Armenians will leave Azerbaijan's Nagorno-Karabakh region amid fear of ethnic cleansing (www.cnbc.com)
Two jailed for killing French bus driver over Covid mask rule (www.bbc.co.uk)
The French driver was beaten after asking two passengers to adjust their masks during the pandemic.
In Spat With India, Canada Gets Muted Allied Support (thediplomat.com)
White House told U.S. ambassador to Japan to stop taunting China on social media (www.nbcnews.com)
Russian State TV to Its Citizens: Be More Like North Koreans (www.thedailybeast.com)
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What’s up with China’s disappearing senior military officers? (www.vox.com)
Li Shangfu is the latest officer to fall victim to Xi Jinping’s anti-corruption drive.
California Sues Giant Oil Companies, Citing Decades of Deception (www.nytimes.com)
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Russian missile attack kills 16 at Ukrainian market (www.nbcnews.com)
Mexican Supreme Court decriminalises abortion on federal level (www.aljazeera.com)
Contamination fears after Ukraine loses British tank (declassifieduk.org)
India steps up coal use to stop outages triggered by unusually dry weather (www.reuters.com)
China Reaches Peak Gasoline in Milestone for Electric Vehicles (www.bloomberg.com)
Germany agrees 32 bln euro tax cuts to give economy 'big boost' (www.reuters.com)
Yevgeny Prigozhin on passenger list of plane in fatal crash, says Russia (www.theguardian.com)
China suspends youth jobless data after record high readings (www.reuters.com)
Death toll from Hawaii wildfires increases to 53 and more than 1,000 structures have burned (www.scmp.com)
Period poverty: In Africa, women are being priced out of buying sanitary ware (www.bbc.co.uk)
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Search warrant was issued for Donald Trump's Twitter account (www.bbc.co.uk)
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Niger Mutiny: Another U.S.-Trained Military Officer Led Coup (theintercept.com)
Troops from Niger ousted the country’s democratically elected president, Mohamed Bazoum, last week. One of the coup leaders had previously received training from the U.S. government, becoming the 11th coup in the region led by U.S.-trained officers since 2008.
The Russians hunting for cheap flats in occupied Mariupol (www.bbc.co.uk)
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Canada puts cancer warnings directly on cigarettes (www.bbc.co.uk)
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Lori Vallow: Cult mum who killed children sentenced to life in prison (www.bbc.co.uk)
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Two-thirds of African leaders refuse to attend Putin’s summit (www.yahoo.com)
The summit, intended to showcase Russia’s diplomatic push to increase influence on the continent, is taking place amidst a significant boycott: only 17 out of 55 African countries will be represented by their leaders at the event scheduled for July 27-28.