Climate protesters worldwide call for end to fossil fuels amid escalating weather extremes (www.pbs.org)
As Junta Tightens Grip, Niger Is Being Strangled by Sanctions (www.nytimes.com)
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Global South leaders demand end of ‘plundering international order’ (www.aljazeera.com)
California Sues Giant Oil Companies, Citing Decades of Deception (www.nytimes.com)
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Guatemalan President-Elect Bernardo Arévalo Suspends Government Transition (peoplesdispatch.org)
Staunch Putin ally Ramzan Kadyrov and Chechen leader in critical condition (ptv-news.com.pk)
New COVID vaccine could help protect against possible "tripledemic" (www.cbsnews.com)
Poland, Hungary, Slovakia Defy End Of EU Ukraine Grain Import Ban (ptv-news.com.pk)
French Ambassador to Niger Itte and other diplomatic staff being held "hostage" and forced to eat military rations at French Embassy (English translation) (l.bfmtv.com)
FRENCH Title: Putsch au Niger: Macron annonce que l’ambassadeur de France est “pris en otage”...
Iran's women a year after Mahsa Amini's death: 'I wear what I like now' (www.bbc.com)
Iran's protests may have subsided, but women have found new ways to defy the country's regime.
Pakistani court rejects ex-PM Imran Khan's bail plea in case related to leaking state secrets (apnews.com)
China sanctions Northrop Grumman, Lockheed Martin for arms sales to Taiwan (www.reuters.com)
Death and disappearance of British volunteers in Ukraine exposes rivalry in foreign legion. Comrades fear two men may have been killed not by Russians but by fellow foreign soldiers. (www.telegraph.co.uk)
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Israel launches its biggest raid on the West Bank in over 20 years (www.economist.com)
As the sun dipped on July 3rd, the fighting in a refugee camp in Jenin, a city in the West Bank, entered its second night. Ambulances ferried the injured through makeshift roadblocks, flaming tyres pumped a toxic black smoke into the air, and drones hummed faintly overhead. Israel’s army has carried out its largest raid on a...
Gabon’s New Premier Vows to Honor Debt Commitments, Weighs Reforms (archive.is)
In Poland, Testing Women for Abortion Drugs Is a Reality. It Could Happen Here. (www.nytimes.com)
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Why China is set to significantly overachieve its 2030 climate goals (socialistchina.org)
Thailand's Pita quits as leader of election-winning party after failed PM bid (www.reuters.com)
Workers are on strike at all 3 Detroit auto makers for the first time in their union's history (apnews.com)
Kilian the sniffer dog searches for survivors after the Morocco quake (www.npr.org)
The golden retriever, part of a Swedish rescue team, helped find 18 people alive under the rubble in Turkey earlier this year. He searched this week for the last missing person in a Moroccan village.
Jews were original suicide bombers, BBC says in article on 9/11 attacks (www.jpost.com)
The BBC Arabic article claimed "fanatic Jews" fighting Roman invaders in ancient Jerusalem were the first example of suicide bombers.
English teacher to return to Nagasaki Univ. indefinitely after employment suit settlement (mainichi.jp)
NAGASAKI -- An English teacher whose employment contract with Nagasaki University was terminated just before he would have been eligible to claim an unfixed term is set to return to work indefinitely after a court settlement.
Secret records: Government says Marine's adoption of Afghan orphan seen as abduction, must be undone (apnews.com)
The U.S. government has warned a Virginia judge that an American Marine’s adoption of an Afghan war orphan was flawed and could be seen as international child abduction.
Taiwan slams Elon Musk, says it's 'not for sale' nor part of China (www.cnbc.com)
Taiwan is not for sale, and neither is it part of China, said Taiwan's Foreign Affairs Ministry, in a rebuke to Elon Musk.