Italy plans to return an ambassador to Syria to reflect new diplomatic developments, minister says (apnews.com)
Ukraine takes down its own drones in ‘friendly fire’ as Russia makes large advance (www.telegraph.co.uk)
Venezuela: President Maduro Closes Presidential Campaign With Massive Rally Filling Caracas Streets (orinocotribune.com)
India wants to be China's gateway to the West (www.reuters.com)
Supporters of arrested Sea Shepherd founder say parallels with Julian Assange are ‘disturbing’ (www.theguardian.com)
Almost one in three people in care were abused in NZ (www.bbc.com)
China challenges the West by giving Palestinians a new platform (www.middleeasteye.net)
As 14 Palestinian leaders lined up for a photograph in Beijing on Tuesday, they each made sure to shake hands afterwards with one man: Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi....
Xiaomi founder Lei Jun said US sanction fears spurred smartphone maker’s EV push (www.scmp.com)
Slowly but surely, Israel tightens its grip on Gaza’s lifeline to Egypt | The Guardian (www.theguardian.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)
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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....
Yemen Drone strikes Tel Aviv, killing one (www.npr.org)
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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