China's Q3 GDP growth shows economic recovery gaining traction (www.reuters.com)
Mohamed Muizzu wins Maldives election in victory for pro-China camp (www.aljazeera.com)
Mohamed Muizzu has won the presidential election in the Maldives after a second-round run-off against incumbent Ibrahim Mohamed Solih, which was seen as a test of the Indian Ocean archipelago’s nascent democracy as well as its ties with China and traditional benefactor India....
Auckland Zoning Reforms: Lower Price Increases & Increased Density (www.stoppopulationdecline.org)
India-Canada Diplomatic Row: Brief History of Khalistan Movement in Canada | EXPLAINED - News18 (www.news18.com)
Vancouver City Council Unanimously Agreed on Zoning Changes (www.stoppopulationdecline.org)
A Mexican ufologist claims to show 2 alien corpses to Mexico's Congress (www.npr.org)
Who wants to believe with me?
Caste matters The caste of a chair (scroll.in)
How oppressive upper castes in an Indian state's local governments (Tamil Nadu’s panchayats) use chairs and the protocols surrounding them to discriminate against Dalit women presidents.
UK’s Sunak plans to skip UN General Assembly in September (www.miamiherald.com)
Building a digital army: UN peacekeepers fight deadly disinformation (news.un.org)
India, China, and Iran set up pavilions at Army 2023 in Moscow (www.thehindu.com)
Pakistan: Convoy of 23 Chinese engineers attacked in Balochistan (www.businesstoday.in)
Myanmar Generals’ Favorite Overseas Bank to Cut Ties Next Month: Report (www.irrawaddy.com)
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Drought in Spain empties reservoirs, forces limits on water use (www.reuters.com)
Ukraine war: Five killed in Russian missile strike eastern Ukraine, officials say (www.bbc.com)
Chandrayaan-3 Lunar Insertion Successful, Next Orbit Reduction Scheduled for Aug 6 - News18 (www.news18.com)
Nigerian labour unions begin strike against fuel price hike, cost of living (www.aljazeera.com)
Protesters have pushed down the gate of Nigeria’s National Assembly in Abuja as a nationwide strike called by labour unions got under way to protest the removal of a petrol subsidy and demand a new minimum wage....
South Africa opposition urges Brics leaders to boycott summit in support of Putin (www.scmp.com)
South Africa’s radical leftist opposition party on Saturday urged the leaders of China, India and Brazil to boycott the Brics summit in Johannesburg next month in solidarity with Russia’s Vladimir Putin, who will not be attending....
India, Manipur genocide : ‘The next Kashmir’; On Manipur ground zero, ‘rising’ bullet prices, armed youth at police bunkers (www.newslaundry.com)
Self-proclaimed ‘village volunteers’ are armed with weapons sourced from the black market and looted from police armouries.
Manipur violence: What is happening and why (www.bbc.com)
Ethnic violence has plunged the small Indian state of Manipur into what many have dubbed a state of civil war as the two largest groups, the majority Meitei and minority Kuki, battle over land and influence....