As mental health worsens among Afghanistan's women, the UN is asked to declare 'gender apartheid' ( apnews.com )
Interview - ‘Capitalism is dead. Now we have something much worse’: Yanis Varoufakis on extremism, Starmer, and the tyranny of big tech ( www.theguardian.com )
Pakistan army trades tanks for tractors in food-security push ( asia.nikkei.com )
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U.S. HELPED PAKISTAN GET IMF BAILOUT WITH SECRET ARMS DEAL FOR UKRAINE, LEAKED DOCUMENTS REVEAL ( theintercept.com )
JPMorgan to pay $75m to settle Jeffrey Epstein sex trafficking lawsuit with US Virgin Islands ( www.independent.co.uk )
Iraq: Torture Survivors Await US Redress, Accountability ( www.hrw.org )
Mexican auto parts workers face blacklist after union campaign ( therealnews.com )
Divided loyalties ( africasacountry.com )
Somalia’s political landscape is increasingly fragmented due to regional and clan differences. Is this the end of the centralized state and a unified, national identity?
Ashton Kutcher and Mila Kunis apologize over letters of support for Danny Masterson ( abcnews.go.com )
The three women were members of the Church of Scientology, as is Masterson. All three women said they were initially hesitant to speak to law enforcement because they said church teachings discouraged reporting to police. The women eventually left the church....
Brazil’s Lula backtracks on Putin arrest safety at Rio G20 ( www.aljazeera.com )
France halts iPhone 12 sales over radiation exposure levels ( www.bbc.co.uk )
Apple disputing tests by watchdog that showed radio frequency exposure was higher than permitted.
Philippines condemns Chinese 'floating barrier' in South China Sea ( www.reuters.com )
Elon Musk’s Tweet Criticizing Ukraine’s Counteroffensive Sparks Outrage ( www.kyivpost.com )
Haiti’s most powerful gang boss calls for uprising to overthrow prime minister ( www.theguardian.com )
WGA and the studios reach tentative deal to end writers’ strike ( www.latimes.com )
France to withdraw ambassador, troops from Niger after coup: Macron ( www.aljazeera.com )
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Russia dismisses Ukraine peace plan: ‘Let’s decide it on the battlefield’ ( www.scmp.com )
Inside South Africa's Operation Dudula: 'Why we hate foreigners' ( www.bbc.com )
Azerbaijan launches military action in Karabakh to disarm Armenians ( www.reuters.com ) Romanian
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The second time in three years Azerbaijani troops may have killed Russian peacekeepers, but Moscow is saving its ire for Armenia ( meduza.io ) Romanian
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The European Court for Human Rights awards Azat Miftakhov 26,000 Euro for being tortured while imprisoned by Russia ( caseazatmiftakhov.org )
Thousands protest in Armenia over military strike on Nagorno-Karabakh ( www.theguardian.com )
Ethiopia faces new charge of atrocities in Amhara ( www.theeastafrican.co.ke )
Ethiopian National Defence Forces (ENDF) are facing new allegations of atrocities in Amhara region, just a month after authorities in Addis Ababa imposed a state of emergency in the area to deal with a local rebellion....
Torture, rape, killings in Manipur: An Indian state's brutal conflict ( www.bbc.com )
New revelations from the Snowden archive surface ( www.computerweekly.com )
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