Soldiers Surrender, Bases Fall and a Powerful Army No Longer Seems Invincible (www.wsj.com)
Hungary's Orban takes hard line on Ukraine before EU summit (www.reuters.com)
Miss Nicaragua pageant director quits following treason accusations (www.wionews.com)
70% of UK doesn't want Rishi Sunak to be PM any longer, poll shows (www.hindustantimes.com)
‘Back to work plan’ leads to tighter immigration norms in UK (timesofindia.indiatimes.com)
Taiwanese pilot planned to defect to mainland China with US-made army helicopter, court told - The Korea Times (www.koreatimes.co.kr)
Thai MP convicted for posts insulting the monarchy (www.bbc.com)
Crackdown on ‘foreign interventions’ decried by Hungarian media (www.theguardian.com)
The world came tantalizingly close to a deal to phase out fossil fuels (www.theverge.com)
Millions infected with dengue this year in new record as hotter temperatures cause virus to flare (apnews.com)
Dengue is sweeping across the Western Hemisphere in numbers not seen since record-keeping began more than four decades ago, with experts warning that rising temperatures and rapid urbanization are accelerating the pace of infections....
Wales' First Minister Mark Drakeford resigns (www.bbc.co.uk)
He has stood down with immediate effect
In sea change for Poland, new government is sworn in | Reuters (www.reuters.com)
Security breach in Indian parliament, man jumps into lawmakers's area (www.reuters.com)
Usman Khawaja: Cricket Australia warns batter against making Gaza message (www.bbc.com)
New Florida law blocks Chinese students from academic labs (www.science.org)
Nations at Climate Summit Agree to Move Away From Fossil Fuels (www.nytimes.com)
For the first time since nations began meeting three decades ago to tackle climate change, diplomats from nearly 200 countries agreed to a global pact that explicitly calls for “transitioning away from fossil fuels” like oil, gas and coal that are dangerously heating the planet....
New Argentinian President Says Adios to Argentina’s Ministry of Culture (www.artnews.com)
Russia's new Black Sea naval base alarms Georgia (www.bbc.com)
Western support for Ukraine is wearing thin (english.elpais.com)
WHO calls on governments for urgent action to invest in Universal Health Coverage (www.who.int)
The World Health Organization (WHO) has published the 2023 global health expenditure report, which sheds new light on the evolution of global health spending at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic....
Quarter of world’s freshwater fish at risk of extinction, according to assessment (www.theguardian.com)
Nearly a quarter of the world’s freshwater fish are at risk of extinction due to global heating, overfishing and pollution, according to an expert assessment....
Russia has lost 87% of troops it had prior to start of Ukraine war, according to US intelligence assessment (www.cnn.com)
Russia has lost a staggering 87 percent of the total number of active-duty ground troops it had prior to launching its invasion of Ukraine and two-thirds of its pre-invasion tanks, a source familiar with a declassified US intelligence assessment provided to Congress told CNN....