Multiple fatalities after two shootings in Dutch city, police say ( www.cnn.com )
As mental health worsens among Afghanistan's women, the UN is asked to declare 'gender apartheid' ( apnews.com )
U.S. HELPED PAKISTAN GET IMF BAILOUT WITH SECRET ARMS DEAL FOR UKRAINE, LEAKED DOCUMENTS REVEAL ( theintercept.com )
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?
WGA and the studios reach tentative deal to end writers’ strike ( www.latimes.com )
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 )
Victims of Guatemalan military seek justice for war crimes ( theworld.org )
In Poland, Testing Women for Abortion Drugs Is a Reality. It Could Happen Here. ( www.nytimes.com )
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Colombia deadliest country for green activists in 2022, says report ( www.france24.com )
Philippine court acquits Nobel laureate Maria Ressa of final charges ( wapo.st )
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Spanish police arrest man for touching reporter's bottom while live on air ( www.reuters.com )
Air-Raid Shelters installed in Plauru, where the Russian drones fell near the border with Ukraine ( www.romaniajournal.ro ) Romanian
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Small island nations take high-emitting countries to court to protect the ocean ( www.theguardian.com )
Lee remains major hurricane as risk of impacts in New England grows ( wapo.st )
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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