China’s Xi says ‘upgrading’ Venezuela relations after meeting Maduro (www.aljazeera.com)
‘It Is Evening, Isn’t It?’ An 80-Year-Old President’s Whirlwind Trip. (www.nytimes.com)
Four 1900-year-old Roman swords unearthed in Dead Sea cave (thenewdaily.com.au)
Computational Fluid Dynamics analsys of Wagner plane crash (youtu.be)
A huge debt crisis is coming (www.youtube.com)
Japan condemns pseudo-elections in temporarily occupied areas of Ukraine (ptv-news.com.pk)
Conservationist group African Parks to free 2,000 rhinos from South Africa farm (www.bbc.com)
African Parks plans a decade-long rewilding project to help preserve a near-threatened subspecies.
Italian ex-premier says French missile downed an airliner in 1980 by accident in bid to kill Gadhafi (apnews.com)
Exclusive: US to send depleted-uranium munitions to Ukraine (www.reuters.com)
cross-posted from: lemmus.org/post/587773...
Teacher suicide exposes parent bullying in S Korea (www.bbc.com)
The tragedy has unleashed a wave of anger from primary school teachers across the country.
As Israel pushes punitive demolitions, family of 13-year-old Palestinian attacker to lose its home (apnews.com)
Earlier this year, 13-year-old Mohammed Zalabani boarded a bus at an Israeli army checkpoint in the Shuafat refugee camp and lunged at an Israeli police officer with a kitchen knife.
Canada shut its land border to asylum seekers. More refugees came anyway (www.reuters.com)
Cybercrime to cost Germany 206 billion euros in 2023 -survey (www.reuters.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.zip/post/2185324...
As the Olympics loom, Paris's transport grid worries wheelchair users (www.reuters.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.zip/post/2138709...
Recovery of British Museum artefacts under way, says George Osborne (www.theguardian.com)
Institution’s chair of trustees admits its reputation has been damaged by suspected thefts
German government approves law to make legal gender change easier for trans, intersex, non-binary (www.euronews.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.zip/post/1892298...
Denmark proposes bill that could see ban on Quran burnings (www.aljazeera.com)
Apple security updates could be banned by British government (9to5mac.com)
Everyone in the tech industry facepalms almost every time legislators try to pontificate on technology, but the British government appears to be trying to set a new record. After putting iMessage and FaceTime at risk, the government is now suggesting that it might ban some Apple security updates.
German Cabinet approves law easing gender, name changes (www.dw.com)
The German government has approved a law of self-determination allowing people to change their gender and name more easily.
North Korea's Kim directs cruise missile test as South Korea, US begin drills (www.reuters.com)
Saudia Arabia, border guards killed hundreds of Ethiopian migrants and asylum seekers, rights activists say (www.hrw.org)
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China's Evergrande files for bankruptcy | CNN (www.cnn.com)
Drug war shakes France’s Marseille as rival gangs shoot it out (www.aljazeera.com)
Two gangs, “Yoda” and “DZ Mafia” are vying for control of the drugs market in the notorious northern neighbourhoods of France’s second biggest city....
Canada wildfire: all 20,000 Yellowknife residents evacuating (www.reuters.com)
Water bombers flew low over Yellowknife as thick smoke blanketed the capital of the vast and sparsely populated Northwest Territories. Officials say the fire, which is moving slowly, is now 15 km (10 miles) northwest of the city and could reach the outskirts by Saturday if there is no rain....