Saudi Arabia, Iran among six nations invited to join BRICS ( libertarianinstitute.org )
Edit: replaced with Aljazeera article, a known news source...
‘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 )
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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...
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Russia shuts down human rights group Sakharov Center ( www.aljazeera.com )
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Evergrande: China property giant files for US bankruptcy protection ( www.bbc.com )
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British Museum worker sacked over missing items ( www.bbc.co.uk )
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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....
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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....
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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.
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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...
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New Zealand intelligence report accuses China, Russia, Iran of ‘foreign interference’ ( www.theguardian.com )
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300,000-year-old skull found in China unlike any early human seen before ( edition.cnn.com )
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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.
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UK could leave European convention on human rights to stop Channel migrant boats ( www.theguardian.com )
Archived version: archive.ph/opd7m...
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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....
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Florida races to rescue coral bleached by record ocean heat ( www.theguardian.com )
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Brazil police raids leave at least 43 people dead ( www.bbc.co.uk )
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‘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....
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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....
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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.”
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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.
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This small Icelandic city thinks big about going green: Akureyri wants to become the world’s first carbon-neutral city by 2030 ( theworld.org )
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Tony Bennett passed away at 96 ( www.nbcnews.com )
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