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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 )

300,000-year-old skull found in China unlike any early human seen before ( edition.cnn.com )

Storm Hans causes damage in Scandinavia ( www.youtube.com )

People are urged to stay inside as strong winds and rain hit Scandinavia. A mobile home has been dragged away by floodwater in Norway.

UK could leave European convention on human rights to stop Channel migrant boats ( www.theguardian.com )

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Bear escapes from crate in plane’s cargo hold at Dubai airport ( www.theguardian.com )

Iraq’s prime minister has ordered an investigation into how a bear escaped from its crate in the cargo hold of an Iraqi aircraft as it was due to depart from Dubai airport, leaving passengers disgruntled over the delay and causing a stir on social media....

Florida races to rescue coral bleached by record ocean heat ( www.theguardian.com )

Brazil police raids leave at least 43 people dead ( www.bbc.co.uk )

‘Shameful loss’: wolves declared extinct in Andalucía ( www.theguardian.com )

For centuries, wolves have roamed the mountain ranges of Andalucía in southern Spain, but after years of decline the creature has been officially declared extinct in the region....

Police discontent disrupts courts in Marseille ( www.reuters.com )

PARIS, July 26 (Reuters) - The French government sought on Wednesday to allay rising discontent within the police force over the incarceration of an officer that prompted a ‘go slow’ by colleagues and disrupted the courts in the country’s second biggest city....

Israeli parliament approves key part of judicial overhaul that has exposed deep fissures in society ( apnews.com )

In Monday’s vote, lawmakers approved a measure that prevents judges from striking down government decisions on the basis that they are “unreasonable.”

Pentagon files reveal flaws in U.S. claims about Syrian casualties in Baghdadi raid ( www.npr.org )

The U.S. Defense Department said troops spared civilians during a celebrated 2019 raid against the leader of ISIS, but NPR has uncovered new details that challenge the U.S. claims.

This small Icelandic city thinks big about going green: Akureyri wants to become the world’s first carbon-neutral city by 2030 ( theworld.org )

Canada lays out plan to phase out sales of gas-powered cars, trucks by 2035 ( www.cbc.ca )

Cross-border Danish-German effort arrests eight over suspected terrorism plot, including members of Hamas ( www.abc.net.au )

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