US recognizes opposition candidate González as the winner of Venezuela's presidential election (apnews.com)
Malaysia applies to join BRICS, boost ties with Russia (www.thestar.com.my)
Forbes: A Big Mideast War Is Unavoidable (www.forbes.com)
How Trump Dominated His Own Party on a New G.O.P. Platform (www.nytimes.com)
Stoltenberg bashes China for creeping closer to NATO (www.politico.com)
America’s Frozen Housing Market Is Warping the Economy (www.wsj.com)
Israeli far-right minister speaks of effort to annex West Bank | The Guardian (www.theguardian.com)
Russia says 3 killed, over 120 injured in Sevastopol due to Ukrainian missile attack (www.aa.com.tr)
Official bilingualism in Canada a 'myth,' says new poll (montreal.ctvnews.ca)
Wikipedia calls top Jewish civil rights org ‘unreliable’ on Israel-Palestine crisis (www.independent.co.uk)
Astronomers detect sudden awakening of black hole 1m times mass of sun (www.theguardian.com)
Palestine's first Olympian Majed Abu Maraheel dies in Gaza (www.siasat.com)
‘The big story of the 21st century’: is this the most shocking documentary of the year? (www.theguardian.com)
New York governor considers face-mask ban on subway to deter crime (www.theguardian.com)
‘The whole supply chain is subsidised’: inside the EU’s blockbuster Chinese EV probe (www.scmp.com)
Toyota apologizes for cheating on vehicle testing and halts production of three models (apnews.com)
Canada pledges visas for 5,000 Gaza residents related to Canadians, says it's 'horrified' by Israeli attack in Rafah (www.ctvnews.ca)
Strike On Russian Strategic Early Warning Radar Site Is A Big Deal (www.twz.com)
Dalai Lama told cameraman, 'you're fat, you need to go on a diet' (www.telegraph.co.uk)
Biden: What's happening in Gaza is not genocide (www.reuters.com)
Indian students in Canadian province take to the streets over tightening immigration rules (economictimes.indiatimes.com)
France imposes state of emergency, bans TikTok in riot-hit New Caledonia (www.france24.com)
David McBride: Australian army whistleblower jailed for leaking documents (www.bbc.com)
Every two hours, a child dies in Sudan. Our global silence is deafening. (www.usatoday.com)
The suffering of the Sudanese may be off camera now, but it won't be in a few months when babies are starving en masse.