Watch Live: UFO hearing underway as House panel pushes for more transparency (www.cbsnews.com)
The 1975 cancels Indonesia and Taiwan shows after Malaysia LGBT row (www.bbc.co.uk)
FTX lobbyist tried to buy Pacific island of Nauru to create a new superspecies, lawsuit says (www.cnbc.com)
Pesticides: Public hearing with pesticide firms on toxicity studies (www.eureporter.co)
Is Turkey now joining the EU? No, but the EU is engaging (www.politico.eu)
Trial begins of military lawyer who leaked secret allegations of war crimes (www.abc.net.au)
Sahel: Russia to build nuclear power plant in Burkina Faso (north-africa.com)
Burkina Faso last year experienced two military coups — both triggered in part by discontent at failures to stem a raging jihadist insurgency. More than 17,000 people have died in attacks since 2015, more than 6,000 just since the start of this year, according to a count by an NGO monitor called the Armed Conflict Location and...
Israel-Hamas war: ‘Heavy bombardments’ in Gaza, hospitals at risk (www.aljazeera.com)
50 Detained, Over 100 Homes Raided in Sweeping Crackdown on Press Freedom in India (peoplesdispatch.org)
Did India’s Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft really land near the moon’s south pole? (www.scmp.com)
Ukraine adds Chinese oil, gas companies to 'international sponsors of war' list (kyivindependent.com)
Myanmar says image ‘tarnished’ by Chinese thriller (www.bangkokpost.com)
‘Dramatic’ acceleration: Switzerland has lost 10% of its glaciers in the last two years (www.euronews.com)
China accuses U.S. of hacking Huawei servers since 2009 (asia.nikkei.com)
When the BBC's disinformation correspondent lied on her CV (www.theneweuropean.co.uk)
Former PM Sanna Marin quits Finnish politics to join Tony Blair Institute (www.theguardian.com)
‘A ghost town’: Malaysia’s Country Garden Forest City struggles to sell units (www.scmp.com)
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Torrential rain follows summer wildfires in Greece, one dead (www.reuters.com)
The world’s top 1% of emitters produce over 1000 times more CO2 than the bottom 1% – Analysis - IEA (www.iea.org)
US grows doubtful Ukraine counteroffensive can quickly succeed. Criticism of Kyiv’s strategy from American officials widens rift between allies at crucial time. (www.ft.com)
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Monday briefing: Are the vanished British Museum relics the tip of the iceberg? (www.theguardian.com) Japanese
In today’s newsletter: As police in the UK launch an investigation into what happened to missing artefacts, an art detective explains why such thefts are so difficult to prevent
Compulsory Sterilization in Japan: Censorship Casts Doubt on Landmark Report (unseen-japan.com)
For many decades, Japan had an inhumane forced sterilization law on the books. Much information on the infamous program remains censored.
Plane crashes into Malaysia road, killing 10; vehicle parts strewn across the ground (www.straitstimes.com)
The Chinese town engulfed by a flood to save Beijing (www.bbc.com)
Floodwaters were diverted from Beijing, but the water had to go somewhere - So Zhuozhou took the brunt.