Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon falls to lowest level since 2017 (www.aljazeera.com)
Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon fell in July to its lowest level for the month since 2017, according to preliminary government figures....
Zoo Denies Viral Claims Its Bears Are ‘Humans in Disguise’ (www.thedailybeast.com)
A zoo in China has denied allegations that its bears are actually humans wearing elaborate costumes after images of the animals standing up on two legs went viral online. The Hangzhou Zoo in eastern China explained on its social media account on Monday that sun bears from Malaysia are smaller and look different to other ursine...
Polarised Spain eyes the hard-right ahead of election (www.bbc.com)
The most likely government to emerge - most analysts predict - will be a coalition including a hard-right nationalist party for the first time in Spain since the death of fascist dictator Francisco Franco in 1975....
Germany approves global minimum corporate tax (www.reuters.com)
German Journalists Detained by Israeli Soldiers: 'Held Us at Gunpoint and Asked if We Were Jewish' (www.haaretz.com)
A sex education program causes controversy in Belgium. Schools are burning, the country is worried (apnews.com)
Evergrande shares plunge as much as 87% as trading resumes after 17 months (www.cnbc.com)
China Evergrande Group last traded on the Hong Kong exchange on March 18, 2022 at 1.65 Hong Kong dollars ($0.13) per share, before being suspended on March 21....
China blames Canada for ‘malicious, provocative’ moves after close midair intercepts over South China Sea (www.cnn.com)
China has accused Canada of carrying out “malicious and provocative” actions in the South China Sea, after the Canadian Navy said Chinese fighter jets endangered a helicopter in two close intercepts above international waters....
Open source intelligence suggests rocket was launched by Palestinian group, backing up Israel's claims (www.telegraph.co.uk)
Egypt warned Israel days before Hamas struck, US committee chairman says (www.bbc.com)
Russia facing ‘functional defeat’ in the Black Sea – but Kyiv allies warn they are running out of ammunition (www.independent.co.uk)
Ukraine has achieved the “functional defeat” of Vladimir Putin’s prized Black Sea fleet with intensified attacks in recent weeks, a UK defence minister has suggested – but warned that Western allies are running out of ammunition to help Kyiv repel Russia’s invasion....
Sweden’s leader turns to the military for help as gang violence escalates (apnews.com)
Sweden’s prime minister on Thursday said that he’s summoned the head of the military to discuss how the armed forces can help police deal with an unprecedented crime wave that has shocked the country with almost daily shootings and bombings....
Portugal’s bid to attract foreign money backfires as rental market goes ‘crazy’ (www.theguardian.com)
Abortion restrictions in Russia spark outrage as the country takes a conservative turn (apnews.com)
TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Despite its last-minute scheduling, the meeting at a bookstore in Russia’s westernmost city of Kaliningrad still drew about 60 people, with many outraged by a lawmaker’s efforts to ban abortions in local private clinics....
President of Detroit synagogue found stabbed to death outside home, police say (edition.cnn.com)
North Korea provided Russia with weapons, White House says (archive.ph)
Israeli strikes flatten buildings, mosques in Gaza (www.aljazeera.com)
At least 313 Palestinians have been killed as Israel struck 426 targets in Gaza, its military said, flattening residential buildings in giant explosions....
Dozens of cats left to die in Abu Dhabi desert, prompting outcry (www.cnn.com)
The Taliban are entrenched in Afghanistan after 2 years of rule. Women and girls pay the price (apnews.com)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The Taliban have settled in as rulers of Afghanistan, two years after they seized power as U.S. and NATO forces withdrew from the country following two decades of war....
Bacteria found in bento box lunches in Japan that poisoned nearly 400 people (www.thesundaily.my)
Ukraine’s top general: War with Russia has reached stalemate (www.politico.eu)
‘There will most likely be no deep and beautiful breakthrough,’ says Valery Zaluzhny....
‘There’s Such a Slaughter!’ – Russian Soldier Reveals Horrific Losses Near Ivanivka (www.kyivpost.com)
Gaza authorities say 700 Palestinians killed in overnight strikes as Israel intensifies bombing campaign (www.reuters.com)
GAZA/JERUSALEM, Oct 24 (Reuters) - More than 700 Palestinians were killed in overnight Israeli air strikes, Gaza’s health ministry said on Tuesday, the highest 24-hour death toll since Israel began a bombing campaign to crush Hamas militants who stunned the country with a deadly Oct. 7 attack....
Powerful quake in Morocco kills more than 1,000 people and damages historic buildings in Marrakech (apnews.com)
Greece starts limiting Acropolis daily visitors to tackle overtourism (www.cnn.com)
One of Greece’s most famous landmarks is trialing limiting its daily visitors, starting today....
