Norway awards 62 oil and gas production permits in latest licensing round (www.enerdata.net)
Ex-FBI source charged with Biden lies is tied to Russian intelligence, prosecutors say (www.npr.org)
El Salvador’s Nayib Bukele Committed Blatant Election Fraud (jacobin.com)
This month, incumbent Salvadoran president Nayib Bukele seemed poised to easily win reelection and sweep the legislature with his New Ideas party. But when his legislative supermajority appeared in doubt, Bukele and his supporters resorted to outright fraud....
More than 29,000 Palestinians killed in 136 days of Israel’s war on Gaza (peoplesdispatch.org)
Ukraine Says Local Law-Enforcers Behind Maidan Protester Deaths in 2014 (www.bloomberg.com)
Trump breaks silence on Navalny, casts no blame on Putin (www.reuters.com)
ECOWAS prepares to lift sanctions against Niger ‘before Ramadan’ (www.theafricareport.com)
Hundreds of Ukrainian Troops Feared Captured or Missing in Chaotic Retreat (www.nytimes.com)
'China has a lot more to lose': U.S. considering sanctioning Chinese firms aiding Russia's war (www.cnbc.com)
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China agrees to lift ban on Spanish beef imports (www.france24.com)
Indian union refuses to load Israel-bound weapons shipments (thecradle.co)
An Indian trade union that operates at multiple ports across the nation has refused to load or offload ships carrying weapons to Israel, days after the announcement of New Delhi sending Hermes 900 “killer” drones to Tel Aviv.
Arabs put to vote a UN resolution demanding an immediate Gaza cease-fire, knowing US will veto it (apnews.com)
Why oil autocracies and private equity bullies are coming for the NBA next (www.theguardian.com)
As the NBA has emerged as the first professional league in the US to cozy up to global sport’s burgeoning class of nation-state investors, the shape of its guiding dualism under Silver is starting to become crisper: lip service to social justice issues at home, a studied obliviousness to human rights violations abroad. In the...
The Kremlin has never been richer – thanks to a US strategic partner (www.cnn.com)
Assange’s health condition keeps him away from attending his extradition trial (intlmonitor.com)
German economy to keep shrinking, Bundesbank warns (www.ft.com)
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The idea of total Ukrainian victory is delusional (thehill.com)
‘They lied’: plastics producers deceived public about recycling, report reveals | Recycling (www.theguardian.com)
Companies knew for decades recycling was not viable but promoted it regar
Israel declares Brazil’s Lula ‘persona non grata’ over comparison of Gaza war to Holocaust (www.timesofisrael.com)
Israel has gone ‘beyond self-defence’ in Gaza, says Labour’s Streeting (www.theguardian.com)
AI hiring tools may be filtering out the best job applicants - BBC Worklife (www.bbc.com)
AI hiring tools may be filtering out the best job applicants...
Poverty in Argentina hits 57%, highest number in 20 years, report says (buenosairesherald.com)
Admirers of the Russian leader may soon lead the world’s three largest democracies (www.ft.com)
Israel/oPt: UN experts appalled by reported human rights violations against Palestinian women and girls (www.ohchr.org)
Palestinian women and girls have reportedly been arbitrarily executed in Gaza, often together with family members, including their children, according to information received....