Argentina To Pay IMF Debt With Chinese and Latin American Loans (www.telesurenglish.net)
On Monday, Economy Minister Sergio Massa announced that Argentina will pay US$2.7 billion to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) through resources obtained via an agreement with China and a loan from the Development Bank of Latin America (CAF)....
‘Word of God’: Why Muslims are opposed to the burning of the Quran (www.aljazeera.com)
Demonstrations have been held in several Muslim countries in recent weeks in response to the repeated desecration and burning of the Quran in Sweden and Denmark....
Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 521 (www.aljazeera.com)
Here is the situation on Saturday, July 29, 2023....
Study Suggests Social Media Doesn’t Fuel Polarization (politicalwire.com)
Hilariously it wasn’t easy finding a source that wasn’t bias or factually off.
Typhoon Doksuri shuts businesses, grounds flights in Taiwan (www.reuters.com)
TAIPEI, July 27 (Reuters) - Southern Taiwan on Thursday shut businesses and schools while airlines cancelled hundreds of flights amid warnings of landslides and floods as Typhoon Doksuri churned past the island en route to China where it will make landfall later this week....
Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 514 (www.aljazeera.com)
Russian President Vladimir Putin said Kyiv’s counteroffensive was failing despite military and financial support from Western countries. “Neither the colossal resources that have been pumped into the Kyiv regime nor the supplies of Western weapons, tanks, artillery, armoured vehicles and missiles are helping,” he said....
Tesla's CEO optimistic on progress for self-driving, robots (www.reuters.com)
Microsoft hit with EU antitrust complaint by German rival (www.reuters.com)
UK battles to reverse EU endorsement of ‘Islas Malvinas’ name (archive.is)
Palestinian president visits Jenin refugee camp after devastating Israeli attack (morningstaronline.co.uk)
The Greenland shark’s slow swim through deep time — and into possible extinction (www.dailymaverick.co.za)
Thousands told to evacuate as mudslides, floods kill one in Japan (www.aljazeera.com)
UN agencies condemn increase in sexual violence in Sudan (www.middleeastmonitor.com)
Hungary expects new reactors to be built by Rosatom in Paks by 2030, 2031 -minister (www.reuters.com)
Israeli soldiers kill several Hamas fighters at start of raid on Al Shifa hospital (www.reuters.com)
Myanmar army faces a new challenge as an armed ethnic group opens a new front in a western state (apnews.com)
North Korea lashes out at U.N. Command over meeting in Seoul (www.reuters.com)
Wegovy's heart benefits due to more than weight loss, Novo says (www.reuters.com)
Rapid urbanisation is stoking paranormal anxieties in China | Aeon Essays | Ghostarchive (ghostarchive.org)
Do you believe in ghosts?
Beijing confirms Chinese casualties in Myanmar clashes (timesofindia.indiatimes.com)
Stage set for conflict at COP28 with mixed response to outcome of key climate talks (apnews.com)
Tense negotiations at the final meeting on a climate-related loss and damages fund — an international fund to help poor countries hit hard by a warming planet — ended Saturday in Abu Dhabi, with participants agreeing that the World Bank would temporarily host the fund for the next four years....
The proposal of the minister of intelligence: transfer of Gaza residents to Sinai (www.calcalist.co.il)
The proposal of the minister of intelligence: transfer of Gaza residents to Sinai...
Israeli tanks enter Gaza to 'prepare battlefield' as ground invasion looms (www.itv.com)
Genocidal Rape The Tigray Conflict and Women’s Bodies as a Battleground - Kujenga Amani (kujenga-amani.ssrc.org)
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