Community Health Workers in South Asia Forge Joint Struggle for Rights and Recognition (peoplesdispatch.org)
ASEAN security summit in US will include Myanmar junta officials (myanmar-now.org)
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Groundwater depletion rates in India could triple in coming decades as climate warms, study shows (news.umich.edu)
India’s communications ‘backdoor’ attracts surveillance companies. Little-known Israeli groups emerge as key providers of tracking equipment installed at subsea cable stations. (www.ft.com)
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BRICS MATERIALS: the flourishing intra-BRICS oil trade (bne.eu)
Addition of KSA, UAE, Iran means share has doubled to 42% of crude oil output in 2022. "Saudi pricing oil exports to China and India in non-dollar currencies does not spell the end of the dollar as the international currency of choice,” says ING. Trade within bloc makes trade hard to sanction by West.
"Victory may be in sight for Vladimir Putin" (www.telegraph.co.uk)
Under Justin Trudeau, Canada Is Abetting Saudi Arabia’s War Crimes in Yemen (jacobin.com)
The West is buying Russian oil above the price ceiling (www.bloomberg.com)
Peruvian De Facto Minister of Defense Travels to DC Solidifying US Militarization of Country (blackagendareport.com)
Ukraine war: University students grapple with rules under conflict (www.bbc.co.uk)
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Geopolitics and the Olympics: When the IOC struggles to stay on the sidelines (www.france24.com)
When French aristocrat Pierre de Coubertin revived the Olympics in 1894, he imagined the Games as an occasion for world peace as countries came together in amicable sporting events. But the Games were soon caught up in nations’ rivalries and political agendas. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) struggled – and failed...
British Museum worker sacked over missing items (www.bbc.co.uk)
Remembering Pierre Seel, the French gay Holocaust survivor and LGBTQ pioneer (www.euronews.com)
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China cuts ‘increasingly political’ US Treasury holdings to 14-year low (www.scmp.com)
U.S. admits DISASTER for Ukraine's failed "Counter Offensive" | Redacted with Clayton Morris (rumble.com)
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Spain nominates Nadia Calviño to run European Investment Bank (www.politico.eu)
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Niger coup: West Africa nations to assemble 'standby force' (www.bbc.com)
The coup leaders have warned they will defend themselves against any intervention...
US pressured Pak over Imran Khan’s Russia visit, said ‘all will be forgiven’ if he is removed: report (indianexpress.com)
“People here and in Europe are quite concerned about why Pakistan is taking such an aggressively neutral position (on Ukraine)… the allegations that the United States has interfered in internal decisions about the leadership of Pakistan are false. It is not in any way the United States Government expressing a preference on...
Civil rights icon George W. Crockett Jr. honored with a new biography (www.peoplesworld.org)
The remarkable recovery of Syria's earthquake baby (www.bbc.co.uk)
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Intel expands in China despite sanctions (asiatimes.com)
China floods: Torrential rains in Hebei province leave 10 dead (www.bbc.co.uk)
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China continues to de-dollarize reserves as gold stockpile climbs for 8th straight month (finance.yahoo.com)
Cambodia: five decades on from the Khmer Rouge, Hun Sen proves himself the ultimate survivor with his plan to hand power to his son (theconversation.com)
As he prepares to hand over power to his son after 38 years in power, veteran Cambodian leader Hun Sen, has come a long way since his early days as a Khmer Rouge fighter.
Mexican city to fine performers of 'misogynistic' songs (www.bbc.co.uk)
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