Vietnam, Philippines and Brunei to join cross-border QR payment scheme (asia.nikkei.com)
Siege on Manipur: Hindu Nationalists' War for Ethnic Supremacy (thewire.in)
Across India, experiments to forge the 'Hindu national community' are predicated on the breakage of minoritised Muslims and Christians, and Adivasis and Dalits. What's happening in Manipur is part of a plan operationalised by the Hindu Right decades ago.
Plane fault scuppers German foreign minister's Sydney trip (www.bbc.co.uk)
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HSBC exec apologizes after calling the UK 'weak' for following US lead over China | CNN Business (www.cnn.com)
At least 27 die in inferno at petrol station in Dagestan southern Russia (www.bbc.co.uk)
Secret Pakistan Cable Documents U.S. Pressure to Remove Imran Khan (theintercept.com)
Judea vs ‘Fantasy Israel: Ilan Pappe on the Collapse of Israeli Pillars, and the Opportunities for Palestine (www.palestinechronicle.com)
Colombia achieves milestone in peace process as right-wing intensifies destabilization campaign (peoplesdispatch.org)
Pakistan Cabinet gives nod to security pact with US (tribune.com.pk)
Israeli Reserve General: Nasrallah is provoking, humiliating 'Israel' (english.almayadeen.net)
Israeli officials discuss the accuracy of Nasrallah’s “spider web” theory after the liberation of South Lebanon in 2000, pointing to the internal crises and weaknesses in “Israel.”
West-Initiated Jeddah Conference on Ukraine War Faces Uncertain Prospects without Russian Participation (peoplesdispatch.org)
Italian government plans to tackle taxi shortage (www.reuters.com)
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Spain's cava makers seek creative fixes as drought threatens grape harvests (www.reuters.com)
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Several injured when tourist bus plunges off mountain road in northern Spain (www.reuters.com)
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Kenya cyber-attack: Why is eCitizen down? (www.bbc.co.uk)
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Israeli soldiers seal Palestinian well with concrete (www.middleeastmonitor.com)
Samsung Profits Plunge 95% As Slump In Chip Demand Continues (www.forbes.com)
Keir Starmer's popularity sinks in Red Wall (web.archive.org)
The ballad of “The Electable Sir Kid Starver.” They still have about an year to go before realising the previous 5 years of hyped electoral performance were about as honest as the Brexit Bus.
North Korea: Kim Jong Un shows off missiles to Russia defence chief Shoigu (www.bbc.co.uk)
LGBTQ+: When 15 rain-soaked marchers made history in India (www.bbc.co.uk)
Putin set to visit China in October - Kremlin adviser, cited by TASS (www.reuters.com)
IMF says that Germany will be the worst performing economy this year followed by UK (ca.sports.yahoo.com)
Palestinian gunmen killed near West Bank Samaritan community (www.bbc.co.uk)
Palestine - Israel – Google Drive (Pluto: A massive collection of resources on Palestine, around 1700 books, articles, documents, etc.) (drive.google.com)
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