Communist Mayor Daniel Jadue arrested and given 120 days of preventative detention (peoplesdispatch.org)
Kano Emirate: Sanusi returns as Emir 1,545 days after dethronement (www.vanguardngr.com)
Slovenia becomes latest European country to recognize a Palestinian state after parliamentary vote (apnews.com)
Right-wing Bharatiya Janata Party fails to secure a majority in India’s national elections (peoplesdispatch.org)
World's First High-definition Geologic Atlas of the Moon Unveiled (english.cas.ac.cn)
Third farm under quarantine after confirmed cases of avian influenza 'bird flu' virus weeks after first human case ever recorded in Australia discovered in Victoria (www.skynews.com.au)
India Election Results: Modi Poised to Lose Majority, Need Allies to Keep Power (www.bloomberg.com)
Kremlin welcomes Turkey's reported desire to join BRICS (www.reuters.com)
China turns on 'world record' solar farm big enough to power Luxembourg (www.rechargenews.com)
A remote tribe was given the internet for the first time - guess how it's gone (metro.co.uk)
Indonesia's Mt Ibu volcano erupts, spewing clouds of ash (www.channelnewsasia.com)
Campaign launches against shipping giant Maersk over genocidal weapons trade (peoplesdispatch.org)
Ruling party loses absolute majority in elections to the Indian Parliament, but likely to form government with support of allies (www.thehindu.com)
Preliminary results for the 2024 Indian General election suggest that the Bharatiya Janata Party is set to lose its absolute majority in the lower house of Parliament. However, the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) it leads is projected to cross the halfway mark. The opposition INDIA alliance is projected to more than double...
We're closer to tripling renewable energy capacity by 2030 than we look – IEA (electrek.co)
Nearly 50 countries are on track to reach or surpass their current plans – and China is by far the biggest contributor. It’s not yet set an official target, but China’s goal of 1,200 GW of solar and wind capacity by 2030 – which it’s expected to surpass this year
Earthquakes in north-central Japan collapse 5 homes that were damaged in deadly January quake (apnews.com)
Toyota apologizes for cheating on vehicle testing and halts production of three models (apnews.com)
Zimbabwe police officers terrorised by goblins at night (bulawayo24.com)
Pakistan former PM Imran Khan acquitted in state secrets case (www.bbc.com)
CFO of Falun Gong's Epoch Times Newspaper Charged With Participating In Scheme To Launder At Least $67 Million In Fraud Proceeds (www.justice.gov)
Japan police search for suspects in spray-painting of graffiti at controversial war shrine (apnews.com)
China doesn’t need to invade to achieve Taiwanese unification (thehill.com)
Dozens of Civilians Killed as Myanmar Junta Jet Bombs Wedding in Sagaing (www.irrawaddy.com)
Chinese businesses target Vietnam and Mexico as trade tensions with US rise (www.ft.com)
Seems like we’re seeing a similar situation developing as with Russian oil exports. Chinese companies will sell components to third countries that will repackage them and sell them at a markup to the west. Then western politicians will tell western public that they’ve successfully decoupled from China....