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China's US Treasury holdings in June hit a 14-year low (www.globaltimes.cn)

Sweden raises terrorist alert level after Koran burnings (www.reuters.com)

cross-posted from: lemmy.zip/post/1560901...

North Korea says Travis King wants refuge from mistreatment, racism in US (www.reuters.com)

Argentina: Vultures Come Home to Roost (prospect.org)

Ukraine war: University students grapple with rules under conflict (www.bbc.co.uk)

cross-posted from: lemmy.zip/post/1560566...

Pakistan Confirms Secret Diplomatic Cable Showing U.S. Pressure to Remove Imran Khan (theintercept.com)

Nato official suggests Ukraine could give up land in exchange for membership (www.theguardian.com)

cross-posted from: lemmygrad.ml/post/1335364...

African Union Says No to Force in Niger, Boosting Military Junta: Report (themessenger.com)

Siege on Manipur: Hindu Nationalists' War for Ethnic Supremacy (thewire.in)

Across India, experiments to forge the 'Hindu national community' are predicated on the breakage of minoritised Muslims and Christians, and Adivasis and Dalits. What's happening in Manipur is part of a plan operationalised by the Hindu Right decades ago.

EXCLUSIVE: Naomi Wu and the Silence That Speaks Volumes (www.hackingbutlegal.com)

When China's prodigious tech influencer, Naomi Wu, found herself silenced, it wasn't just the machinery of a surveillance state at play. Instead, it was a confluence of state repression and the sometimes capricious attention of a Western audience that, as she asserts, often views Chinese activists more as ideological tokens than...

US delegate says Solomon Islands PM was too ‘busy’ to meet him (www.theguardian.com)

International Chess Federation (FIDE) to ban and punish transgender players (www.erininthemorning.com)

With these new rules, FIDE has managed to...

British Museum worker sacked over missing treasures (www.bbc.com)

The museum dismisses a member of staff and police are investigating after items go missing.

With a simple question, Ukrainians probe mental health at a time of war (www.npr.org)

cross-posted from: lemmy.zip/post/1561212...

African Union rejects military intervention in Niger and dissociates itself from ECOWAS (www.lemonde.fr)

Russia got richer even as the war in Ukraine raged on last year, while the West shed trillions of dollars of wealth (www.businessinsider.com)

16 Aug : President Zelensky Ukraine will stand firm and emerge victorious (youtu.be)

held a meeting of the Staff today. Frontline issues that are currently important. Defense issues that are strategically important. The commanders reported on the situation in the eastern and southern directions. The Commander-in-Chief and the Ministry of Defense spoke about munitions. Deputy Prime Minister Fedorov and the State...

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