Ursula von der Leyen is losing her team (www.politico.eu)
Ukraine is now the most mined country. It will take decades to make safe. (wapo.st)
Girls playing netball killed as school gym collapses in China (www.aljazeera.com)
Authorities say illegal stacking of materials on school roof may have caused collapse that killed at least 11 people.
UBS agrees to pay $388 million over Credit Suisse's Archegos failings (www.reuters.com)
The Next Aggression the US Is Preparing Against Venezuela (popularresistance.org)
This year, the legislative arm in Washington has introduced three bills in the U.S. Congress against Venezuela: the Prohibition of Transactions and Leases with Venezuela’s Illegitimate Authoritarian Regime Act, the Venezuelan Human Rights “AFFECT” Act and the Venezuelan Democracy Act. The bills have a common denominator:...
Opinion | Alexei Navalny, a voice of conscience, refuses to be silenced (wapo.st)
Chasing Clicks Through Ad Money, Media does PR for Amazon While Ignoring Human Costs of ‘Prime Day Deals’ (therealnews.com)
Algeria wildfires: Fifteen killed and thousands evacuated (www.bbc.co.uk)
1 in 10 flights taking off from UK are private jets (www.thetimes.co.uk)
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Peru Escalates the Struggle Against the Boluarte Regime (resumen-english.org)
Submission to the UN Secretary General's Report on the Human Rights of Migrants (privacyinternational.org)
Russia launches criminal probe into death of journalist in Ukraine (www.reuters.com)
Latin America Again Refuses to Fall In Line With the Collective West on Ukraine, This Time from Brussels (www.nakedcapitalism.com)
2023 US life expectancy at 47th globally(China ar 52nd) (www.worldometers.info)
Spanish election: Sánchez holds off right surge (www.politico.eu)
Spain's conservatives miss out on all-out victory as left celebrates (www.bbc.co.uk)
Taliban beauty salon ban: Three Afghan women mourn the end of a valued service (www.bbc.co.uk)
Corfu latest Greek island to evacuate over wildfires (www.bbc.co.uk)
Protesters in the Thai capital calls on senators to approve vote winners' choice for prime minister (apnews.com)
BANGKOK (AP) — Hundreds of people gathered Sunday in the Thai capital of Bangkok to demand that conservative senators stop blocking the naming of a prime minister belonging to a winning coalition formed from May’s general election, a stance that risks a potentially destabilizing political deadlock.
Sophia Duleep Singh: Indian princess who fought for women to vote in UK (www.bbc.com)
Top sports court sides with FIFA over new rules for agents (www.politico.eu)
Blinken says Ukraine has taken back 50% of territory that Russia seized (www.reuters.com)
Manipur: The women facing the fire of the conflict (www.bbc.com)
No clear victor in Spanish election as results defy predictions (www.cnn.com)
Spain appears destined for painful political negotiations after Sunday’s elections, when no single party won enough parliamentary seats to form a government. Prospects for coalition-building now remain uncertain....