hamas over the weekend....
Arab League chief heads to Moscow for talks after Hamas attack on Israel (www.reuters.com)
Arab League Chief Ahmed Aboul Gheit headed to Moscow on Sunday for talks with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on the situation in Gaza after Palestinian Islamist group Hamas launched the biggest attack on Israel in years....
Pro-China candidate Mohamed Muizzu wins Maldives presidency, upending relationship with India (www.theguardian.com)
Multiple fatalities after two shootings in Dutch city, police say (www.cnn.com)
AI-generated naked child images shock Spanish town of Almendralejo - BBC News (www.bbc.com)
Singapore may double parental leave (www.stoppopulationdecline.org)
Indian Military Studying ‘Options’ if China Invades Taiwan (www.thedefensepost.com)
The Indian military is studying potential responses in case near-peer adversary China launches a full-scale invasion of Taiwan....
Myanmar Junta sentences Photo journalist to 20 years in prison (myanmar-now.org)
BRICS summit: Leaders eye expansion, common currency (www.dw.com)
Xi calls for accelerating BRICS expansion...
Thousands at Scout camp move into hotels after S Korea heatwave (www.bbc.com)
The British group of 4,500, the largest in attendance, is moving from a camp site at Saemangeum to Seoul, the Scout Association confirmed....
