The UPS showdown: What to expect from a strike (therealnews.com)
China solar power capacity could post record growth in 2023 (www.reuters.com)
Victims of child sexual abuse across EU face ‘postcode lottery’ of injustice - report (www.euronews.com)
Egypt president pardons rights activist Patrick Zaki and lawyer Mohammed al-Baqer (www.bbc.co.uk)
Wishma Sandamali: The siblings suing Japan over their sister's death (www.bbc.co.uk)
MEPs blast European Commission for signing deal with Tunisia's 'cruel dictator' (www.euronews.com)
In Seoul's 'piece rooms,' there's barely enough space to lie down. Inside South Korea's brutal housing crisis (www.latimes.com)
Biden and Vatican emissary to meet on Russia’s deportations of Ukrainian children (www.politico.com)
Civilian Men Are Trapped in Ukraine (foreignpolicy.com)
Top EU court whacks Poland on judiciary’s lack of independence, again (www.politico.eu)
Five tryptamines unscheduled by DEA (lemmy.world)
Score one for NPS enthusiasts!...
Why did Stanford students host a group of neo-Nazis? (forward.com)
Number of NATO allies spending 2% of GDP on defence to jump this year (www.euronews.com)
Myanmar junta burned down 2,500 houses in June 2023 (www.mizzima.com)
Economic inequality cannot be explained by individual bad choices, study finds (phys.org)
S Africa’s ruling ANC to back opposition motion to close Israeli embassy (www.aljazeera.com)
Pakistan begins mass deportation of Afghan refugees (www.cbsnews.com)
Hamas official says North Korea is ally. Insinuates it could one day target the US (www.timesofisrael.com)
Israel Quietly Pushed for Egypt to Admit Large Numbers of Gazans (www.nytimes.com)
Ukraine minister says he wants to turn his country into a weapons production hub for the West (apnews.com)
"We are focused on producing all types of weapons and ammunition, and we show that we can test it on the battlefield and make it better during the war,” Kamyshin said. “That’s something we can contribute to the free world, because as you see, defense industry is becoming more and more important globally.”
New Report Issues Damning Verdict on Food’s Fossil Fuel Addiction (www.desmog.com)
Will the Palestinian Authority survive Israel's war on Gaza? (www.newarab.com)
Iraqi Resistance Targets Multiple US Bases in Syria (new.thecradle.co)
Grand plan to drought-proof India could reduce rainfall (www.nature.com)
The major engineering scheme aims to interlink several Indian rivers to support irrigation....