EU Signs Border Control Pact with Tunisia to Stop Migration (peoplesdispatch.org)
India, Indonesia Plan Local Currency Trade, Fast Payments Links (www.bloomberg.com)
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Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen says to expect a gradual decline in the dollar's share of global reserves, but greenback remains dominant (markets.businessinsider.com)
UK's GDP stagnant in May 2023 as production slumps (www.leasinglife.com)
Saudi Arabia’s Huge U.S. Investments Lose Money — but Buy Influence (theintercept.com)
Australian sailor and his dog survive two months at sea (www.bbc.co.uk)
Extreme heat intensifies across south-west US (www.bbc.co.uk)
Putin says Russia will use cluster bombs in Ukraine if it has to (www.reuters.com)
Nigeria's so-called tax collectors: Menacing and mafia-like (www.bbc.co.uk)
Fear & Loathing on Air Force One (scheerpost.com)
Why is the Brazilian Right-Wing Afraid of Women MPs from the Left? (peoplesdispatch.org)
Canada wildfires: Second firefighter dies amid record blazes (www.bbc.co.uk)
The top US economist under fire for taking an EU job (www.politico.eu)
Thousands evacuated as firefighters battle La Palma wildfire (www.reuters.com)
International Court of Justice rejects Armenia’s request for Azerbaijani troops to withdraw from border (www.eureporter.co)
A Third of North America’s Birds Have Vanished (nautil.us)
2.9 billion breeding birds disappeared since the early 1970s
Big oil quietly walks back on climate pledges as global heat records tumble (www.theguardian.com)
Mexican crime journalist shot dead in Acapulo – DW – 07/16/2023 (www.dw.com)
Data from Reporters Without Borders shows that 150 journalists have been killed in Mexico since 2000. In 2022 alone, 13 members of the press were killed there.
Record heat waves sweep the world, from U.S. to Japan via Europe (www.japantimes.co.jp)
Parts of eastern Japan are expected to reach 38 to 39 degrees Celsius, with the Meteorological Agency warning temperatures could hit previous records.
Scientists leave Japan for China, wooed by better teamwork, jobs (archive.is)
Hollywood Shuts Down After 160,000 Actors Walk Off the Set (youtu.be)
Some 300 children drowned trying to reach Europe so far this year (www.aljazeera.com)
At least 289 children are known to have died at sea in the first six months of this year while attempting to reach Europe, according to the United Nations children agency (UNICEF)....
US Republicans pass defence bill with anti-abortion, LGBT add-ons (www.aljazeera.com)
Republicans in the United States House of Representatives have passed an annual defence funding bill that highlights the party’s conservative priorities – and sticking points – in advance of the 2024 election season....