Russian teacher sentenced for telling students about war crimes in Ukraine (www.telegraph.co.uk)
Von der Leyen heads to Azerbaijan to secure new gas import deal (www.euronews.com)
Mexico to Nationalize its Lithium - Kawsachun News (kawsachunnews.com)
Germany working on defence modernisation strategy (www.reuters.com)
Handelsblatt reported that the strategy paper would include clauses that would allow an accelerated approval of the construction of arms factories in Germany, including the shortening of deadlines and limiting the possibility of objections by citizens’ initiatives.
We Volunteered at a Gaza Hospital. What We Saw Was Unspeakable. (www.politico.com)
The two of us are humanitarian surgeons. Together, in our combined 57 years of volunteering, we’ve worked on more than 40 surgical missions in developing countries on four continents. We’re used to working in disaster and war zones, of being on intimate terms with death and carnage and despair....
After spurning China for years, Brazil reveals plan to join Belt and Road Initiative (www.scmp.com)
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WSJ report alleges potential Russian arms transfer to Yemen (english.almayadeen.net)
Milwaukee Shipped in 4,500 Cops From Across the US to Suppress Protest at RNC (truthout.org)
cross-posted from: lemmygrad.ml/post/5142329...
South Korea Supreme Court recognises some rights for same-gender couples (www.thehindu.com)
South Korea’s Supreme Court ruled that the state health insurance agency should provide the same benefits to spouses in same-gender relationships as it does to those in heterosexual marriages. The ruling is final and cannot be appealed....
AI Mass Surveillance at Paris Olympics (scheerpost.com)
PayPal fined 106mln PLN (27mln USD) in Poland for anti consumer practices (uokik.gov.pl)
PayPal Europe applies prohibited provisions - the President of UOKiK (polish consumer protection agency) has ruled in a recent decision.
With Media Enamored by Presidential Race, Israeli Massacres in Gaza Get Even Deadlier (scheerpost.com)
Chinese business tycoon convicted of defrauding followers in $1bn scheme (www.theguardian.com)
Peru's convict ex-president Alberto Fujimori, 85, aims to run again (www.reuters.com)
Former Israel Defence Minister says soldiers plagued by nightmares, economy in collapse (www.middleeastmonitor.com)
How the war in Ukraine is reviving Russia’s rustbelt (www.ft.com)
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hello network (hello.com)
US Coast Guard patrol spots Chinese naval ships off Alaska island (apnews.com)
Just some good old “Freedom of Navigation”...
NATO: From Cold War Defensive Coalition to Global Military Behemoth (scheerpost.com)
How Cooking Oil Became a Red-Hot Food Safety Issue in China (www.sixthtone.com)
Japan and the Philippines sign a defense pact in the face of shared alarm over China (apnews.com)
US ‘pressuring UK to block ICC’s Netanyahu arrest warrant’ (www.theguardian.com)
Labour officials at the weekend told the Guardian that in opposition Labour had rejected the Conservative legal challenge to the ICC jurisdiction and its policy remained unchanged in government, but did not say if the claim was being withdrawn as a result.