A week after an alleged coup attempt in Bolivia, confusion and conspiracy theories reign (apnews.com)
LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) — A plan to stage a coup against Bolivia’s president was not what Gen. Tomás Peña y Lillo was expecting when he entered the military headquarters in La Paz last Wednesday....
Brazil’s Bolsonaro indicted for alleged money laundering for undeclared diamonds from Saudi Arabia (apnews.com)
SAO PAULO (AP) — The indictment of former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro for money laundering and criminal association in connection with undeclared diamonds from Saudi Arabia marked the far-right leader’s second formal accusation, with more potentially in store....
Fierce fighting breaks out as militias launch new attacks against regime in Myanmar’s civil war (apnews.com)
BANGKOK (AP) — New fighting has broken out in northeastern Myanmar, bringing an end to a Chinese-brokered cease-fire and putting pressure on the military regime as it faces attacks from resistance forces on multiple fronts in the country’s civil war....
Man who stabbed South Korea’s opposition leader sentenced to 15 years in prison (apnews.com)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A man who stabbed South Korea’s opposition leader in the neck earlier this year was sentenced to 15 years in prison on Friday, court officials said....
Afghanistan has been through everything. Now it wants to dust off its postal service and modernize (apnews.com)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — In parts of Afghanistan where there are no street names or house numbers, utility companies and their customers have adopted a creative approach for connecting. They use mosques as drop points for bills and cash, a “pay and pray” system....
NATO leaders will vow to pour weapons into Ukraine for another year, but membership is off the table (apnews.com)
BRUSSELS (AP) — NATO leaders plan to pledge next week to keep pouring arms and ammunition into Ukraine at current levels for at least another year, hoping to reassure the war-ravaged country of their ongoing support and show Russian President Vladimir Putin that they will not walk away....
Reformist Masoud Pezeshkian wins Iran presidential election (www.theguardian.com)
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Increasingly Isolated US Leans on Anglophone Countries Instead of Policy Changes (truthout.org)
Russia forces adult content creator & hook-up app user to help entrap gay men (www.lgbtqnation.com)
Poop in the Seine, Packed Trains, Convoluted QR Codes -- Is Paris Ready for the Olympics? (www.rollingstone.com)
Ex-president of Brazil Jair Bolsonaro could face money-laundering charges (www.theguardian.com)
Nigel Farage, Right-Wing Disrupter, Elected to Parliament for the First Time (www.nytimes.com)
Despite war and sanctions, Russia becomes a high-income economy (economictimes.indiatimes.com)
Despite sanctions by Western countries against Russia due to the Ukraine war, the country has become a high-income economy from an upper-middle income economy. In its latest rankings, the World Bank has promoted the Russian economy to the top income category.
Spain introduces porn passport to stop kids from watching smut (www.politico.eu)
The Spanish government has a plan to prevent kids from watching porn online: Meet the porn passport....
Chinese companies must prevent their arms, drones from being used in Israeli international crimes (euromedmonitor.org)
Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor emphasises that companies, including Autel Robotics—a Chinese electronics and drone manufacturer—must comply with international law. They should take immediate action if they know or reasonably should know that their products are being used for serious violations. Euro-Med specifically urges...
Viktor Orbán visits Vladimir Putin to condemnation from fellow EU leaders (www.theguardian.com)
Viktor Orbán, Europe’s most pro-Russian leader, met Vladimir Putin at the Kremlin on Friday on a rare trip to Russia that drew strong condemnation from other European leaders....
Time running out for Ukrainians fleeing Russia's advance (www.reuters.com)
In the devastated eastern Ukrainian town of Toretsk, time is running out for anyone wanting to leave....
Andrew Tate can leave Romania while awaiting trial, court rules (www.theguardian.com)
The controversial social media influencer Andrew Tate will be allowed to leave Romania while awaiting trial on charges of human trafficking, a court has ruled....
Putin calls Taliban Russia's 'ally' in combating terrorism | The Express Tribune (tribune.com.pk)
Europe is Quietly Debating a Nuclear Future Without the US (www.politico.com)
Ever since the advent of nuclear arms, Europe has been protected by an American nuclear umbrella. It was the United States that promised NATO allies that any nuclear aggression by the Soviet Union, and later, by Russia, would be answered with a barrage of U.S. missiles....
Paris Olympics organizers unveil backup plans for triathlon and marathon swimming in Seine (apnews.com)
The organizing committee for the Paris Olympics has unveiled backup plans for open-water events if the Seine River is deemed unsuitable for swimming....
Russia: Putin critic Kara-Murza taken to hospital, says wife (www.dw.com)
A look at how settlements have grown in the West Bank over the years (apnews.com)
Israel has approved the largest seizure of land in the occupied West Bank in over three decades, according to Peace Now, an Israeli anti-settlement monitoring group. It is the latest step by Israel’s hard-line government meant to cement Israel’s control over the territory and prevent the establishment of an independent...
Pinkwashing explained: How Israel leverages gay rights to put a ‘progressive veneer atop atrocity’ (ricochet.media)
Last November, Israel’s official social media accounts shared a photo of a smiling Israeli soldier proudly holding a rainbow flag amid the rubble in Gaza, where over 10,000 Palestinians – mostly women and children – had been killed in the weeks following October 7....