China’s effort to take over Taiwan without firing a shot: How influence operations, cyber-weapon hoarding, and intimidation factor into China’s Taiwan play (www.defenseone.com)
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India may have recorded its hottest temperature ever amid severe heat wave (abcnews.go.com)
Cheruiyot Kirui: Kenyan climber's body to remain on Mt Everest (www.bbc.com)
The 40-year-old mountaineer fall near the mountain peak last week with his Nepalese guide, who is yet to be found....
Law enforcement operation takes aim at an often-overlooked cybercrime linchpin (arstechnica.com)
Ukraine allowed to hit some targets in Russia with US weapons (www.bbc.com)
The US gives Ukraine permission to use US-supplied weapons to strike targets in Russia, but only near Kharkiv.
Celebrities join campaigners in call for cheaper version of ‘gamechanger’ HIV drug for poorer countries | Global development | The Guardian (www.theguardian.com)
Xi says China wants to work with Arab states to resolve hot spot issues (www.reuters.com)
Emigration from Canada to the U.S. hits a 10-year high as tens of thousands head south (www.cbc.ca)
Person killed by jet engine at Amsterdam's Schiphol airport (www.bbc.com)
Delhi temperature hits 52.9C, shattering India’s national record (www.theguardian.com)
'I believe we're on the edge of a revolution': While the NZ government delivered its budget, protests were sweeping the nation (www.abc.net.au)
In short: The New Zealand government has handed down its 2024 budget, releasing details of highly anticipated tax cuts, while thousands of people rallied across the country to protest against policies considered to be eroding Indigenous rights....
More than 4 million chickens to be killed in Iowa after officials detect bird flu on farm (www.cbsnews.com)
Myanmar"s ethnic armies consolidate strongholds as junta weakens (www.bangkokpost.com)
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Israeli journalist says he was threatened by senior intelligence officials if he reported on attempts by the country's spy chief to intimidate ex-prosecutor (www.theguardian.com)
- An investigative reporter with Israel’s leading leftwing newspaper, Haaretz, has said unnamed senior security officials threatened actions against him if he reported on attempts by the former head of the Mossad to intimidate the ex-prosecutor of the international criminal court....
‘Hong Kong 47’ trial: 14 democrats found guilty in landmark subversion case (www.reuters.com)
- Fourteen of 16 convicted of subversion conspiracy***- Amnesty calls verdicts “near-total purge” of HK opposition******- Sentencing at a later date, life in prison possible******- Australia minister: ‘deep concern’ at verdict and jailed citizen***...
US accuses China’s leadership over Ukraine, delivers new sanctions warning (www.euractiv.com)
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Algeria Submits UN Security Council Resolution Calling for End to Israel’s Siege of Rafah (truthout.org)
There is only a slim chance that the measure will pass, as the U.S. has veto power in the Security Council....
14 pro-democracy activists convicted, 2 acquitted in Hong Kong's biggest national security case (apnews.com)
As Taiwan's new president took office, state media outlets in China were spitting fire. And nothing the new leader says or does, they say, can ever dampen the flames. (chinamediaproject.org)
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For Ghoramara islanders, India election is about climate change and survival (www.reuters.com)
As voters across India cast their ballots in the general election on issues ranging from the cost of living to jobs and religion, the residents of a tiny, ecologically sensitive island have only one concern: Survival. As voters across India cast their ballots in the general election on issues ranging from the cost of living to...
Putin would applaud Biden absence at Swiss peace summit, says Zelenskiy (www.theguardian.com)
Lawsuit against American Airlines claims Black passengers were asked to deboard flight (www.theguardian.com)
Five other Black male passengers were also asked to leave the plane, a press statement said, adding, “As the plaintiffs began to comply with the directive to deplane, they noticed that the only* *passengers who were being ordered off the plane were Black men, and it appeared that every Black man on the flight was being...
South Africa election: ANC seen losing majority, DA and Zuma's party performing well (www.reuters.com)
The African National Congress appeared on course to lose the parliamentary majority it has held for 30 years, partial results from South Africa's national election showed, in what would be the most dramatic political shift since the end of apartheid....