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Germany: Factory output plunges amid economic gloom (www.dw.com)

Germany’s industrial output fell for a second consecutive month in June, figures published on Monday show, with a drop of 1.5% far wider than the previous month’s slip of 0.1%....

Ex-Pakistan PM Imran Khan Arrested After Being Sentenced To 3 Years In Jail; Disqualified For 5 Years (www.freepressjournal.in)

Venezuela Recalls 23rd Anniversary of Chavez's Relegitimization (www.telesurenglish.net)

On Sunday, the Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro commemorated the 23rd anniversary of the general elections in which Commander Hugo Chavez was re-legitimized as president....

Locals vow to keep fighting to save a forest in southwest Turkey after the chainsaws finish work (apnews.com)

The protest at Akbelen is the latest stand-off in Turkey between environmentalists and developers uprooting green areas for mines, quarries and other projects....

India, Manipur genocide : "The message is clear and simple. " (nitter.net)

"The message is clear and simple. This rally under the aegis of COCOMI, a civil society who declared an open war against the Kukis, isn't for Peace and building trust between different communities in the state, especially with the Kukis, but a war cry to totally annihilate Kukis from Manipur. "

Saudi Arabian F-15SA fighter jet crashes during exercise, killing crew aboard (news.yahoo.com)

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A Saudi F-15SA fighter jet crashed during a training exercise Wednesday, killing the crew on board, the kingdom said....

'Systematic, Pre-mediated': Rishi Sunak's Special Envoy Raises Manipur Violence In House Of Commons (www.outlookindia.com)

The remarks come days after the sexual harassment of two tribal women in Manipur came to light. The European Parliament earlier adopted a motion on the ongoing ethnic violence in Manipur, denouncing “in the strongest terms nationalistic rhetoric deployed by leading members of the BJP party”

Liberia counts votes in presidential runoff as many hope for change (www.reuters.com)

Special votes mean National and ACT will likely lose their majority (theconversation.com)

UK will wait and see if China attends AI summit, says Sunak (www.irishnews.com)

Israel's spin about hospital massacre quickly comes apart (electronicintifada.net)

Sowing confusion to deflect blame is Tel Aviv's usual propaganda strategy.

Ireland may pay to not accept migrants from other parts of the EU, says Taoiseach Leo Varadkar (www.independent.ie)

Ireland’s wild data is leaving economists stumped (archive.is)

Ukraine ready to boycott Olympic Games if Russia and Belarus take part in competition- Ukrainian Prime Minister (www.pravda.com.ua)

HSBC exec apologizes after calling the UK 'weak' for following US lead over China | CNN Business (www.cnn.com)

US should drop pursuit of ‘American primacy’ in Southeast Asia, report urges (www.scmp.com)

The US should abandon the idea of “American primacy” if it hopes to counter China’s sway in the “multi-actor” Southeast Asia region, the Asia Society has urged in a new report....

Six killed in blast near Damascus Shia shrine ahead of Ashura (www.aljazeera.com)

At least six people have been killed and more than 20 wounded after a bomb exploded near a Shia Muslim shrine south of the Syrian capital Damascus a day ahead of Ashura – a day of mourning observed by Shia Muslims, according to the interior ministry....

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