US intelligence believes Putin probably didn't order Navalny to be killed, Wall Street Journal reports (www.reuters.com)
The Diplomatic Path to a Secure Ukraine (quincyinst.org)
Conventional wisdom holds that a negotiated end to the Ukraine war is neither possible nor desirable. This belief is false....
Opposition Leader Threatens to Topple Israeli Government if Captive Release Deal Rejected (thecradle.co)
Shafik authorizes NYPD to sweep ‘Gaza Solidarity Encampment,’ officers in riot gear arrest over 100 (www.columbiaspectator.com)
Ukraine’s $61 bln lifeline is not enough (www.reuters.com)
Russia arrests more journalists in intensifying crackdown on dissent (www.washingtonpost.com)
Russia has arrested two Russian journalists on “extremism” charges in recent days, the latest moves in a continuing crackdown targeting independent reporters and media outlets. A third Russian journalist, with Forbes Russia, was charged with publishing what authorities called “fake news.”...
American allies worry the U.S. is growing less dependable, whether Trump or Biden wins (www.washingtontimes.com)
Chinese ‘settle in’ at Cambodian naval base (www.bangkokpost.com)
Tensions Flare Between Myanmar Ethnic Armed Groups in Shan State Town (www.irrawaddy.com)
Western banks in Russia paid €800mn in taxes to Kremlin last year (www.ft.com)
NATO aircraft activated after waves of Russian strikes (www.newsweek.com)
Putin sends horror warning as Russian exhibit shows off captured NATO equipment (www.express.co.uk)
Schools closed, warnings issued as Asia swelters in extreme heatwave (www.channelnewsasia.com)
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Plastics industry brings its sales pitch to global treaty talks (www.nationalobserver.com)
This is how the war could have ended in April 2022 (www.focus.de)
military neutrality...
Jordan van den Berg: The 'Robin Hood' TikToker taking on Australian landlords (www.bbc.com)
Air China to buy 100 locally made C919 jets in $11 billion deal (www.japantimes.co.jp)
China’s Xi says the U.S. needs to accept Beijing’s rise for bilateral relations to improve (www.cnbc.com)
Nearly 75% of journalists killed in 2023 died in Israel’s war on Gaza: CPJ (www.aljazeera.com)
Seventy-two of the 99 journalists killed worldwide in 2023 were Palestinians reporting on Israel’s war on Gaza, making those 12 months the deadliest for the media in almost a decade, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ)....
Daughter of prominent Palestinian poet killed in Israeli airstrike in Gaza (www.cnn.com)
Shaima Refaat Alareer, the daughter of a prominent Palestinian poet, was killed alongside her family in an Israeli airstrike on a house west of Gaza City on Friday, according to multiple sources, four months after her father died in a similar attack....
PFLP says it will target British forces if they are deployed in Gaza (www.middleeasteye.net)
Marxist-Leninist group warns that UK and other foreign troops will be treated as ‘occupation forces’ if they enter Palestinian territory...
Ghana Signs Deal With China For The Construction Of HPR1000 Nuclear Power Project (energynewsafrica.com)
South Korean military set to ban iPhones over ‘security’ concerns (www.straitstimes.com)
Saved from her dead mother's womb, baby Sabreen was laid to rest in a mournful and sometimes angry funeral (www.nbcnews.com)
