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Man puts his head in Geneva's famous water jet, currently in hospital (euro.dayfr.com)

Apparently he didn’t learn the first time and went back for more

BRICS invites six countries including Saudi Arabia, Iran to be new members (www.reuters.com)

A former principal of an Australian Jewish school sentenced to 15 years for child sex abuse (apnews.com)

Malka Leifer, 56, must serve at least 11 years and six months of the sentence before she can be considered for early release. As soon as she is released from a Victoria state prison, she will likely be deported to her native Israel....

Prigozhin plane crash live updates: Kremlin silent on mercenary chief's fate (www.nbcnews.com)

Police arrest pastor accused of molesting 8 North Korean defector children (www.nknews.org)

South Korean police on Tuesday arrested a pastor who is under investigation for allegedly sexually assaulting North Korean defector children, according to investigators.

Pakistan antiterror court allows ex-PM Imran Khan’s arrest over May riots (www.aljazeera.com)

Rise of Local Family Policy Addressing Japan's Population Decline (www.stoppopulationdecline.org)

UK carries out first-ever womb transplant as sister donates uterus (www.aljazeera.com)

The uterus transplant took place in a surgery that lasted more than nine hours at a hospital in Oxford....

Ukraine running out of options to retake significant territory (www.washingtonpost.com)

MPs Call for Former Guantanamo Detainee Ravil Mingazov to be Reunited with His Family in the UK (www.thecanary.co)

Firefighters in Greece struggle to contain wildfire near Athens (www.aljazeera.com)

Blazes break out on the outskirts of the capital, forcing more evacuations.

Singapore Called On to Stop Feeding Myanmar Junta’s War Machine (www.irrawaddy.com)

African Union preparing for inter-Sudanese dialogue - Dabanga Radio TV Online (www.dabangasudan.org)

Reclaiming Control: The Internet Archive Empowers People. Gatekeepers Keep Suing (www.techdirt.com)

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Ukraine’s Forces and Firepower Are Misallocated, U.S. Officials Say (www.nytimes.com)

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German Cabinet approves law easing gender, name changes (www.dw.com)

The German government has approved a law of self-determination allowing people to change their gender and name more easily.

US slap sanctions on formerly CIA-backed Syrian rebels (responsiblestatecraft.org)

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Tecnologie di sorveglianza Huawei all'Afghanistan (formiche.net)

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Heritage Minister says Meta news block endangers lives as Canadians flee wildfires (www.thecanadianpressnews.ca)

Canada's Heritage Minister redoubled her calls for Meta to end its ban on Canadian news content on Facebook and Instagram on Saturday as thousands of Canadians continued their rush to escape wildfires ravaging British Columbia and the Northwest Territories.

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