Vatican prosecutor seeks seven-year sentence for cardinal (www.reuters.com)
Sixty-six years after returning to Russia, mathematician is an exile once more (www.reuters.com)
India, Manipur genocide : ‘A pen can do more harm than a gun’ (www.newslaundry.com)
In Manipur’s major newspapers, attacks by ‘Kuki militants’ are top news, deepening the hills vs valley divide....
The U.S. is paying Russia $1 billion for enriched uranium. Every year (web.archive.org)
Not exactly breaking news (article is from June 14, 2023), but as it’s not known or discussed widely, I thought its ok to post....
New Chinese foreign minister Wang talks Ukraine in Turkey on first trip (www.reuters.com)
UN rights body conduct hearings on showbiz sexual abuse in Japan - The Mainichi (mainichi.jp)
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- A delegation of the U.N. Human Rights Council on Tuesday spoke with former members of Japan's top male talent agency Johnny & Associates Inc. who accused its late founder of sexual abuse, interviewees said.
Archaeologists discover oldest evidence of "curry" outside of India (www.euronews.com)
Man dies of heatstroke in east Japan while working at store without running A/C (mainichi.jp)
UTSUNOMIYA -- The Tochigi Labor Bureau announced on July 24 the work-related death of a man due to heatstroke, the first of its kind in the eastern Japan prefecture in eight years.
UK candidate Jim Skea elected as new leader of UN climate science body (www.politico.eu)
Ukraine's top diplomat in Liberia on third wartime tour of Africa (www.reuters.com)
China replaces foreign minister Qin after mysterious absence (www.reuters.com)
China named veteran diplomat Wang Yi its new foreign minister on Tuesday, removing former rising star Qin Gang after a mysterious one-month absence from duties barely half a year into the job.
Hundreds of firefighters scramble to put out Portugal wildfire (www.reuters.com)
Wildfires bring death and destruction to sun-scorched Mediterranean (www.reuters.com)
Ghana parliament votes to abolish death penalty (www.bbc.co.uk)
Corruption, treason in Ukraine won't be tolerated, Zelenskiy says (www.reuters.com)
EU probes border agency's rescue role after migrant shipwreck killed hundreds (www.reuters.com)
Why America Is Losing the Tech War with China (nationalinterest.org)
cross-posted from: lemmygrad.ml/post/1036711...
Here We Go Again: Protests, Police Platitudes, & Perturbed Politicians Over Cops' Racism & Misogynoir in Croydon (www.thecanary.co)
FCC chair: Speed standard of 25Mbps down, 3Mbps up isn’t good enough anymore (arstechnica.com)
Pastor at kidnapped US girl's funeral in 1975 charged with her murder (www.bbc.co.uk)
India, Manipur genocide : ‘His body is still in the morgue’: Two months later, Kuki woman on her brother’s murder (www.newslaundry.com)
Tax assistant Letminthang Haokip was killed on May 4 by a mob in Imphal, capital of Manipur state, India
Sicily is burning & emergency services are buckling under the strain. At least 200 people have sought medical attention in Palermo for smoke inhalation. A hospital is threatened by fire. (www.bbc.com)
Sicily - which has already been brought to its knees by a prolonged heatwave - is battling wildfires that are threatening towns and cities across the island. Temperatures of more than 47.5C (117F) were recorded in Catania on Monday....
Obama family chef dies in paddleboarding accident on Martha's Vineyard (www.latimes.com)
Gulf Stream current could collapse in 2025, plunging Earth into climate chaos: 'We were actually bewildered' (www.livescience.com)
Researchers have predicted the collapse of the AMOC could happen any time between 2025 and 2095 — far sooner than previous predictions, although not all scientists are convinced....