All Wilko shops to shut with 12,500 jobs likely to go ( www.bbc.co.uk )
Ukrainian Accounts of Torture Point to Systematic Russian Policy, Expert Says ( www.nytimes.com )
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Powerful Hurricane Lee plows westward with land threats 6 to 10 days away ( wapo.st )
The storm, briefly a Category 5, could affect Bermuda, eastern New England and the Canadian Maritimes in 6 to 10 days, but the track remains uncertain...
Where dangerous heat is surging ( wapo.st )
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US storing offensive weapons at Iraq's Ain al-Asad base in breach of 2021 agreement, military official says ( www.newarab.com )
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'These are my people': Seven years after fleeing war, refugee family reflects on life in Nova Scotia ( www.cbc.ca )
The Hassan Haggar family moved to a small N.S. town in 2016
Decades After Dictatorship, Chile Mounts Search for Hundreds Who Vanished ( www.nytimes.com )
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At least 38 people have died in a fire in a building in South Africa's biggest city, authorities say ( apnews.com )
Top shareholder of China's troubled Zhongrong Trust plans to delist; stock surges ( www.reuters.com )
Greece struggles to contain Europe’s largest wildfire on record ( wapo.st )
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Spanish football federation leaders demand resignation of its president Luis Rubiales ( www.theguardian.com )
"After the latest events and the unacceptable behaviours that have seriously damaged the image of Spanish football, we request that Mr Luis Rubiales immediately present his resignation as president of the Spanish football federation,” the Spanish football federation’s regional presidents say in a joint statement.
After 547 days of war, I am ready to leave Ukraine again — this time, with sadness ( forward.com )
"Diverting water to exert pressure:" China and the issue of water management in a multipolar world ( www.csis.org )
On the international stage, China has sought to block agreements governing the use of international rivers, maintaining that upstream countries must be free to develop their part of shared waterways. Yet despite building numerous dams upstream of the Mekong, Brahmaputra, and Indus, China lacks even a single transparent and...
'Our man in Miami:' Pro-Putin Russian billionaire accused of meddling in U.S. elections evades sanctions, moves family to America ( theins.ru )
Saudi LGBTQ refugees live in fear of being kidnapped ( www.indexoncensorship.org )
[The British magazine ‘Index On Censorship’ publishes an article which has reportedly been blocked by Vice to not offend Saudi Arabia.]
Pacific islands warn US over Chinese threat and urge US president Biden to increase aid ( www.theguardian.com )
Island nations who offer the US military proximity to China in exchange for aid emphasized they are especially vulnerable to Chinese cyber-attacks and economic exploitation as they struggle to recover from the pandemic.
US imposes visa curbs on Chinese officials over boarding schools for Tibetans ( www.reuters.com )
Europe's heatwave turns deadly as 18 burned bodies found in Greek fires ( www.reuters.com )
Iran unveils armed drone resembling America’s MQ-9 Reaper and says it could potentially reach Israel ( apnews.com )
Short circuit: how Europe turns a blind eye to Russia smuggling dual-use microchips ( theins.ru )
In spite of sanctions, microchips from U.S. companies Texas Instruments and Analog Devices continue to be imported into Russia, where they have military applications. These violations are hiding in plain sight, in registered customs data.
Most cell sites back up in Maui ( www.rcrwireless.com )
German prosecutor investigates possible poisoning of Russian journalist ( www.theguardian.com )
In an article published with Russian-language outlet Meduza and US publication n+1 on Tuesday night, journalist Elena Kostyuchenko said she was tipped off by a source in Ukrainian military reconnaissance last March about Russian plans to assassinate her. Kostyuchenko, who was at the time reporting for the now-shuttered...
Russia’s federal investigators are actively recruiting children from eastern Ukraine to their cadet schools ( meduza.io )
Blood Simple. Several Russian journalists and activists were poisoned in Europe ( theins.ru )
Elena Kostyuchenko, Natalia Arno, and Irina Babloyan, have long worked to expose the Kremlin’s lies. While traveling through Europe in the last year, each was poisoned by unknown toxins. Their cases remain unsolved. Why?
Fire in south of France rages though campsite and 500 hectares of land ( www.theguardian.com )
“A fire in the south of France burned through 500 hectares (1,240 acres) of land and destroyed a campsite, with 2,000 people evacuated before the blaze was brought under control on Tuesday....
