Poland: Abortion Witch Hunt Targets Women, Doctors ( www.hrw.org )
Gaetz says McCarthy ‘lying,’ in response to accusations he’s colluding with Swalwell ( thehill.com )
“I am the most investigated man in the entire Congress, and right there you saw Kevin McCarthy lying like a dead dog because I have never asked him to interfere in any ethics matter,” Gaetz said....
What Ancient Greek Tragedies Can Teach Us About Grief ( www.nytimes.com )
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2,000 people are feared dead in flooding in eastern Libya after weekend storm, prime minister says ( apnews.com )
1.2m Palestinians face devastating humanitarian crisis because of US aid block ( www.middleeastmonitor.com )
Transgaz Romania takes over all Gazprom operations in the Republic of Moldova, including Transdniestria ( tvrmoldova.md )
Operatorul național de transport al gazelor naturale din România, Transgaz, prin filiala sa Vestmoldtransgaz, este pe ultima sută de metri până la preluarea integrală a acestor operațiuni în Republica Moldova, inclusiv în regiunea separatistă Transnistria, conform declarațiilor directorului general al Transgaz, Ion...
Ukrainian Counteroffensive Pierces Main Russian Defensive Line in Southeast ( www.wsj.com )
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The Finnish Security and Intelligence Service blocks [far-right minister] Purra's choice for media advisor role due to China links ( yle.fi )
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A deadly tick-borne epidemic is raging. Dogs are key to ending it. ( wapo.st )
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Shares of China developer Evergrande plunges after resuming Hong Kong trading ( techxplore.com )
CIA stairwell attack among flood of sexual misconduct complaints at U.S. spy agency ( apnews.com )
Global Fossil Fuel Subsidies Surged to Record $7 Trillion in 2022, the IMF says ( www.imf.org )
As the world struggles to restrict global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius and parts of Asia, Europe and the United States swelter in extreme heat, subsidies for oil, coal and natural gas are costing the equivalent of 7.1 percent of global gross domestic product. That’s more than governments spend annually on education (4.3...
The only Jew in remote Greenland sometimes feels like 'the last person on earth' ( www.jta.org )
Saudi Arabia, Iran among six nations invited to join BRICS ( libertarianinstitute.org )
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‘I’m ready to die for Russia but not for criminals and thieves:' Russian military officers on why they deserted after Russia invaded Ukraine ( meduza.io )
Canada’s raging fires have burned the equivalent of Alabama ( wapo.st )
Large blazes in the Northwest Territories have forced evacuations and military deployments....
China's sliding yuan could be next 'black swan event' for markets, hedge fund EDL says ( www.reuters.com )
EDL Capital, which manages about $1 billion, said factors weighing on the yuan include geopolitical tensions driving Western countries to re-home supply chains that will starve China of foreign investment. China’s labour market has also grown less competitive versus other Asian countries such as Vietnam and India, while a...
Russia shuts down human rights group Sakharov Center ( www.aljazeera.com )
Evergrande: China property giant files for US bankruptcy protection ( www.bbc.com )
British Museum worker sacked over missing items ( www.bbc.co.uk )
US tourists stay in Eiffel Tower overnight while drunk - prosecutors ( www.bbc.com )
Two American tourists have been found sleeping inside the Eiffel Tower after getting stuck while drunk, according to prosecutors....
China stops releasing youth jobs data as economic figures disappoint ( m.koreatimes.co.kr )
China on Tuesday said it would stop releasing data on its rising youth unemployment as a raft of disappointing figures stoked concerns over the state of the world’s second largest economy....
7 prominent Hong Kong activists cleared of organising 2019 protest ( hongkongfp.com )
While cleared of organising an August 2019 protest, the high-profile pro-democracy figures, including media tycoon Jimmy Lai and lawyers Margaret Ng and Martin Lee, had their convictions and sentences for participating in that rally upheld.
Ditching the young entrepreneur myth: research shows over-50s are the more radical innovators ( theconversation.com )
Based on data on 2,900 founders of new ventures in Germany in 2008–2017, we found that for every ten more years of age increases a founder’s likelihood to introduce a market novelty by up to 30 percent. Thus, those late-career entrepreneurs who are highly innovation-oriented and managerially experienced are more than three...
New Zealand intelligence report accuses China, Russia, Iran of ‘foreign interference’ ( www.theguardian.com )
