Cheng Lei: Journalist held in China says she misses sunshine (www.bbc.co.uk)
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Philippines: Six officers suspended after shooting teen in Manila (www.bbc.co.uk)
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Out of Africa, a New World War? (www.bloomberg.com)
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A New Filipino Leader for Southeast Asia’s Islamic State (thediplomat.com)
Economic turmoil and spiraling prices: Just how bad is poverty in Turkey? (www.euronews.com)
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Pfizer and the Australian Senate (rumble.com)
Niger Coup: Nigerian Senate rejects Tinubu's troop deployment plan, urges political solution (www.premiumtimesng.com)
Exercise Flintlock: US military training in Africa backfires (english.almayadeen.net)
Africa’s history of coups over the past century is extensive. As such, some may be tempted to dismiss Flintlock’s significance in fomenting revolution across the continent. Yet, a 2017 Journal of Peace Research study found Washington’s foreign military training efforts roughly doubled the risk of military coups in...
Why Pakistanis are taking the dangerous Libya route to Europe (www.bbc.co.uk)
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Michael Gove wants Britain to have more houses — but isn’t meeting the builders (www.politico.eu)
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Six killed at Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon (www.bbc.co.uk)
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India, Manipur genocide : Women protesters block police in Manipur’s Tengnoupal district (www.thehindu.com)
Agitators from the Kuki-Zo community suspect that this could be an attempt to bring in ‘radical’ Meiteis disguised as State forces into Moreh, while police have called such allegations ‘misleading’
Did Facebook fuel political polarization during the 2020 election? It’s complicated. (arstechnica.com)
India, Manipur genocide : Manipur FIRs tell a story ; How armoury after armoury came on mob radar (indianexpress.com)
The FIRs, accessed by The Indian Express from police station records from across the state, pertain to loot or attempted loot of arms from security personnel in Manipur since May 3.
Niger guards blockade president's palace - reports (www.bbc.co.uk)
'A blessing': Wounded soldiers help US scientists to save coral reefs (www.euronews.com)
Estonia sinking: Ramp from ferry wreck raised after 29 years (www.bbc.co.uk)
Qin Gang: China removes foreign minister months after appointment (www.bbc.co.uk)
University professor ‘told to inflate grades of hispanic and black students’ (www.telegraph.co.uk)
CSIS now says that China’s control over gallium is a national security threat for US (features.csis.org)
Plays stupid games, win stupid prizes as the saying goes.
Iranian Oil Is Stuck Off Coast of Texas, but U.S. Firms Won’t Touch It (www.wsj.com)
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Lula holds up EU trade deal in bid to protect Brazil’s domestic industry (www.ft.com)
Brazil’s president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has ruled out signing a trade deal with the EU unless Brussels eases requirements for Brasília to open up its manufacturing industry to foreign competition....