Revealed: Saudi Arabia’s $6bn spend on ‘sportswashing’ (www.theguardian.com)
Saudi Arabia has spent at least $6.3bn (£4.9bn) in sports deals since early 2021, more than quadruple the previous amount spent over a six-year period, in what critics have labelled an effort to distract from its human rights record....
Obama family chef dies in paddleboarding accident on Martha's Vineyard (www.latimes.com)
Putin Signs Gender Reassignment Ban Into Law (www.themoscowtimes.com)
India, Manipur genocide : ‘A pen can do more harm than a gun’ (www.newslaundry.com)
In Manipur’s major newspapers, attacks by ‘Kuki militants’ are top news, deepening the hills vs valley divide....
Antarctic sea ice levels dive in 'five-sigma event', as experts flag worsening consequences for planet (www.abc.net.au)
Here We Go Again: Protests, Police Platitudes, & Perturbed Politicians Over Cops' Racism & Misogynoir in Croydon (www.thecanary.co)
41 Myanmar junta members killed in Bago clash (www.mizzima.com)
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India, Manipur genocide : ‘Cops said it would be war if we go to find them’: In Imphal, families wait for 2 teens, ‘dead or alive’ (www.newslaundry.com)
Two 17-year-old students went missing near an area dominated by another community. They are feared dead but can’t trace their bodies, say cops.
US announces $400 million in security aid for Ukraine (www.reuters.com)
Big Tech Companies Are Becoming More Powerful Than Nation-States (www.commondreams.org)
Deadly global heatwaves undeniably result of climate crisis, scientists show (www.theguardian.com)
Man dies of heatstroke in east Japan while working at store without running A/C (mainichi.jp)
UTSUNOMIYA -- The Tochigi Labor Bureau announced on July 24 the work-related death of a man due to heatstroke, the first of its kind in the eastern Japan prefecture in eight years.
Sicily is burning & emergency services are buckling under the strain. At least 200 people have sought medical attention in Palermo for smoke inhalation. A hospital is threatened by fire. (www.bbc.com)
Sicily - which has already been brought to its knees by a prolonged heatwave - is battling wildfires that are threatening towns and cities across the island. Temperatures of more than 47.5C (117F) were recorded in Catania on Monday....
Pastor at kidnapped US girl's funeral in 1975 charged with her murder (www.bbc.co.uk)
Blinken says Ukraine has taken back 50% of territory that Russia seized (www.reuters.com)
Italy wildfires encircle Palermo as temperatures hit 47C (www.theguardian.com)
India, Manipur genocide : ‘His body is still in the morgue’: Two months later, Kuki woman on her brother’s murder (www.newslaundry.com)
Tax assistant Letminthang Haokip was killed on May 4 by a mob in Imphal, capital of Manipur state, India
EU-CELAC summit fails to convince Latin America to abandon neutrality (canadiandimension.com)
UN rights body conduct hearings on showbiz sexual abuse in Japan - The Mainichi (mainichi.jp)
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- A delegation of the U.N. Human Rights Council on Tuesday spoke with former members of Japan's top male talent agency Johnny & Associates Inc. who accused its late founder of sexual abuse, interviewees said.
Godwin Emefiele's downfall: How Nigeria's bank boss ended up in court (www.bbc.co.uk)
Hundreds of firefighters scramble to put out Portugal wildfire (www.reuters.com)
Travis King: How the US negotiates with North Korea (www.bbc.co.uk)
Why America Is Losing the Tech War with China (nationalinterest.org)
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