Osaka frets over World Expo failure amid slow pavilion construction (mainichi.jp)
OSAKA (Kyodo) -- Concerns are growing among the organizers of the 2025 World Exposition in Osaka that the event may flop due to the slower-than-antici
Jordan shoots down drug-laden drone from Syria in ninth incident this year (www.aljazeera.com)
The military says a drone carrying crystal meth is intercepted after crossing the country’s border with Syria....
Amid anticorruption purge, Ukraine set to appoint Muslim defence chief (www.aljazeera.com)
Rustem Umerov is from the Muslim Tatar community in Crimea that largely resisted Russia’s 2014 annexation.
Natural Gas Stands To Win As Offshore Wind Takes A Hit | OilPrice.com (oilprice.com)
In filings submitted to the New York state regulatory authority, other prominent offshore wind developers, such as Norway’s energy major Equinor and British oil major BP, have officially requested a staggering 54% increase in the price of electricity generated at three planned offshore wind farms....
NATO-trained Ukraine recruits overpowered by battle-hardened Russians: report (www.businessinsider.com)
Smdh more Kremlin propaganda from Business Insider
Tourists from Morocco shot dead after straying into Algerian waters (www.aljazeera.com)
Two French-Moroccan men have reportedly been shot and killed after they accidentally crossed Morocco’s maritime border with Algeria on water scooters, according to Moroccan media reports....
EU imports of Russian liquified gas leap by 40% since Ukraine invasion | The Guardian (amp.theguardian.com)
'Any story could be your last' - India's crackdown on Kashmir press (www.bbc.co.uk)
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Trump pleads not guilty in Georgia election fraud case (www.bbc.co.uk)
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Russian, Belarus ambassadors invited again to Nobel banquet (www.reuters.com)
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General Dynamics revenue rises on strong demand for weapons (www.reuters.com)
U.S. defense contractors have benefited as the war in Ukraine and tense U.S.-China relations have fueled demand for weapons such as tanks, submarines and munitions....
Greece to launch drones, temperature sensors to better fight wildfires (www.reuters.com)
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Modi-linked Adani family secretly invested in own shares, documents suggest (www.theguardian.com)
Offshore records suggest associates of wealthy Indian family spent years acquiring stock during rise of founder to be worth $120bn
At least 38 people have died in a fire in a building in South Africa's biggest city, authorities say (apnews.com)
South Korea’s war on unions has geopolitical implications (therealnews.com)
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Egypt Planning To Drill 35 New Natural Gas Wells (menafn.com)
…the Nargis-1 exploration well […] holds about 2.5 trillion cubic feet of natural gas…...
How Germany's 'Reichsbürger' sovereign citizens movement became a threat to the state (www.abc.net.au)
Texas Guardsmen spied on migrants via WhatsApp, mishandled secret docs (www.armytimes.com)
Germany’s ruling party plans to curb rent increases (www.ft.com)
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The Downfall of Prigozhin and Girkin (eastsplaining.substack.com)
Army officers say they are taking power in Gabon (www.bbc.co.uk)
Poland asks EU Court of Justice to cancel three EU climate policies (www.euronews.com)
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