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.
Upheavals in Xi's world spread concern about China's diplomacy (www.reuters.com)
Speculation grows over whereabouts of China's Defense Minister Li Shangfu (www.cnn.com)
Russia and India are landing on the moon next week. Here's what you need to know (www.npr.org)
Russia and India are just days away from attempting to land robotic missions near the south pole of the moon....
Ukraine war: Western armour struggles against Russian defences (www.bbc.com)
The general in charge of Ukraine’s stuttering counter-offensive in the south has said Russian defences are making it difficult for military equipment, including Western tanks and armoured vehicles, to move forward....
Revealed: Saudi Arabia’s $6bn spend on ‘sportswashing’ (www.theguardian.com)
Saudi Arabia has spent at least $6.3bn (£4.9bn) in sports deals since early 2021, more than quadruple the previous amount spent over a six-year period, in what critics have labelled an effort to distract from its human rights record....
Ukraine deserved better from Nato | Letters (www.theguardian.com)
The Vilnius summit could have achieved much more, if only the political willpower had allowed it
Egypt's Health Ministry has sent a medical convoy to conduct tests and provide treatment after 67 people were infected by an unknown virus in a village in the south of the country. (www.msn.com)
The infections have caused mild to moderate symptoms in most cases, including high fever, bone pain and fatigue lasting three to five days in all cases, the health ministry said on Monday. Vomiting and nausea have also been reported in some cases....
150 Bangladesh garment factories shut, 11,000 workers charged (www.straitstimes.com)
Know their names. (www.aljazeera.com)
