Skegness climate protesters draw giant postcard to PM on beach (www.bbc.com)
FTC rewrites rules on Big Tech mergers with aim to ease monopoly-busting (arstechnica.com)
Europe's sweltering summer could send tourists to cooler climes (www.eureporter.co)
Outrage after women paraded naked in Indian state (www.bbc.co.uk)
Singapore: City-state rocked by rare political scandals (www.bbc.co.uk)
Ukraine war: Wheat prices soar after Russia warns shipping (www.bbc.co.uk)
Swedish embassy in Baghdad stormed, set alight over Koran burning (www.reuters.com)
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No word from North Korea on US soldier who dashed across military border (www.reuters.com)
Deadly shooting in Auckland hours before Women's World Cup (www.bbc.co.uk)
Four arrested over €1.6m Celtic coin theft (www.bbc.co.uk)
Egypt president pardons rights activist Patrick Zaki and lawyer Mohammed al-Baqer (www.bbc.co.uk)
Exclusive: Key bidders in Ascential break-up quit auction - sources (www.reuters.com)
Trump loses retrial bid in E Jean Carroll defamation case (www.bbc.co.uk)
Northern Ireland's DUP not convinced by London to restore government (www.reuters.com)
The Australian climate protesters cast as extremists (www.bbc.co.uk)
Cyprus excludes new asylum seekers from resettlement scheme (www.reuters.com)
He tried to raise the alarm about railroad safety. Then he got fired. (therealnews.com)
3 killed in Auckland shootout ahead of World Cup kick off (www.koreatimes.co.kr)
Pilot, husband thrashed for 'torturing' 10-year-old domestic help in Delhi's Dwarka (www.tribuneindia.com)
A 10-year-old girl working as a domestic help at a couple's house in southwest Delhi's Dwarka was allegedly beaten up by the two on Wednesday, following which a mob manhandled the duo.
Divisions over the Ukraine war cause a rift at EU-LatAm summit that was supposed to be a love-in (archive.is)
Major police incident in Auckland on eve of Women’s World Cup (theathletic.com)
Spanish company that spied on Assange allegedly informed CIA about meetings held by Latin American leaders (english.elpais.com)
South Africa Inflation Lowest In 20 Months (markets.businessinsider.com)
(RTTNews) - South Africa’s consumer price inflation slowed for an eighth month in a row in June to its lowest level in nearly two years, preliminary data from Statistics South Africa showed Wednesday....
Lula holds up EU trade deal in bid to protect Brazil’s domestic industry (www.ft.com)
Brazil’s president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has ruled out signing a trade deal with the EU unless Brussels eases requirements for Brasília to open up its manufacturing industry to foreign competition....