A Norwegian citizen has been arrested on suspicion of attempting to spy for China (apnews.com)
Netanyahu tried to derail the hostage deal even before Hamas responded (www.haaretz.com)
The main points were reported by the media on Wednesday: Even before Hamas responded to the Netanyahu-Biden proposal, the Prime Minister’s Office already knew what it would contain. Hamas’ flexibility came as a surprise to the man who said he supported the plan (which had been unanimously approved by the war cabinet) but who...
Russia: Putin critic Kara-Murza taken to hospital, says wife (www.dw.com)
Hurricane Beryl regains strength as it approaches Mexico (www.nbcnews.com)
Thirteen people killed and dozens wounded in Kenya as police open fire on protesters (www.sbs.com.au)
Israel approves the largest Palestinian West Bank land grab in three decades (www.salon.com)
A look at how settlements have grown in the West Bank over the years (apnews.com)
Israel has approved the largest seizure of land in the occupied West Bank in over three decades, according to Peace Now, an Israeli anti-settlement monitoring group. It is the latest step by Israel’s hard-line government meant to cement Israel’s control over the territory and prevent the establishment of an independent...
Italy targets the mafia by taking away their most precious assets: their children (www.sbs.com.au)
The transgender community is facing a silent genocide in the U.K. (www.advocate.com)
Time running out for Ukrainians fleeing Russia's advance (www.reuters.com)
In the devastated eastern Ukrainian town of Toretsk, time is running out for anyone wanting to leave....
Visa, Mastercard to extend non-EU card fee caps to 2029, EU says | Reuters (www.reuters.com)
Europe is Quietly Debating a Nuclear Future Without the US (www.politico.com)
Ever since the advent of nuclear arms, Europe has been protected by an American nuclear umbrella. It was the United States that promised NATO allies that any nuclear aggression by the Soviet Union, and later, by Russia, would be answered with a barrage of U.S. missiles....
Orbán to meet Putin in Moscow visit likely to anger EU (www.theguardian.com)
US calls new Hamas ceasefire proposal for Gaza a ‘breakthrough’ (www.theguardian.com)
The dizzying array of legal threats to Brazil's former president Jair Bolsonaro (apnews.com)
The government of Cuba declares itself in a ‘war-time economy’ (english.elpais.com)
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Exit poll suggests Labour set for huge landslide win in UK general election (www.theguardian.com)
World swimming federation confirms U.S. federal probe into Chinese athletes' doping tests (www.cbc.ca)
The international swimming federation says its executive director has been ordered to testify as a witness in a U.S. criminal investigation into the case of 23 Chinese swimmers who tested positive for a banned substance in 2021 yet could continue competing....
Macron is already over. Can anyone stop Le Pen? (www.politico.eu)
This Sudanese refugee asks: Why is the world ignoring her country's crisis? (www.npr.org)
China is building a mammoth 8 GW solar farm (electrek.co)
State-owned power company China Three Gorges Renewables Group will build an 8 GW solar farm as part of a nearly $11 billion integrated energy project.
At least 89 migrants dead after boat capsizes off Mauritania, state news agency says (www.theguardian.com)
Exclusive: Firms weigh removing Taiwan staff from China after death penalty threat (www.reuters.com)
Some foreign companies are considering moving Taiwanese employees out of China after Beijing said it could impose the death penalty on “diehard” Taiwan independence separatists, said four people familiar with the matter....
[UK] Exit poll: Labour to win landslide in general election. (news.sky.com)
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China hands over lavish new presidential palace to Vanuatu, ahead of PM's visit to Beijing (www.abc.net.au)
China’s bribery campaign across Oceania continues.
