Portugal to scrap ‘unjust’ tax breaks for foreign residents (www.theguardian.com)
Serbia pulls some troops back from Kosovo border after warning from US (www.theguardian.com)
NATO’s Bulgaria finds crashed killer drone on its land (www.politico.eu)
A drone carrying an explosive device was discovered on Bulgarian territory over the weekend....
Libyan city buries 700 people killed in devastating floods as 10,000 are reported missing (apnews.com)
Libya’s eastern city of Derna has buried 700 people killed in devastating flooding and 10,000 were reported missing as rescue teams struggled to retrieve many more bodies from the horrific deluge, officials said Tuesday....
After Karan Sangwan’s viral video, yet another teacher steps up to call for support of educated politicians. (newsroompost.com)
Putin looks set to run for president in 2024 — and there's no one who can oppose him right now (www.cnbc.com)
Russian President Vladimir Putin has reportedly decided to run in the March 2024 presidential election and he’s likely to win another six-year term in office, essentially because there’s no one that can oppose him....
Domestic employee of former Indian high commissioner forced to work every day for 17.5 hours and paid just AUD$9 per day (www.abc.net.au)
Ireland’s criticism of Israel has made it an outlier in the EU. What lies behind it? | Una Mullaly (www.theguardian.com)
Ukrainian officials say Russian shelling killed a 91-year-old woman in a 'terrifying night' (apnews.com)
All three Italians missing after Hamas attack are dead, Rome says (www.reuters.com)
All of the three people with dual Italian-Israeli citizenship who went missing after the Oct. 7 attack on Israel by the Hamas militant group have died, Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani said on Monday....
Hundreds of billions of dollars held by Australians in foreign tax havens, report estimates - ABC News (www.abc.net.au)
Israel police boss threatens to send anti-war protesters to Gaza ‘on buses’ (www.aljazeera.com)
Netanyahu says Israel will ‘crush and destroy’ Hamas; every Hamas member is a ‘dead man’ (apnews.com)
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Wednesday that Israel would “crush and destroy” Hamas in response to its attack....
UN airs concerns for civilians as Israel steps up military response in Gaza to deadly Hamas attacks (apnews.com)
The United Nations, aid groups and public health experts expressed growing concerns Monday about humanitarian needs in Palestinian areas as Israel ratchets up a muscular military riposte and a lockdown of Gaza, after the weekend attack by Hamas militants who killed and kidnapped hundreds of civilians in Israel....
Food Inflation Is Still High Around the World (www.bloomberg.com)
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BBC News - Quest to bring priest charged with torture in Argentina to justice (www.bbc.co.uk)
Survivors of crimes committed by the 1970s military junta in Argentina are fighting to see a priest stand trial for his alleged role in kidnappings and torture against opponents of the regime.
Greece to train Ukrainian pilots to fly F-16 jet fighters, Zelenskyy says (www.aljazeera.com)
Greece’s offer to train Ukraine’s fighter pilots comes after Denmark and the Netherlands announced they would supply F-16s to Kyiv.
Taliban official says women lose value if their faces are visible to men in public (apnews.com)
Women lose value if men can see their uncovered faces in public, a spokesman for a key ministry of Afghanistan’s Taliban government said Thursday, adding that religious scholars in the country agree that a woman must keep her face covered when outside the home.
Europe heatwave: Temperatures to soar in Greece as fires still burn (www.bbc.com)
Greece is bracing for more intense heat this weekend, with meteorologists warning that temperatures could climb as high as 45C (113F)....
Director of UN Human Rights’ New York Office Resigns Over Israel’s Genocide in Gaza (www.moroccoworldnews.com)
Fierce fighting persists in Ukraine’s east as Kyiv reports nonstop assaults by Russia on a key city (apnews.com)
Ukrainian officials reported intense combat as Russian forces relentlessly assaulted the eastern Ukrainian city of Avdiivka for a fifth consecutive day Saturday....
Russia claims `neo-Nazis’ were at wake for Ukrainian soldier in village café where missile killed 52 (apnews.com)
Russia’s U.N. ambassador alleged Monday that “neo-Nazis” and military-age men were at the wake for a Ukrainian soldier in a village café where a missile last week killed 52 people, even as Security Council members retorted that Russia was responsible for starting the war and committing crimes....
Evergrande's chairman has been detained. The company will struggle to survive (www.cnn.com)
After defaulting on its debt two years ago, Chinese real estate developer Evergrande was meant to be restructured and allowed to get back on its feet. But that plan now looks to be in peril, after police detained its chairman as well as staff at a financing subsidiary....
France invests $1.5 billion for the 2024 Olympics in its effort to Clean up The Seine River in Paris for Aquatic Events and to Provide Residents with Areas to safely Swim in. (www.cortexreport.com)
India : Christians Attacked and Bible Torn in Church Attack in Delhi During Sunday Service (thewire.in)
A 100-strong mob surrounded the police station in Delhi’s GTB Nagar for several hours and raised provocative slogans as the pastor and injured persons reached to file their complaint.
